Date: Oct 16 1992 at 5:30am Subject: Infant Project - from Tasmania, Australia HOUSES AND HOMES. To Whitney in Salisbury, My name is Lauren Carter and I am 7. How old are you? I am in grade 2. My best friends are Tamika, Daniel and Tristan. Have you got any friends? My house is made out of bricks. They are kind of orange and red colour. My steps are made of cement. They are grey. They have little tiny sparkles on the steps. We have eight rooms in our house. I share a pine bunk bed with my brother. Once I fell out. What kind of bed have you got? I have a wood heater. It is brown and black. It is a really good heater. I have a grey couch. There is one big couch and two little ones. They are a grey kind of colour too, with different kind of little dots on it. It is is colourful. To Jade, How are you? Did you know that my middle name is Jade too? Over here it is daylight savings. Dad Keeps forgetting to put his watch one hour forward and is always late for work. Do you have daylight savings in England? In summer we have to put our clock forward so we get up early and we have one hour more daylight in the afternoon. Your friend Aaron Jade Tuckett. To everyone, I live in a house with four bedrooms. My house is made out of wood. We own five acres of land. We do not have earthquakes. We have thirty seven windows. Our roof is made out of iron. When it snows it settles on the mountain near our city. I live in Lauderdale. My Mum and Dad work with flowers. We have five acres and most of the five acres are covered with flowers. Lots of them are in glass houses, but lots are not. Love from Lisa. To Jodie, I'm Emily and I bet you dont know why I'm writing to you. I am writing to you because I know a girl called Jodie. My house has a long driveway. I live at 31 Seabrook Street, Seven Mile Beach. On your computer, the letters went big because you made them go big yourself. My house is made out of two different things, wood and bricks. What is your house made of? My house is a rectangular shape. It is not two storey. What is your house like? From Emily. To Dear Jodie, Today we got out the big map of the world to see how far away you are from Australia. I live in the country and it is very peaceful. We have 1 horse, 2 dogs, 4 chooks, a heap of fish, 1 possum, 1 pademelon, 1 duck. My house is pinky colour and grey. My roof it a pinky colour and on Wednesday I got a new cat called Countess Meijan. Love from Lauren. To Debby, I'm Alicia. Is it hot or cold in England? It's fine in Australia. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it shines in spring. I have half an acre. I have a pool and a huge tyre. It is bigger than the table. We put the tyre in the pool. From Alicia. Dear Razia, I would like to help in your project. We have lots of fly screens because I have a horse and it attracts flies. We have 10 rooms and 12 doors. Our school is made of grey brick. We have two storeys. I am on the second storey. I like being on the top because you get the best view. In our school classroom we have 28 windows and three doors. Our carpet is red and black. We have some places with tiles. We have tiles in the walkway where we hang our bags and in the art area. From Jessica S. Dear Whittney, My name is Lauren. I am a girl. Our school is made of bricks and they are grey. My house is made of bricks too. It is kind of orange and kind of a redy colour. I have a bedroom that I share with my brother. We have bunks. They are pine bunks. I live in Lauderdale. Our house is in Terrina Street and the number is 52 and I have grey steps. From Lauren. To Dear Piera, I am sorry that no-one has written to you and I am sorry that we took so long to write. Oh, by the way, Mr. Hoggett said that you would have heard about a Tasmanian Devil, but you wouldn't know much about it. The Tasmanian Devil is a black animal with very sharp teeth. If it gets the chance, it would probably take a bite of you, but you dont want to know everything about a Tasmanian Devil. Anyway, I go to a school. It is made of bricks. Normally bricks are the colour redish or orangish, but our bricks at school are white because they are painted. My house has redish bricks. It is a big house. It is a two storey house. It is a good house. I like it very much. When I look out the window, I can see the beach. We live near a beach. In the summer I go swimming. I paddle in the water. It is fun. I like where we live. It is nice and peaceful. Please write back. Love Sarah. P.S. I am 8. To Gisli Trugvi, My name is Daniel. I come from Tasmania. I am 8 years old. We have a one and two storey school building. We have a double unit next to our school building and there's a kinder next to our school building too. It is a creamy colour. My house is green and white. I've got 15 acres or more and its daylight savings over here now. Love from Daniel. To Andrew, I live in Tasmania. My Mum and Dad run our shop and our house is joined on to the shop. I has lots of lollies and icecreams. I like guitars, do you? I have a brother. His name is Daniel. Do you know anybody called Daniel? I have no pets, but used to though. From Aaron L. To All Pen Pals, Hi, I am Sam Sheldrick and I am 7. I have a brick house. It is orange and do you know what a pergola is? Well, a pergola is a place where you can go and sit in the sun. Sometimes it can have a roof or vines growing all over it for shade. You can have a barbeque in there. Well a barbeque is a thing that you can cook food on outside. I live in Tasmania and I live at 62 North Terrace, Lauderdale. This letter is to everyone from Sam Sheldrick. To Dear Louise, This is my second letter. My last letter was for everyone, but this time it is for you. I heard some people needed help on houses. Are you one? Anyway, If you are, here are some things about my house. I have a brother, I have my own bedroom. My brother has to. We haven't got stairs. We have five acres. I am 8 years old. On our big map we are about 20 centimetres south of the equator. From you pen friend Lynette Gay. Carolyn Dunstan, teacher