Stories My Nana Tells - Launch Night

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Stories My Nana Tells

Because this Because this Nana has lots of stories to tell and life is fast!


So jump aboard So, jump aboard and come fly with us into a with us into a new and exciting world of Stories That My Nana T llsTells.


…Come with …Come w th Nana and land on a glacier in New Zealand…

….Sit right up ….S t r ght up front with Nana…..


….. And keep an ….. And keep an eye on the pilot and the dashboard….

….. As we fly ….. As we fly over the Remarkables in New Zealand….


….. And shiver at ….. And sh ver at the ice blocks that have fallen away from the glacierglacier……

….. Or shiver in ….. Or sh ver n an ice cave at 5 degrees below freezing….


Come with Nana Come w th Nana to Sunny Queensland, where it’s warm and friendlyfriendly……

…and …and sometimes, a little smelly, too ……


…come with …come w th Nana to the Grand Canyon, which is just …… GRAND!GRAND!

…where the …where the cactus is more prickly than a growly Granddad……


…and Nana’s …and Nana s helicopter pilot was smaller than her…… ☺

…the desert …the desert was greener than expected ……..


…and there …and there were amazing flowers and plants……


…of course, …of course, lots of times Nana was actually working ……


…rising before …r s ng before the sun got up ……

…and working …and work ng until it went down……


…at a …at a conference on the Abrohlos….

…where the …where the children were friendly….


…but their …but the r parents were a little unpredictable……

…where the …where the dolphins kept you company all day ……


…and swam …and swam faster than your boat ……

…where the …where the fishermen’s shacks ……


…are marooned …are marooned in the stillness of the Indian Ocean ……

…far, far away, …far, far away, in the land of the long, white cloud ……

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…you can be …you can be very afraid ……

…but Nanas …but Nanas aren’t afraid and do it, anyway……


…Nanas have …Nanas have great hair days ……

…Nanas have …Nanas have bad hair days……


…they have …they have patients……

…and they …and they (sometimes) have patience……


…once Nanas …once Nanas were babies, too………

…now Nanas …now Nanas have families and pets ……


…that …that sometimes break the rules ……

…or not ………or not ……


…families that …fam l es that give Nanas joy ……

…remind them …rem nd them of their own younger days……


…take …take grandfathers where angels fear to tread ……

…to see how …to see how they are building their own lives……


…taking care of …tak ng care of those who live inside……

…while their …wh le the r home is being extended ……


…and those who …and those who live……

…outside ………outs de ……


…things like …th ngs l ke Birthdays, when Nana is away ……

…working, …work ng, again ……


…or visiting sons …or v s t ng sons and daughters far away ……

…and home …and home again for another Nana’s special day ……


…with a …w th a borrowed grandchild this time ……

…with Nana, her own Mum, at own Mum, at a family lunch in the new house ……


…and with her …and w th her father, Nonno, and her grandson,

Robert ……

So jump aboard So, jump aboard and come fly with us into a with us into a new and exciting world of Stories That My Nana T llsTells.



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Stories My Nana Tells - Launch Night