There is so much to do and hear and visit and be apart of. My girls love Science so we headed off to the AIS to the Science fair.
We planted a plant and were shown how to care for it. Then we had scabs and sores and an open wound applied to our hands and faces.
The role play with Australian Customs was great fun , rummaging around in a suitcase to find illegally imported items, in the personal luggage of our customs official, who took us through the what, why and how of life as a Customs officer.
The demonstration of the sniffer dog was a real spectacle.
Understanding how the dogs are trained and what the rewards for their work are was very different to the concept I understood, I thought the dogs were junkies and that is how they could smell drugs,.. silly eh?
Darleks visited us throughout the day, Cenedra was absolutely fascinated, she loves Dr Who and can tell you about every episode of the Dr and recite the scripts, she has loved his adventures since she was three and watched the programme on the ABC before dinner.
I was trapped by a Darlek with Shaun next to me, the Darlek said "you will be exterminated!, see how your husband, forces you, into the path ,of the Darlek ,to be exterminated!!!, you are being sacrificed to the Darleks '
I called for the Dr and the Darlek answered "The Dr will not help you, he is not here, but he is pretty dishy!"
Distinctly human emotions displayed in that conversation, and after terrorising the science fair visitors the Darleks left the auditorium.
The Day was filled with exhibits of exiting science experiments to do at home and from the jobs people do to do with science.
I had my money checked for traces of drugs in a machine and we had our finger prints taken the money was clean, but the exhibit representative said lots of notes throughout the week had had traces of cocaine but most of the money had cannabis on it.
Our hand prints were really detailed because we had moisturiser on our hands , and the compound used, sticks to the grease, there is more detail if your hands are greasy.
Cenedra loved the wild animals a crocodile and lizards were on show and scientrific had a whole bunch of things to do and explore.
The girls both joined Mr Double Helix on stage, Ce'Nedra caught the egg being bounced off the ball which direction it will go in ? who knows? but the egg went right into Cedies hands!
Demelza was called brave Mel and had the stage to herself. She sat in a chair and Mr Double Helix held a balloon filled with water above her head and a lighter underneath the balloon. !!
The kids in the audience really admired brave Mel for sitting under that balloon and not flinching or squirming , but I think she knew about that experiment already.
Of course the balloon didn't pop when the lighter was held underneath and a sigh of relief filled the auditorium.
Science fair is a great experience.
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