Comments on: The Simpson Prize trip 2009 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/04/21/the-simpson-prize-trip-2009/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:16:42 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kristy O'Brien http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/04/21/the-simpson-prize-trip-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2552 Kristy O'Brien Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:14:04 +0000 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/?p=2566#comment-2552 Hello all Simpson prize winners! A very big congrads to you all! You will have had an amazing experience that will remain a wonderful memory throughout your entire life. I am an relatively old school winner.. the year of 2005 I travelled to Gallipoli winning the Qld section... It truly has stayed with me and I know the truly unexplainable feeling that you will return home with vey well! Also side note- Andrew... i know it has been a long time!! The reason i'm on this website is that I'm now a journalist and was just thinking of maybe getting the QLD winner when back in the country for a quick chat on our program... So might be in touch soon. Regards, Kristy O'Brien Hello all Simpson prize winners!

A very big congrads to you all! You will have had an amazing experience that will remain a wonderful memory throughout your entire life. I am an relatively old school winner.. the year of 2005 I travelled to Gallipoli winning the Qld section… It truly has stayed with me and I know the truly unexplainable feeling that you will return home with vey well!

Also side note- Andrew… i know it has been a long time!! The reason i’m on this website is that I’m now a journalist and was just thinking of maybe getting the QLD winner when back in the country for a quick chat on our program… So might be in touch soon.

Regards,

Kristy O’Brien

]]> By: Kath Williams http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/04/21/the-simpson-prize-trip-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2550 Kath Williams Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:57:08 +0000 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/?p=2566#comment-2550 Hi, from Adelaide. Wonderful to see all the photos. What an excellent experience you are all having. Rained buckets for Anzac day here in Adelaide. Johanna, my friends here in Theatre are reading your essay with great admiration. The Physicist has just printed it for us - Keep enjoying your time. Kath and the troops. Hi, from Adelaide. Wonderful to see all the photos. What an excellent experience you are all having. Rained buckets for Anzac day here in Adelaide.
Johanna, my friends here in Theatre are reading your essay with great admiration. The Physicist has just printed it for us –
Keep enjoying your time.

Kath and the troops.

]]> By: Jacinta Scadden http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/04/21/the-simpson-prize-trip-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2506 Jacinta Scadden Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:59:52 +0000 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/?p=2566#comment-2506 Well, Hello 2009 Simpson's! Congrats to you all! (Eleanor has got some BIG shoes to fill!) It is a wonderful experience, as you have probably already heard by Oliver and Kayla... so I won't go into much detail, but just keep your eyes, ears and minds open! There as so many sights, sounds (and smells!) that will make you very curious about the new culture you are experiencing. The Anzac Day service tomorrow will open up a whole new dimension - Enjoy it! Absorb it! Live it! It is a once in a lifetime opportunity... and you will definitely remember it, (and how cold it was!) I also shout out to Andrew - the one with the funny sneeze. (Andrew, I have finished the film! I will have to send you a copy.) Simpsons', listen to him, he knows his stuff... Also take the time to get to know your peers, because the friendships you form will stay with you. So, try some roasted chestnuts and rock on! Jacinta, last years Victorian! xx Well, Hello 2009 Simpson’s! Congrats to you all! (Eleanor has got some BIG shoes to fill!) It is a wonderful experience, as you have probably already heard by Oliver and Kayla… so I won’t go into much detail, but just keep your eyes, ears and minds open! There as so many sights, sounds (and smells!) that will make you very curious about the new culture you are experiencing. The Anzac Day service tomorrow will open up a whole new dimension – Enjoy it! Absorb it! Live it! It is a once in a lifetime opportunity… and you will definitely remember it, (and how cold it was!) I also shout out to Andrew – the one with the funny sneeze. (Andrew, I have finished the film! I will have to send you a copy.) Simpsons’, listen to him, he knows his stuff… Also take the time to get to know your peers, because the friendships you form will stay with you. So, try some roasted chestnuts and rock on! Jacinta, last years Victorian! xx

]]> By: Joyce Chen http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/04/21/the-simpson-prize-trip-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 Joyce Chen Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:34:02 +0000 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/?p=2566#comment-2497 Reading the comments makes me want to play THAT game of cricket-one of the unforgettable highlights of the tour it seems!! Go NSW!! Reading the comments makes me want to play THAT game of cricket-one of the unforgettable highlights of the tour it seems!! Go NSW!!

]]> By: Oliver Kersnovski http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2009/04/21/the-simpson-prize-trip-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2496 Oliver Kersnovski Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:23:08 +0000 http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/?p=2566#comment-2496 Hello Simpson Prize 2009 winners! Firstly, I would like to congratulate all of you. You have done a great job to get to turkey. make sure you make the most of your time there - you will never forget it. I trust that you have all had a great time in istanbul and are enoying your time on the peninsula. Take as much in as you can because your time there will fly by you. Gallipoli is a place that too many Australians will not get to visit in their lifetimes, you are the lucky ones. I hope one of you gets to read a poem at the lone pine service on anzac day. I was the lucky one last year and i have to say that it is still, a year later, something that springs to my mind when Gallipoli is mentioned. Also make sure you do the journal. Not only will it help you next year when you are asked to be the guest speaker at your local anzac day service but it will be a great reminder of your trip. Hello to Andrew, hope this years simpsons are as good as we were ;-). make sure you tell them all the stories and get them playing cricket on the beach with your guide and bus driver! just a few more things guys - make sure you buy loads of turkish delight (if you dont like it you can send it to me) - put the turkish delight in your bag not hand luggage so in dubai they dont think its a bomb - try and get through airport security without a frisk search at every airport - take as many photos as you can - dont pick on megan, shes from queensland so automatically wins any interstate things - buy a turkish hat, and - keep updating your blog so i can read it Have fun Oliver Kersnovski (2008 QLD winner) (oh and im not really as bad as kayla makes out - it was just a fire extinguisher) Hello Simpson Prize 2009 winners!
Firstly, I would like to congratulate all of you. You have done a great job to get to turkey. make sure you make the most of your time there – you will never forget it.
I trust that you have all had a great time in istanbul and are enoying your time on the peninsula. Take as much in as you can because your time there will fly by you. Gallipoli is a place that too many Australians will not get to visit in their lifetimes, you are the lucky ones.
I hope one of you gets to read a poem at the lone pine service on anzac day. I was the lucky one last year and i have to say that it is still, a year later, something that springs to my mind when Gallipoli is mentioned.
Also make sure you do the journal. Not only will it help you next year when you are asked to be the guest speaker at your local anzac day service but it will be a great reminder of your trip.
Hello to Andrew, hope this years simpsons are as good as we were ;-) . make sure you tell them all the stories and get them playing cricket on the beach with your guide and bus driver!
just a few more things guys
- make sure you buy loads of turkish delight (if you dont like it you can send it to me)
- put the turkish delight in your bag not hand luggage so in dubai they dont think its a bomb
- try and get through airport security without a frisk search at every airport
- take as many photos as you can
- dont pick on megan, shes from queensland so automatically wins any interstate things
- buy a turkish hat, and
- keep updating your blog so i can read it

Have fun
Oliver Kersnovski (2008 QLD winner)

(oh and im not really as bad as kayla makes out – it was just a fire extinguisher)

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