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Lewis the Lion appreciates Aboriginal Art

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Helen Molloy

When Lewis the Lion visited the Tjapukai Cultural Park, he really appreciated the Aboriginal Art both in the museum, with the pictures of Dreamtime and in the gallery. He thought the colours were really vibrant and he loved the way … Continue reading →

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Aborigine (Various tribes of Australia)

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Helen Molloy

Lewis the Lion learnt that the original inhabitants of the Australian continent, the indigenous people or Aborigines have been there for a very long time, for about 50,000 years! Being such a vast continent, there were many different tribes with … Continue reading →

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Lewis is ‘edu-tained’ at the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Helen Molloy

Lewis the Lion set out one afternoon to go to the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park, outside of Cairns. One of the things that he wanted to do when he was in Australia was to learn more about the indigenous or … Continue reading →

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Lewis the Lion and the strong Aussie Dollar

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Helen Molloy

When Lewis the Lion first arrived in Australia, he was quite shocked as just how expensive everything seemed to be. He’d thought that New Zealand was expensive but not compared to Australia! The reason for this is that during his … Continue reading →

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Lewis takes the plunge off the Great Barrier Reef

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Helen Molloy

After visiting Helen’s relatives in Brisbane, Lewis the Lion took an early morning flight north to Cairns in Queensland. This was to fulfil one of Helen’s big dreams: to dive off the Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea. This … Continue reading →

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Australia

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Helen Molloy

Country name: Commonwealth of Australia Population: 22.6 million (UN, 2011) Capital: Canberra Largest city: Sydney Area: 7.7 million sq km (2.9 million sq miles) Major language: English (Look out for Lewis the Lion’s Australian English page and Aboriginal language page). … Continue reading →

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Lewis the Lion meets many animals for the first time at the Australia Zoo

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Helen Molloy

On Lewis the Lion’s wish list on his visit to Australia was to investigate all of the different animals that he knew that lived there. Some of the species of animals that lived there, lived nowhere else on earth and … Continue reading →

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Lewis heads ‘Down Under’

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Helen Molloy

‘I still can’t believe that little old me is being able to have the most extraordinary journey ever!’ Lewis thought to himself as the plane was flying high above the clouds in the direction of Australia, or as some people … Continue reading →

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Australian or Aussie English

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Helen Molloy

The first thing that Lewis the Lion noticed as he stepped on to Australian soil at the airport in Brisbane was this sign: The Australian way of saying ‘hello’ or rather ‘Good Day!’ So straight away he knew that one … Continue reading →

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Lewis recycles in New Zealand

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Helen Molloy

Lewis the Lion had to fly from Christchurch back to Auckland before his next flight to Australia. He wasn’t feeling particularly environmentally friendly when he thought of his carbon-footprint with all this travel so did what he could, when he … Continue reading →

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