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December 2004
GURU
Radio English
PLACES of Interest in the Aussie Outback
The state of Victoria became a wealthy part of Australia back in the
1850s. Gold was discovered and thousands of people flocked to Victoria
to look for more gold. Many of them found gold but even more did not!
Visitors can still see many of the historical buildings from that 'goldrush'
era in many of the small towns near Ballarat and Bendigo in central
Victoria. Old buildings in Australia are seen as important and they are
often preserved for future generations to see. This old building is now
a modern bank.
Speed is the name of a small town about 300km north-west of Melbourne. It is in a wheat growing area of Victoria called the Mallee. As
drivers approach the town they are greeted with this rather odd sign.
SPEED - Please Slow Down. Can you also see the speed restriction
sign (80km per hour) in the background plus the huge wheat silo beside the road?
In New South Wales buildings from a bygone era can still be
seen. This solitary church (left) is in Silverton, about 100km
north of Broken Hill. I wonder if it looked like this 150 years ago?
And what about this old farm house complete with a windmill
in the back garden? Isn't it fantastic? Windmills are used for
pumping water out of the ground and are almost synonymous
with country Australia.
Caravan parks are usually above ground. People love to camp under
the trees and enjoy the clear night skies as they sit around the campfire.
However in Coober Pedy there is an underground caravan park. We
could hardly believe our eyes when we saw the sign on the roadside. It
was true. At this very unusual caravan park, campers set up their tents
underground. Coober Pedy is very cold in the winter months and very,
very hot in the summer months. Temperatures in excess of 40 degrees
Celsius are not unusual and sometimes for weeks and weeks on end.
Besides camping underground at Riba's Caravan Park, proprietors
Rick and Barbara, provide underground tours of their opal mine and
explain all about mining for opals. It was a great place to stay and
so very, very different. They even showed us their new house - their
underground house!
While driving on long, Australian country roads, buildings seem to just
appear out of nowhere. It may be a service station like in this photograph,
or perhaps a pub. This is quite common and is often a welcome sight on
a long and straight desert highway. They sell petrol of course but also
snacks, souvenirs and items of clothing. It may be 250km or more before
the next service station so travellers usually stop and rest, and stock up
while they can.
Rockets in the outback? Yes there are! The town of Woomera in South Australia was a
rocket launching site in the 1950s and 1960s. The Australian and British governments
tested rockets from Woomera. Some were successful and went into outer space and
some just crashed into the great Aussie outback. Here are two of those rockets that
didn't go too far. It can be seen on the roadside at William Creek.
Contents
December 2004
Inside Front Cover: Places of Interest in the Aussie Outback
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Contents
Letter from KGRE's Manager
2
Listeners' Letters
3
Idioms Inggris
Study Tips
4 - 5
6 - 7
Capt. Kang Guru in Oz
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9
10
Oz-Indo Connection
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12
Different Pond Different Fish
AusAID in Indonesia
Indo/Aussie Idols
Kang Guru Connection Club
Kang Guru In The Classroom
'NEW Magazine Page' Competition
KGRE - Presenter Profile
Cover:
Off Road in the Aussie outback with Capt.
Kang Guru and his friends, Ron and Deli.
Back Cover:
Capt. Kang Guru sees amazing things in the
outback!!
Kang Guru's logo represents the most
commonly found kangaroos in Australia.
They are the red kangaroo, often called
Big Red, and the grey kangaroo.
Kang Guru
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Denpasar 80030, Bali, Indonesia
Phone : (0361) 225243
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Kang Guru magazine is published in April,
August and December each year. Kang Guru
magazines are free and should not be sold
for profit. If you would like your own FREE
copy then write to KGRE now and order it.
Welcome to this December 2004 magazine from KGRE. Ogi,
Darmika, Alwi, and I are sure that you will enjoy reading the
information in this edition and, as usual, we welcome any comments
you may have. Please keep sending us your ideas and suggestions.
We do read every letter we receive and we do appreciate all of your
writing efforts.
In this magazine I tell you about one of
Australia's most popular recreational
activities - camping. Read all the news
about my holiday in Australia earlier
this year. It was a fantastic trip through
the Aussie outback. Learn a little more
about the Aussie outback, the sights, the
happenings and places of interest all the
way from Melbourne to Darwin.
There is great news from Australia! AusAID is planning to increase
their support for KGRE over the next 5 years. This means exciting
developments for both KGRE and for you. For example, beginning
in 2005, magazines will be bigger and better. Check page 10 for more
details on this. Read further details about the other planned changes
and additions for KGRE. As far as AusAID projects are concerned,
you can find out more about their work in NTT, Java and Sumatra. It
is important to understand that AusAID's work in Indonesia is always
carried out with the full support of the Indonesian government and
local Indonesian partners.
Other regular features are back such as Different Pond Different Fish,
Idioms Inggris, Learning Tips, Indonesian and Australian Music plus
a big favourite, Listeners' Letters.
