Evelyn Manfield Archives

eLanka Newsletter – 22th August 2021 – 7th Edition – Sri Lankans In Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter “THE LUCKY COUNTRY”??., (I THINK SO)!!. by Desmond Kelly. Victorian racing mourns loss of popular jockey Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood, 62 Gilbert Gardiner Lentil as Anything fundraises for wages, rent as Thornbury outlet faces eviction By Rachel Eddie and Ben Schneiders Sri Lanka – Island-wide quarantine curfew from tonight to Aug. 30 2021 Cameron Colombege – by Trevine Rodrigo (Melbourne) Sri Lanka-Australia-New Zealand Business Council holds 26th AGM Vale Elvis ‘Ricky’ Thurgood by Ryan Reynolds So far, COVID has had the last laugh By Raj Gonsalkorale Koch…more to crow about Darrell De Silva – Apache Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo 67 20.08.2021 What Supercentenarians ate to live longcontrary to foods that is recommended today-by Dr Harold Gunatillake Nelligala International Buddhist Center By Arundathie Abeysinghe Explainable ...

Perth boy Rehan Somaweera has become one of Australia’s youngest authors of a scientific paper By Evelyn Manfield Source:-www.abc.net.au A father and son bonding over their love for snorkeling has lead to 10-year-old Rehan Somaweera becoming one of the youngest people in Australia to author a published scientific paper. Key points: Rehan Somaweera discovered an interesting unknown fact about the WA common octopus He and his dad confirmed the discovery by recording what they saw across four different reefs His findings were published in a CSIRO journal and he now dreams of being a scientist Whenever the sun is shining, Rehan and his dad Ru put on their wetsuits and flippers and jump in the sparkling blue water at Perth’s Mettams Pool. It was on one of these underwater adventures that year five student Rehan fell hook, line and sinker for the West Australian common octopus because of its “weird skin” and eight tentacles. ...