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November 2022
Felix has graduated from Year 12 at WestMAC and has received an offer to study Engineering and IT next year at QUT. He was also confirmed in a small ceremony the week after at the school chapel, led by Bishop Cameron of the Western Region of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.
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December 2021
April 2021
January 2021
December 2020
October 2020
December 2019
November 2019
August 2019
Felix entered the Young ICT Explorers competition (Brisbane) again this year, submitting some internal tools that he created for school. He didn't win anything this year, although it was a great experience.
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May 2019
December 2018
August 2018
Continuing from last year, Felix re-entered the Young ICT Explorers (Brisbane). His project was the same as last year, and involved using face recognition software to make roll marking easier in the classroom. This year, he received 3rd place. The event was a great experience.
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December 2017
November 2017
Felix recently entered the FIRST LEGO League (Brisbane) IT competition with a team of other passionate students. They won an Innovative Solution Award, which is a great result. Felix did a fair amount of the work on the solution, and the event was a great experience.
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September 2017
August 2017
Felix recently won a merit award at the Young ICT Explorers (Brisbane). His project called Facemark involved using face recognition software to make roll marking easier in the classroom. The event was a great experience.
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August 2017
February 2017
December 2016
December 2016
Felix has done it again! He topped the state in the ICAS computer skills test for grade 6 students. Three years ago he won the same prize in the grade 3 test. Here is a photo of Felix with his medal at a ceremony in the Brisbane Convention Centre.
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April 2016
We have redesigned our website for mobile. On a computer browser, you might not see any differences. If you are on a small-screened device, it'll be a different story. We have also redesigned our wildlife pages, for both mobile and computer.
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December 2015
Our Christmas newsletter for 2015 has been written and can be viewed under the "News" menu at the top of the page.
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December 2014
December 2014
Our Christmas newsletter for 2014 has been written and can be viewed under the "News" menu at the top of the page.
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July 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
It's official - Felix really is a geek. Felix recently topped the state in the ICAS computer skills test for grade 3 students. Here is a photo of an excited Felix accepting his medal at a ceremony in the Brisbane Convention Centre.
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March 2013
Our website has been redesigned. The photo viewing component has been changed to avoid using Adobe Flash. People using Windows 8 (Modern UI) and Apple products will now be able to view them. The site should also be considerably faster as it now uses a more efficient framework called Code Igniter.
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December 2012
December 2011
December 2011
November 2011
January 2011
December 2010
October 2010
Our family website has been redesigned. Peter wasn't entirely happy with the original photo viewing component as it couldn't do full screen slide shows. From a small thing like that, a whole new website was created using Morfik and Slide Show Pro. A fair bit of time was wasted getting here but has been enjoyable setting it up (well most of the time).
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July 2010
June 2010
We recently spotted a new bird to add to our list called the musk lorikeet. The lorikeets have probably have visited us in the past but we passed them up as scaly breasted lorikeets as they are more common here and look reasonably similar from a distance. It wasn't until a flowering grevillea near our verandah brought them in closer that we noticed the difference. To the right is a photo of one in the mentioned grevillea.
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June 2010
September 2009
During the first week or two in September just after the sun sets, fireflies begin to appear in the garden. This year conditions at Mt Crosby seems to have favoured the firefly as there were heaps flying about creating a bit of a fairy light wonderland. Just after dark and gullies with some undergrowth seem to be the best spots for viewing the fireflies.
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August - September 2009
The scrub turkeys have decided to build a nest in our garden this year. They built one here a few years ago but it's always surprising how determined the male turkey is to scratch mulch up for the nest. He has scratched mulch up from as far as 60 metres away and across obstacles such as the road, the driveway and the carport. In late-September after 6-7 weeks of incubation, three baby turkeys appeared.
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December 2008
July 2008
Peter's sole trading business has now changed to a company structure as of 1 July 2008. The link to the website is http://www.meierIT.com.au.
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May 2007
To the right is a photo that compares our garden from normal conditions to when we were in drought. In May 2007 when we received less than an inch of rain for the three months prior and had some very hot days during that period. The greener photo was taken about a year before when we received normal rainfall.
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April 2007
Start of our family website.
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