As I said earlier, we all hope you like this magazine and we wish you
Forum Page Competition
for January and February
2005
The new styled FORUM was introduced on the KGRE website
in mid 2004. Over 500 people have already registered to use the
FORUM. If you have already posted your profile then KGRE asks
you to check the personal information that you gave. Is your 'personal'
information complete? Is it informative? Is it interesting? You can
always change your profile whenever you want to - UPDATE your
Profile. If you have not joined the FORUM yet then simply POST
your Profile. Remember to complete your personal information fully.
In early March 2005, KGRE will look at all the profiles posted by
FORUM members. The most interesting, unique and informative
Profile Posting will win the Grand Prize of an FM/AM Walkman
cassette player complete with a selection of Aussie music and KGRE
cassettes. There will also be 5 winners of mini FM/AM radios from
In this magazine, this computer icon means that more information
on that particular article can be found on the KGRE
website.This radio icon means that more
can be heard about that story on KGRE
radio programs over the next few months.
Listeners' Letters
 A Loyal Listener to KGRE
How do you do? My name is Sukar and I
am 17 years old and a student of senior high
school. I have been your listener since I was
in junior high school. I am interested in you
because you have made such efforts which
can make my English better, especially my
listening skills. By listening to you every
Sunday on RRI Surabaya I can hear directly
how native speakers of English speak their
language. Of course there are many other
ways to know how to speak English such
as watching television, listening to music in
English etc. but they are rather difficult for
me who has just begun studying English. By
listening to you regularly I can improve my
ability in speaking English step by step. And
now I am rather confident to write a letter
in English. It is the first time for me. What
do you think about it? I hope you can help
me to correct it, especially the grammar.
Besides that I would like to know how to get
a scholarship to study in Australia. Do you
have any information about it?
M. Sukar
Tuban - EAST JAVA
We are so happy that you listen so often to
KGRE and that we are helping you with
your English. It is our pleasure. At the moment Australian government scholarships
(ADS) are for post-graduate studies and not
for high school students. If you would like
to get a scholarship in the future then make
sure that you prepare yourself NOW! Contact KGRE for more information about ADS.
 Using KGRE material
I would like to say thank you very much
since your KG Reading Class Set has helped
us a lot in our teaching-learning process.
Due to the new 2004 English Curriculum,
English teachers in Pasuruan Regency are
going to compose an English Module. But
the problem is we lack listening materials.
Fortunately some of your articles suit the
topics from our curriculum. Is it alright if
we include your articles in our module and
to be used throughout the Regency? Of
course we will state that it is taken from
Kang Guru Radio English because we will
rewrite your articles and modify some of the
activities to meet the needs of the students in
our module. Thank you very much and I'm
looking forward to your reply.
Evin Nurmaida
SMK Negeri 1 Purwosari - EAST JAVA
KGRE would be very happy if you would
like to use some of our materials in your
modules. If possible, send some examples of
your activites to KGRE as they will be interesting to look at. Good luck with the new
curriculum too and thanks for your interest
in KGRE.
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From Muh.Jasmin in Berau - East Kalimantan
 English at University
I would like to say thanks very much to
you for this chance to send you this email.
I'm Rudianto Sitanggang from Samosir in
North Sumatra. In fact I have read your
magazine twice. The first time when I found
your magazine was in my dormitory in
Balige. I was so happy at that time because
I could read an English magazine. And the
second time after I had sent you a letter and
then you gave me a Kang Guru magazine
in December 2002. Thanks. I realised that
I must improve my English. So through
your magazine I can study more about my
vocabulary, my knowledge about Australia
and Indonesia. Now I'm studying at ITB
Bandung. Sometimes I feel it is more
difficult because most of our text books
are written in English. So I hope you can
help me to improve my English to face
the globalism era. We must remember
our motto 'Good Neighbours Make Good
Friends'.
Rudianto Sitanggang
Samosir Island - NORTH SUMATRA
Thanks for the letter Rudi. However it appears you do not get the KGRE magazines
regularly. The last one was in 2002, right?
Reconfirm your full name and postal address
with us as soon as you can. Then you will
 Australia & Indonesia
When I was reading an English magazine I
found your advertisement there. Therefore
I would like to introduce myself. I am a
boy and I live in Situbondo, East Java. My
hobbies are reading, watching TV and, of
course, football. By the way this is my first
letter in English and my English is bad. So
if I make mistakes please don't be angry. My
opinion about Australia is limited. Perhaps
all I ever heard were heated stories about
political relationship. Actually I don't enjoy
politics. To me things like education and
culture are more important. Unfortunately
getting correct information about Australia
is not easy. But I hope KGRE can help me to
get the correct information about Australia.
Thanks for your kind help and see you
next time and I will always wait for your
magazines.
Muhtadi
Situbondo - EAST JAVA
We also hope that we can give you lots of
good information about Australia and also
about Indonesia. Is there any sort of information that you are really interested in? Let
us know, okay?
 Happy with KGRE
Several months ago I made the acquaintance
of Mr. Warren. He was a Travel and Tourism
Adviser in Makassar with AusAID. Before
leaving for Australia he sent me a Kang
Guru Radio English magazine. It was the
first time I knew about KGRE. I felt so
happy reading the magazine. It was not
long after reading the KGRE magazine I
visited the school where I used to teach. I
met the Principal and told him about KGRE.
