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A Trip to the Zoo
Sydney has some stunning views, but none as good as the view from Taronga Zoo. Perched up on a hill in the suburb of Mosman this zoo looks over the Sydney harbour and straight up to its famous icons, The Sydney Harbour Bridge and The Sydney Opera House.
But this Zoo is not just stunning in its placement, with its winding leafy paths and its free roaming local wildlife it is stunning in its layout and design as well.
There are hundreds of interesting animals who live at …

QUEENSLAND FLOOD DISASTER

A lot of people have been asking me what it was like to visit the evacuation centres in and around Brisbane on Sunday.
Every time I get asked that I think… “Where could I possibly start?”
Our day was a busy one, we flew up from Sydney, visited three Evac (evacuation) centres and then were back in Sydney by 8:00pm that night.
At the Evac centres we met heaps of children and parents who were affected by these floods. I want to give a shout out to all the people I …

As you are probably well aware the state of Queensland in has been hit by massive flooding over the past weeks.
Although I also have been aware of it, I have been struggling to comprehend what it would’ve been like to be in those floods or just how massive the floods really were.
How much land has been by the flooding?
What happened to the local wildlife? How did they cope?
How quickly did this flash flooding occur?
All over the state of Queensland thousands of people have been affected by the flooding. For those …

This is my next little Video/Blog (I still can’t bring myself to say Vlog.)
As I said in my first video from Singapore, I promised I would keep you all informed about what is happening with Hi-5 over here.
This video is a little more informative about what happens backstage when we perform.
Some parts of the video are a tiny bit hard to hear, I tried my best to fix it up but there are still little patches there. FORGIVE ME, I’m shooting all of this on my phone.
Hope you are all …

Well, right now myself and the rest of the Hi-5 team are performing three shows a day at Marina Square in Singapore.
I think it is very safe to say that we are ALL having fun here. The response from all our fans has been overwhelming and also very touching. We have a range of fans all the way from Grandparents to Children who are yet to have their first birthday. The queue for the next show starts before the previous has even finished!
As I stated in a previous post, I …

Well I’m almost through my second full day here in Singapore. It feels so much longer, as we have already done so much. As you would’ve seen from my tweet today was spent in the Singapore Luge and Surfing on a man made wave. FUN FUN FUN!

Hi-5 has been to so many dinners and lunches, all put on by our many generous Singaporean friends. One Hi-5 friend had his very own Bowling Alley in the bottom floor of his house! Too much for me to comprehend. Toooooo much.
It is an …

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH HI THERE!
Yip! As the title to this Blog Post suggests, this is the final coin trick I will teach you. It was very hard to show this trick as the camera on my computer is only clear from close up. The further away your hands are whilst doing this trick the more effective the trick becomes.
This one will take practise, but it is a really cool one. If you can master this trick and fool your friends you have done very well, slight of hand is not easy.
Let me …

It’s Magic Week, It’s Magic Week, It’s Magic Week, It’s Magic Week,It’s Magic Week, It’s time for Magic Weeeeeeeek!
Well I hope Ep 2′s trick is getting better with a bit of practise. If you have any questions on how to get better at these tricks, leave it at the bottom of the page.
This trick uses exactly the same technique, YIP it’s another coin trick.  After you master this one try putting all three of the tricks together into a little routine. In the video I give you a quick example of one, but …

HELLLOOOOOO AGAIN!
I hope the magic trick from yesterday wasn’t too hard. If so, just keep practising.
Today the trick is similar, think of it as an add-on to Ep 1. Once you put these tricks together in a little routine you will really start to confuse people. This trick is a little harder and may need more practise time, but it is one of my favourites. Please leave your thoughts at the bottom of the page telling me how you went, I’m keen to know.
Ep 2

Thoughts and Good Vibes to …

This week is a themed week….
MAGIC WEEK!
It is a week dedicated to teaching you all a few simple magic tricks. So hopefully by the end of the week you will be able to put together a simple little routine that you can have a bit of fun with.
So check out the video and leave a comment letting me know how you go with the trick.

Thoughts and Good Vibes to ALL!
Tim Maddren
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