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Singing at St Basil's Yesterday, I got to six engagements walking and using public transport but it wasn't all smoothe sailing. The air quality was bad, the 438 bus brokedown and the 445 bus and train from Petersham into the City were late. Choir at Annandale Community Centre In the morning, I joined the local Women's Choir at their warm up at the Annandale Community Centre and their performance at St Basil's Aged Care facility a short walk down Johnston Street. Then I caught a bus to railway square and walked up Elizabeth St to Redfern Oval for a meeting. After the meeting, I caught a bus back along Elizabeth Street to central. At Central, I caught a  438. Broken 438 Bus westconnex dive site However, the driver pulled up at the bus stop on Parramatta Road, at Camperdown School across from the Westconnex Dive site and informed us that we had to get off because of a problem with the bus. Someone mentioned something about a fan belt. ...

Good to meet the other judges and teacher David Springbett Pleased to be invited to attend the Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus STEM Showcase evening yesterday afternoon. Didn't expect to be one of the judges but gave it a go. David Springbett and the other teachers have done a great job at inspiring and providing an opportunity for the young people, to demonstrate their talents in their iCentre at the Leichhardt. The 7 and 8 students' projects were in Food and Agriculture, Mixed Materials, Engineering Systems and Digital Technologies. Year 9 and 10 students were also there explaining their projects. The guest judges STEM Professionals from the local community (a couple of us), Navy via CSIRO STEM Professionals in schools, UNSW via Engineers Without Borders and the Sydney Metro Project There were a variety of projects with teams: building model Truss, Suspension and arched bridges out of popsticks and balsa wood. Testing Model Aircraft  made o...