He was very interested and asked me to
contact KGRE soon. At the very time I sent
an email to Kang Guru and we received
an answer in a few minutes. It was just a
few days later our school (SMK AMSIR
1 Parepare) received a parcel post from
KGRE. It contained some KGRE magazines,
audio cassettes and reading materials. We
are very happy with Kang Guru. Our school
is also the only one using Kang Guru in the
Classroom among all schools in our town.
Kang Guru has been providing great aids,
particularly in the field of education. Thanks
Kang Guru I don't know how to return your
kindness.
Hamka HS
Kab. Barru - SOUTH SULAWESI
If you find the material interesting and helpful, and if you learn more about Australia
and Indonesia working together, we are very
pleased. Writing a letter like this one is a
great way to show your appreciation. Happy
 KGRE goes to Sumatra??
I thought you didn't send me the magazine.
But what a surprise! It finally arrived and
made my day. For your information I'm
a teacher in SMP 1 Panyabungan and I'm
also a lecturer. Even though I graduated
from the English Department at the North
Sumatra University, I think my English is
not good yet. Would you like to give me any
suggestions to improve my English? What
kind of books should I read? It seems that all
KGRE activities are only held in Sulawesi
and Java. It is never held in Sumatra. And
the last, I'm very interested in your KGRE
Teacher Workshops. How can I attend them
and how can I get the 2004 Revised Teacher
Package? I cannot see your website because
there is no internet line in my town.
Mislan Hsb, SS
SLTPN 1 Panyabungan
Mandailing - Natal - NORTH SUMATRA
I can tell you that AusAID does work in
Sumatra - see page 7. I will be presenting KGRE Teacher Workshops in Sibolga,
for example, in January 2005. To order the
Teacher Package please send Rp75,000
(POS WESEL) to KGRE. We hope that we
hear from you again soon and maybe see
you in Sumatra some time soon.
December 2004
Idioms
Inggris
How about some special terminology that can be used in Australia when you are on a camping holiThe first one is not a happy camper. If we meet someone
and they are unhappy about something, or something is
upsetting them, then we can say they are not a happy
camper. This idiom can be used in other contexts as well,
not just camping contexts.
"Ron had a lot of trouble with
his feet. They were sore from
all the walking around Uluru.
His shoes were not good
quality and they made his feet
hurt even more. On some days
he was not a happy camper.
Nevertheless he did manage to
shout 'YIPPEE' every so often
just to cheer himself up".
In Australia the words Top End refer to a special part of
the country. If you want to talk about the most northern
25% or so of Australia, especially the Northern Territory,
then you can call it the Top End.
"We had a simply marvelous holiday in July and
August 2004. We went to
the Top End of Australia
to places such as Darwin,
Kakadu and Cape York. It
was hot and really tropical but so wonderful that I
Kevin left Ron and Deli in Darwin and returned to Bali.
Deli and Ron then continued their journey eastwards to
Cape York and finally back to Melbourne.
The Red Centre is another expression often used to describe a certain part of Australia. If you
visit the Red Centre, as did the ADS students on page 5, you will see places such as Uluru, the
Olgas and lots of red dust.
"Uluru and the Olgas were so fantastic that I could hardly believe my own eyes. They were huge
and red and spectacular. I loved the Red Centre and I will always remember it for as long as I live.
I am so glad we made the long trip on the Ghan to see it". (Nia, an ADS student in Australia)
not a happy camper - orang yang merasa tidak senang, tidak puas atau marah
Red Centre - bagian tengah dari benua Australia
Top End - wilayah Australia yang berada paling utara
Vocabulary Activity
Let's look at some vocabulary! In this edition
of KGRE magazine, you will find many new
gold rush - perburuan emas
wheat silo - gudang penyimpanan gandum
bygone era - masa lampau
proprietors - pemilik penginapan
stock up - menambah persediaan
trailer - see picture on page 4
campervan - see picture on page 5
hamlet - dusun
mural - dinding yang digambar/dilukis
for weeks and weeks on end - selama berminggu-minggu
e.g. During the gold rush, thousands of men went to
Victoria hoping to find gold, wealth and success.
1.The _____ were not happy with their new customer.
2. We kept our equipment and our chairs in the ______.
3. The grain was kept in the tall __________.
4.Villagers in the little ________ were all hard working
farmers.
5. We had to _________ with food as the cyclone was
heading our way.
6. The _____ explained the historical events in a simple
way.
7. Travelling everywhere in Indonesia by becak is from
a ________.
8. The rain fell ______________ and very heavily too.
9. The ___ was large enough for six people to sleep in.
Task 1. Fill the gaps in the sentences above with the right word from the vocabulary list. Send your answers to
KGRE before the end of February, 2005. The lucky winners will receive English language reference books plus a
KGRE t-shirt.
December 2004
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Capt. Kang Guru in Oz
Earlier this year I travelled through the great Aussie outback with two very good friends of mine. Their names are Deli
and Ron and they are from Melbourne. We had been talking and dreaming about this outback adventure for many years.
