BUSY IN BOWEN

We have been having a busy time this week in Bowen visiting schools and writing poetry with the children every day.

Here is Skin with some children from Bowen State School.

 

 

He is wearing his new star pants and French cap. He wanted to change his image for the week and thought a 'French Look' would be a different style to explore.

( I haven't told him yet that his outfit is actually a pair of Barbie doll pants and hat!)

He thinks I had a special mail delivery from France!

Here he is relaxing in a palm frond..........

 

While I work very hard with the children at Queen's Beach State School.

 

Maxine, our wonderful host, took us on a tour of Bowen after school and showed us the site where the movie, 'Australia ' was made. It was directed by Baz Luhmann, with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman as two of the stars. Many of the children in Bowen were cast as extras in the movie and were put on the payroll with everyone else involved in the film. Some of the boys didn't like the fact they had to have their hair cut in the style of the period when the story took place.

It was an amazing experience for the whole town to see a film in the making over many weeks. Huge amounts of dirt were trucked in to cover the bitumen roads and an entire hotel was constructed for one of the scenes. They also ran herds of cattle down the main street, day after day until the director was happy with the result.

 

A picture of some of the local volunteers who helped out on the set.

This theatre was created from the existing police station

to resemble the original Pearl Theatre in Darwin.

 

This is an aerial view of the movie set beside the harbour in Bowen.

 

 

We would both like to thank Maxine for a wonderful week in the town of Bowen. She was our, 'HOSTESS WITH THE MOSTESS!'

Next week we are off to Airlie Beach for more adventures in

 

       THE SUNNY STATE OF QUEENSLAND

        WHERE THE BANANA BENDERS ABIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!