Great Barrier Island

Vivian Winters is the kind of person you find yourself unable to resent. She’s tall, pretty, and sugar-sweet. She’s also whip-smart and business savvy, and a blog she started in secret her freshman year has morphed into a business making her thousands a month – it’s exactly the sort of success you’d begrudge a person less likable than her, though I doubt she’d have found it, had she been less personable. Obviously, she’s not a flawless human, but she’s a thoroughly good person. Having lived with…

native islands of Hawaii. Another perplex root in the tree of my culture is Lei-making. The breathtaking row of an aligned set of flowers to form the Lei is one of the prime connections to the base of the hawaiian culture by contributing to the ancient craft itself. A more well-known phenomenon that had one of its origins among the islands of Hawaii and is still dwelled upon to this day is surfing. Surfing is a vibrant water sport that had one of its birthplaces among the Hawaiian islands of the…

children along with James Oglethorpe, pastor Henry Herbert, Doctor William Cox, Captain John Thomas and a crew of 20 set sail on Friday, November 17, 1732 for the new colony of Georgia. They would make one stop between England and Georgia: at the island of Madeira, where the ship would load 5 tons of wine for the journey Before leaving a bureaucratic hierarchy was established. Peter Gordon, who was put at the head of the militia, was probably the highest ranking official of the new colony, but…

Introduction North Stradbroke Island ( NSI )is the second largest sand island and it consists almost entirely of sand, with rocks ar Point Lookout and small remnants of sandstone at Dunwich. in 1827 by Captain Henry John Rous named the island Stradbroke island after his father, the Earl of Stradbroke. NSI is a cherished and endangered land with even a rainforest at Myora Springs near Dunwich. There are more than 15 types of mammals including wallabies, kangaroos, echidnas, koalas, and…

Have you ever wondered what if someone in your life disappeared? Have you wondered if you leave the room, will the people in that room still be there when you come back? If you leave someone alone, will they still be there when you get back? For the colonists of Roanoke this was a reality as they disappeared without a trace. No one knows where they went and it’s up to the scientists of today to speculate. The colony of Roanoke may have assimilated into or captured by the native indian tribe,…

One of the most well known of all prisons in America is Alcatraz. Located 121 feet above sea level, in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, this prison sits on only 22 acres of land. Alcatraz was nicknamed “the rock.” The Rock held some of the most notorious criminals, murderers, and gangsters in the United States. Some of these people include Al Capone, Robert “the Bird man of Alcatraz” Stroud, and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. Alcatraz is such a famous prison in America’s history because of its…

The Roanoke Island Colony; Lost and found? (The New York Times)Centuries ago many English men and women were hoping to settle a successful colony in the new land. When the leader of the colonists John White left them on the island to go get more supplies the colonist mysteriously disappeared with in the time White was gone.(A,E) No one knows what happened to the colonists, in fact the only clue that was left behind was the word Croatoan carved into a tree. (A,B,J & E)So, for now the remains…

1950 Volcano eruption in Mauna Loa The eruption in 1950 had caused a lot of damage to the city of Hilo. The city of Hilo is now built on the old lava that had flowed from the volcano. The volcano of Mauna Loa is located in Hawaii. There’s not many organisms like people or even animals that live near the volcano because, they now know that the volcano is active. The volcano rises about 13,680 ft above sea level. It is obviously very hot near the volcano because it has magma in it that is about…

stranger on the phone. Lorraine picks a man by the name of Mr. Pignati, and asks him if he would like to donate money to their nonexistent charity. John plans to meet Mr. Pignati at his favorite place, the zoo. Lorraine is very antagonistic, and has great anxiety about the idea of stealing…

birds and animals for their spirit powers, the role of the Shaman was to aid in decision making and act as a governing power within the tribe. The role of the Shaman is more important than any other role that could be held within the tribe. After the great flood, the Raven i.e. the Creator, who had given the land otters shamanistic powers told the land otters they must save those in capsized canoes. However, “if the friends of those taken away by the land otter were to get them back, they would…