During July and August we finally made our dream come true. Our route took us from Melbourne through south-west
New South Wales then northward to Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory (NT). Before we arrived in
Darwin we had a brief four day visit to the very northern part of Western Australia. The car journey took seven weeks
and we visited 5 Australian states and territories. However we never stayed in a hotel or losmen or even with friends.
I know what you are wondering now. Where did you stay? Where did you sleep every night if you didn't stay in hotels
or with friends? Look at this series of 4 photographs below. Can you see Deli and Ron unfolding our 'home'?
We drove a Toyota Land Cruiser 4-wheel drive vehicle. We towed a small trailer behind us. But it was not just a simple
trailer. It was in fact a 'home on wheels'. Our fold up/down trailer gave us our sleeping accommodation. The little
trailer also carried some of our equipment and supplies, including cooking facilities, chairs, water, a small table and
gas bottles. In the Land Cruiser we carried food and our personal items. We even had a small refrigerator in the back
of the Toyota. Our trailer was about 3 meters long and as wide as the Land Cruiser. It had two wheels. Each afternoon
when we arrived at a campsite or caravan park we unfolded the trailer and it
became a large tent. It then became our 'home' for the night. We slept inside
the tent. There was plenty of room for the three of us. The tent was made of
canvas. If it rained then we were okay - dry and comfortable. It only took 10
minutes to unfold the tent - it was easy and fun to do.
Bush Camping
One of the great highlights of our trip was camping 'in the
middle of nowhere'. In these wonderful places we didn't
have electricity and showers for example. This was when we had the
most fun. Collecting wood to
light our fire was always fun.
We used the fire to cook our
food. Another fantastic aspect
of these places was that they
were always quiet and natural.
Animals would often come close the trailer during the night and we could
hear them. One night we shone our torch through the window of the trailer
and we could see them - possums, kangaroos and lizards.
Off The Road Highlights
'Out back of Bourke' we came across many things that city drivers would
never see. One of the most exciting was the creek or river crossing. On
several occasions we were driving along dusty and rugged roads when the
road 'disappeared' and went right through a river. No bridge! We had to do
the same - drive straight through the river. Lucky we had a 4-wheel drive.
Other 'problems' included animals such as kangaroos, large lizards and emus.
These animals are never seen on the roads and streets of cities and towns but
in the outback they are everywhere. Dust was a major difficulty as well. The
dust on out-back roads is very fine and there is plenty of it. The dust particles
are so tiny that they get into everything and especially into our trailer.
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December 2004
Capt. Kang Guru in Oz
Camping is very popular in Australia. It is a very special type of Aussie holiday in the countryside away from the
towns and cities. Campers take their accommodation, equipment, food and other supplies with them. This means the
people also take a place to sleep in. It maybe a campervan, a tent, a caravan, a pop up trailer or even a swag. Sometimes people just sleep under trees, especially if it is warm enough and if there is no rain about. They cook their food
on an open fire or on a small type of portable stove. A portable stove is like a kompor in Indonesia. Campers also take
chairs to sit on and a small table. All of this equipment is carried in their cars or trailers or caravans.
camper vans
Sometimes people camp in special places called
caravan parks and camping grounds. These caravan
parks or camping grounds can have just a few people in
them or maybe hundreds of happy campers. Sometimes
they have toilets and showers for campers to use. For
example, the Heavitree Caravan Park in Alice Springs
is quite large with around 100 campsites for caravans
and tents. There are toilets, showers and washing
facilities. All the showers have hot and cold water.
There were also mirrors and wash basins. Nearby there
was a free laundry with washing machines. Only people
booked into the caravan park could use
these facilities. Like most
other campsites, our campsite
had electricity. So although
we were camping we could
still have electric lights and
use our electrical appliances.
Task 2.
a. Who did Kevin go camping with and where are they from?
b. Mention some of the wonderful things that Kevin and his friends encountered during their travels.
c. Which type of accommodation would you like to use if you went to the outback? Why did you choose this one?
Send your answers to KGRE before the end of February, 2005. The best 10 entries will win a Special Selection of
ADS in the Outback
Thousands of Indonesian students are hard at work in
Australia right now. Over 600 of those students are
AusAID supported Australian Development Scholarship
(ADS) students. Besides studying
in Australia they also enjoy local
culture and lifestyle. Many of them
make good use of their holidays from
their courses to visit different parts of
Australia. While visiting the Olgas
near Uluru in the Northern Territory,
Kevin's friend Deli, overheard some
students speaking in Bahasa Indonesia.
Deli started to chat with them and so
did Kevin. They turned out to be ADS
students on a brief break from their
studies. As Kevin says, "What a big
surprise to bump into them way out
December 2004
'Thongs to Uluru'
"Together with my 5 fellow ADS friends - Fadi, Imam,
Riyan, Svetie and Herlina - I travelled to the Red Centre
in July, 2004. It was a winter time and we had our winter
break from our universities. The Ghan, the famous Australian train, took us to Alice Springs. Then we
hired a car to go to some of the beautiful places
around Alice Springs and also to Uluru Kata
Tjuta National Park. "An accident" happened
when one of us had a broken shoe. He tried to
glue them. It worked but just for a short time.
