SCOPE
Yesterday Jenny and I took part in a filming for a new episode of SCOPE, a science show for kids! What’s neat is that they get real scientists to contribute and present material. I probably shouldn’t give too much away (?), but we spent the day exploring physics at two of Queensland’s theme parks - Movie World (a Warner Brothers themed adventure park, featuring roller coasters etc) and Wet’n'Wild (a water slide park)! Hopefullly it will be a cool show 
I’ll post when it’s on the air (3 weeks, or so) on the offchance anyone wants to watch
It was great fun, and really interesting to see how a show like that is put together. All the shots and the script was planned beforehand, so we just had to shoot each little segment and they know how it’s all going to fit together at the end of the day. It was also cool to see the type of shots they were taking, and how they’re “just like what you’d see on TV”!
In other news, our “new” used car had its first failure last night. Less than 3 weeks in, and it died, midtraffic, from what the RACQ (roadside service company we’re with) guy said was a coil pack problem, either corrosion or bad wiring. (A little googling tells me that the coil pack is responsible for getting the sparks into the right cylinder at the right time…) It had actually happened the previous night, but we were able to start the engine again fine. This time, however, we were in mid traffic and the lousy thing wouldn’t start. Fortunately, a few young guys walking past offered us a push, and we were off the road in a jiffy. Legends!
Although the RACQ got it started again, we elected to be towed home rather than risk it. Our mechanic will fix it up soon, we hope!