Desperate, he bought a pair of thongs. And ...
voilá, he wore thongs when we went for a hike
around Uluru and climbed the Olgas! At first we
laughed to see his 'awkwardness' but he got used
to it. However, when we remember that we still
laugh - 'Thongs went to Uluru!'
(by Nia - ADS student in Melbourne)
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Clean Water Program to
Empower the Community and
Reduce Poverty
Community members from two neighbouring hamlets in Kayuloe Barat village, South Sulawesi, feel empowered
by a community-led development program. It has been underway in their area for the past year. The ACCESS - The
Australian Community Development and Civil Society Strengthening Scheme - funded clean water program is being
facilitated by local NGO LEPPSEM (Lembaga Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat). It aims
to provide clean water to 200 families. This is done by drilling a well which is connected to a series of water storage
ponds. Kayuloe Barat lies in the dry hinterland of SULSEL. During the hot season - July to November - the land is
baked hard and non-productive. Many hamlets in this village have no dry season water access. Two of the worst affected
hamlets are Dusun Pa'Bentengan and Dusun Batutarang. During the dry season local water sources are reduced to a
trickle. Women can spend anywhere up to 10 hours a day collecting water for cooking and drinking. For this reason
villages from Kayuloe Barat prioritised the hamlets of Pa'Bentengan and Batutarang for the clean water program. Over
the past year the community has been involved in community-led poverty surveys, data collection and organisation.
Drilling the well has not yet begun, but the community is in the process of organising someone to do that.
Sainal is a farmer: "We have been involved
Hildawati is a housewife: "Our
right from the beginning. The community
experience with this program is that
carried out its own surveys and set up the
everyone has been involved and the
program. We formed groups and a meeting
NGO came directly to the women.
schedule. We were able to identify the root
Women have not only been involved
problem for poverty here - and that is clean
in discussion, they have also been
water. We feel like we own this program.
involved in the physical work (collecting
Before all the responsibility was in the
materials for the well). We are very
hands of the governments, but now we are
happy because what was promised is
responsible for improving things, not the
actually happening. If we don't have
government. We have learnt how to form
clean water our village will never
groups. God willing, if there is another
develop. Before women were never
program in a year's time we will be able
included, programs were only for
to use what we have learned."
specified people."
Why is clean water important for reducing poverty in the village?
Women spend all their time collecting water. Women can spend between 1 hour and 10 hours collecting
water. Therefore they have little time to help their husbands earn money. As a result of low family incomes
more than 50% of the men leave their villages to find work in the city. If water levels are low then they have to buy
water. It can costs up to Rp 6000 a day for water. If the water source is good enough then irrigation is possible for
Nina Shatifan is a consultant
and specialises in social development looking at issues to do
with women, poor people, development of communities and
what we call now community
empowerment. Community empowerment shows communities
how to develop skills so that they
can basically take care of their
own development. They're able
to make decisions and plan for themselves to improve
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Nina gave this example to KGRE. "If we take a water
project, not only do we have communities build the project
but we also work with them to develop management
structures so that they can look after at themselves. We
help them to develop ways of making sure that benefits
go to all of the community including the poor. Work is
also done with those communities to make sure that
women are involved. As we know women have the main
responsibilities for taking care of water in Indonesia, well
all over the world actually".
Nina is an old friend of KGRE. Nina is currently working
with two AusAID projects: ACCESS and WSLIC.
December 2004
Water Supply and Sanitation for Low Income Communities (WSLIC)
We all know how important water is in our daily lives. Did you know the human body is over 70% water. Our blood
is more than 80% water and our brain is over 75%. The human liver is an amazing 96% water! We need good, clean
water to have a healthy body. Drinking lots of healthy water allows our body to perform all the healing processes that
it is naturally capable of. Polluted water can cause serious illnesses and disease. Children are especially in danger.
This does not just mean clean drinking water but also clean water for washing and cleaning.
WSLIC stands for Water Supply and Sanitation for Low Income Communities. WSLIC is funded by the World Bank
with substantial co-financing support from AusAID in the technical assistance area (i.e. providing management advice
to an Indonesian government unit, which is responsible for overall project management, training needs for facilitators in the villages, monitoring and evaluation activities.) WSLIC, a 5-year project, has a budget of US$100 million
and provides support for improvement in water supply and sanitation for approximately 2000 villages across seven
provinces of Indonesia. They include South Sumatra, West Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, West Java, East Java, Nusa
Tenggara Barat and South Sulawesi.
How were the provinces chosen? The first criterion was the health status of the province and particularly the incidence
of diarrhoeal diseases. Diarrhoeal disease, mainly caused by poor water and sanitation, is one of the biggest killers
of children under 5 years of age worldwide. Secondly, the economic situation of the villages in the various regions,
as the project focuses on poor communities. The third was the level of water supply and sanitation coverage in those
The project is a community-based project providing grants to communities. The overall
aim of the project is to increase the health conditions in those communities and to increase
the productivity and quality of life through improved water and sanitation and associated
hygiene improvements. Actual facilities are selected by the community as part of the
community planning process and subsequently designed and constructed by them with
80% of the funding coming from the project and 20% from the community. An excellent
example is this very simple and inexpensive washstand from Pakel village, Lumajang,
East Java. It was designed by the local Village Implementation Team using locally available components. Its key features include places to store soap and a towel, closed water
container with a simple tap and a bucket for collecting wastewater.
As Country Program Manager, Mike Ponsonby says, "The risk reduction for diarrhoeal
diseases from hand washing with soap is something like 45 to 50 percent which compares
with figures around 15 percent for clean water supply and about 20 to 25 percent for
improved sanitation. So there's huge gains to make by very simple changes in behaviour".
Indonesia-Australia Partnership in Basic Education (IAPBE)
This new AusAID project is based in Malang, East Java. The goal of the partnership is to help improve the quality and
management of basic education, the first nine years of schooling, in Indonesia. The purpose is to build the capacity
of targeted local governments, schools and community groups to plan, manage and deliver quality basic education
services. The Australian and Indonesian staff members are already working with schools, teachers, communities, the
dinas Pendidikan and the KanDep Agama, in their three target districts: Jombang, Gresik and Jember. In October
2004, over 70 selected teachers, supervisors and school principals attended the first phase of their training to become
IAPBE trainers. Once trained, they will train teachers in SD/MI/SMP and MTs in each district - a total of 60 schools.
Fourteen trainers were selected from each district. The candidates were chosen from
a field of over 150 applicants following an open and transparent selection process
that involved an interview and test of practical teaching skills.
One of the most important objectives of IAPBE is to improve teaching skills by
working directly with teachers in schools. The districts will decide their own subject priorities. However, the key
subjects of Science, Mathematics, English, Kelas Awal and Indonesian will be focused upon in the first year of operation. A big issue for teachers at the moment is Competency Based Curriculum, so IAPBE will assist in that area by
providing training in syllabus writing and lesson planning. IAPBE will also work with school administrators, school
committees and communities to improve school management skills. The national education act now divests a great
deal of the responsibility for educational decision-making and planning to the Kabupaten, the community and the Dewan Pendidikan. Therefore IAPBE will be working
in partnership with these key stake-holders, to identify local educational issues and to
support them in seeking sustainable solutions to these issues. IAPBE is a three year,
$AUD 7.9 million project, managed by IDP Education Australia for AusAID.
December 2004
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Oz-Indo Connections
Islam in Australia
Muslims in Australia have a long history. Some of Australia's earliest visitors, pre-dating European
settlement, were muslims from the Indonesian archipelago. Fishermen and traders from the Makassar region have been visiting Australia's Top End from as early as the 16th century. However, the
first significant Muslim population came from Afghanistan. They were Afghan camel drivers. They
played a significant role in opening up Australia's vast outback areas, carrying explorers, supplies
and even the telegraph.The camels were strong and they didn't need to drink water everyday.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, small numbers of Muslims went to Australia from Dutch and British colonies
in Southeast Asia to work in the Australian pearling industry. Australia's first mosque was built at Marree in northern
South Australia in 1861. Remnants of that first mosque can still be seen in Marree (see photo left). The first major
mosque was built in Adelaide in 1890. Another was built in Broken Hill
(New South Wales) in 1891. The real basis for
Australia's modern day Muslim population came
after World War Two. Between 1947 and 1971 the
Muslim population increased from 2,100 to 22,300,
as European Muslims, mainly Cypriot Turks, sought
a new life in Australia. Today there are over 600,000
Muslims living in Australia. Photo right is modern
mosque in Sydney.
Indonesian Independence Celebrations in Darwin
KGRE's good friend, Ruth Rynehart,
is the Head of Faculty, Languages
Other Than English at Darwin
High School. Ogi visited Darwin
High School as a part of her 2003
trip 'Down Under' and in August
2004 Ruth also welcomed Kevin to
Darwin. While in Darwin Kevin was
invited by Ruth to attend the Indonesian Independence celebrations at
the Indonesian Consulate. Hundreds
of Indonesians living and working
in Darwin attended the day's event. It was a terrific day
and special thanks go to the Indonesian Consul, Zacharias
Deputy Consul, Muhari Hasnil
Bakar. The Darwin High School
band provided the music for the
day, including a fine rendition of
'Indonesia Raya'. The Consulate
has strong ties with the Indonesian
language departments of several local schools including Darwin High
School. Students from O'Loughlin
College in Darwin played angklung while a fellow student sang
'Rayuan Pulau Kelapa'. Many students, both Australian and Indonesian, attended the day's
celebration activities and you can hear them speaking on
Indonesia's Champion Swimmers
Albert, Bobby, Sherly and Delfina are four young Indonesians. They are all top sports men and
women and Indonesian swimming champions. They have already been overseas and will go
again in the next twelve months. They speak English and were very keen to chat with KGRE
last October before they began their daily practice session at the Senayan Pool, Jakarta. Albert
Sutanto was a member of the 2004 Indonesian Olympic Swimming Team and went to Athens to
represent his country. He also represented Indonesia at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Bobby Bangkit
Guntoro also went to Athens. Bobby was chosen as one of the two Indonesian representatives at
the Olympic Youth Camp in Greece. He was chosen because of his swimming potential. Look
out for Bobby in the 2008 Olympic Games in China. He has a great future in the pool. Sherly
Yunita and Delfina Chandra are also members of the Indonesian National Swimming Team.
Together with Albert and Bobby, they attended a 5 month pre-Olympic training placement in
Perth, Western Australia. As Albert recognises, his interest and passion for swimming has given
him and his friends many wonderful rewards. Swimming has taken him overseas, given him a
career and a future and introduced him to friends from all over the world.
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December 2004
Indo/Aussie I d o l s
In recent years the 'Idol' phenomenon, known here as 'Indonesian Idol', has swept the world. Millions of people watch
every week. The 'Idol' format has worked very well in countries such as Australia, USA, Sweden and Britain. The
winning 'Idols' from participating countries finally meet in the ultimate talent quest each year with the grand winner
being called 'World Idol'.
The basic idea of 'Idol' is this. A giant talent search is conducted in each participating country. Hundreds and hundreds
of young singers follow a series of heats in front of three judges. These heats run over many months and are held
all over the country. Eventually an Idol Final Series is presented to the general
public in each country. People then vote for their favourite artists. That lucky
winner becomes the 'Idol' for the country.
In 2003, Guy Sebastian was a 22-year old from Adelaide. Now his voice - and
his hair - have captivated Australia. Guy's debut single 'Angels Brought Me Here'
became the biggest-selling Australian single in Australian music history - in just
two weeks. Talking about 'World Idol', Guy said, 'To me this is just an amazing
opportunity to meet people who have gone through the same things that I have
been through and I will be able to ask them how they dealth with stuff'. He is
also quite well known here in Indonesia and visited Indonesia just a few months
ago. Guy has very strong and distinctive voice. He was voted by Australians in
2003 as the best singer in the 'Australian Idol' competition. He went to London
to represent Australia at the 'World Idol' final but was not successful in becoming the lucky winner.
Indonesia's current 'Idol' is Joy Tobing. Joy is from Sumatra and she has a truly wonderful voice. It doesn't seem to
matter if Joy sings songs in English or in Indonesian. Her words are clear and strong and it is obvious that Joy really understands the lyrics and enjoys performing. The runner up idol in the current 'Indonesian Idol' series is Delon.
KGRE was lucky enough to chat with Joy and Delon in Jakarta in October. Congratulations to all of the 'Indonesian
Joy told KGRE that she was very happy winning
'Indonesian Idol'. "Well, I'm very happy because I'm
the winner of Indonesian Idol". Joy went on to tell
KGRE that some of her favourite music includes Pop, Blues,
Rock and Roll and R and B. Her favourite female singers are
Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Mariah
Carey. As for Indonesian singers, she likes Ruth Sahanaya
and Krisdayanti. The future? Joy told KGRE that the Asian
Idol Competition is next and then perhaps World Idol. Joy
was busy planning a well deserved holiday in Bali with her
family. Let's hope that Joy Tobing will be the next 'World
Idol'. We wish her all the luck in the world.
Delon also spoke with KGRE and talked about his English language studies. He said, "For me English is a little bit
hard to practice". Kevin asked Delon about any problems areas that he still has with English. He said that structure and
grammar are still a little difficult as well as pronunciation, but Delon is working on those areas. One important thing
is to be willing to talk as often as you can and Delon uses English whenever he can. When singing in English Delon
needs to be sure of the meanings so that he can sing the lyrics effectively and with feeling. Some of his favourite songs
are 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight' by Elton John, 'Heaven Knows' by Rick Price and 'Angels Brought Me Here' by
Guy Sebastian. His favourite artists include Rick Price, Josh Groban, Air Supply, Chrisye and Ruth Sahanaya. On his
success, Delon says, 'I'm still Delon like before. Still the same. But the change is with my schedule. It is very full'.
Task 3. Perhaps do some research and try to answer the following questions. The best entry will receive a great
CD of 'Indonesian Idol' finalists plus some other KGRE souvenirs.
a. Who were the 'Indonesian Idol' finalists and where do they come from?
b. What is the title of Joy's new album and what is the name of the hit song from that album?
c. How did Delon learn his English? A clue - you must listen to KGRE radio - program number 4503.
December 2004
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In 2005, the Kang Guru Connection Club network will be bigger and better. Beginning in 2005, will have a full page
of KGCC news in every edition. KGRE visited these two active KG Connection Clubs recently.
Junior Club in Ngoro - Mojokerto, East Java
KGCC # 011 - The Junior Club is based at SMP 1 Mojokerto. They are a very active club.
During Kevin's meeting with them on the 27th of September they performed a series of
dances which were quite spectacular. Then members sat in small groups enjoying English
language games, including Snakes and Ladders, vocabulary games and magazine discussions. Even Joy and Delon from 'Indonesian Idol' were the subjects of the discussions
in one of the groups. The club members are also very interested in health and healthy
environments.Their school had beautiful gardens with lawn and flowers and lots of
trees. There were colourful murals painted by students on themes such as anti-drugs and
anti-smoking. They even
had special areas where
students were growing
plants for use in traditional
medicines. It was terrific
to see classroom walls
covered with posters and
more importantly, students' work. Fantastic!
English Society Club RRI Semarang
This club is located at, and supported by, RRI Semarang.
Members meet every Sunday at 11am in the Karawitan
Room of RRI Semarang. They have about 10 - 50 active
members including senior high school
students, college students, workers,
and even housewives. Besides the
core committee they have three other
committees - public relations, the education division and general affairs.
'New Pages for the Magazine'
Competition
In 2005 KGRE magazine will have four extra pages.
That is fantastic, isn't it? One page will be for SMP level
learners. One of the new pages will be for English language
teachers and the third will be for the KGRE Connection
Club network. That means there is still one page FREE!
Can you suggest what that page should be used for?
Perhaps you can think of something different? Something
new and exciting? Maybe even something innovative and
educational? Write to KGRE before January 31st with
your suggestions and some of the details of what you
think could be included on the page. Five clever winners
will win a brand new KGRE Gift Package. The special
package includes a KGRE t-shirt, Aussie music and KGRE
cassettes, as well as Echolls and Shadilly dictionaries.
They will also win a special certificate from KGRE, IALF
and AusAID thanking them for their valuable contribution
to the development of KGRE.
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The club is closely aligned to RRI's English language
interactive program named 'Central Java at A Glance'
broadcast every day at 6pm on FM 95.3 MHz. Members,
under the guidance of Leader Sweety
Keyko, are interested in social work
and conducting outdoor meetings
such as excursions. For all KG
Connection Club Profiles please
visit http://www.kangguru.org/
kgconnection.htm
In 2005, KGRE plans to develop a fantastic new Teacher
Package aimed at SMP level students and their teachers.
SMP level segments will also be included in all radio
programs and magazines. Language learners studying
English at the mid-elementary level will find more material
to listen to and to use. The new package will be topic-based
and will contain a wide variety of activities for practising
listening in the classroom. As with the current KGRE
Teacher Package (Revised March 2004) some reading,
speaking and writing activities will also be included, plus
songs and quizzes.To order KGRE Teacher Packages
just contact KGRE or check out the KGRE website.
http://www.kangguru.org/kgclassroom.htm
December 2004
Different pOND
Lain Lubuk
Different fish
Lain Ikan
Money Matters
Black or white tea, please?
I have been living in Australia for two years doing my
postgraduate study. I have a story that I'd like to share
with you. This is about how to manage Australian money
for living and how to manage my clothes the first time I
was in Oz.
I have another story about being embarrased in Australia
due to differences in culture. My story is about ordering
tea at a coffee shop. I always had a nice cup of tea every
morning in Indonesia. It gave me a great feeling in the
morning. So when I arrived in the early morning for the
first time at Sydney airport, the first thing that I looked for
was a coffee shop. Finally, I found a nice coffee shop with
many people queuing to order. Quite confidently I jumped
into the queue. I thought that I had better English than
before since I had recently learnt English at IALF. Then
a very friendly girl asked me if she could help me. I said
that I would like to have a cup of tea. Then she asked me
what kind of tea I would like to order, black or white tea?
I thought she was making a morning joke with me. My
quick response, but with some confusion, was that I said
red tea please. With a very unfriendly face she asked me
again, "Black or white tea, please?", I didn't say anything
as I didn't know what actually black or white tea was. I
only knew that having tea is normally with or without
sugar. Then she said, "Next please". She then asked the
next customer behind me. I realised then that I didn't
understand Oz customs. One day I had a cup of tea at the
University tea room and I saw a lady drinking tea with milk
in it. Then I asked her, "Can I say that you are having a
white tea?" She smiled and said, "Yes you can". Finally
I understood that black tea is no milk added and white
tea is with milk. Oh God, how big the difference is in the
way of having tea between Indonesian and Oz people!!!
I had never prepared and cooked my own food before so
when I lived in Oz for the first time I always bought food
for my lunch and dinner. That cost a lot of money. I soon
began to run out of my money. Then I had to start learning how to prepare my own food beginning with grocery
shopping, cooking, cleaning the utensils, etc. It was a new
experience in my life as generally Indonesian men never
work in the kitchen for their entire life. Well, this is true
for my family anyway! The second thing that I found a
difficult experience was to manage my dirty clothes. I
brought many clothes from Indonesia. My total luggage
weighed approximately 50 kgs. During the first, second
and third week in Oz my clothes were not a big problem.
But for the fourth week I had a problem as nearly all
my clothes were dirty, especially the underwear. Then I
thought how difficult life is in Oz as nobody was there to
help me wash and iron my clothes. Then I started to learn
how to iron my clothes, but first I learnt how to operate a
washing machine. Finally I learnt how to live in Oz as a
single person and I started to enjoy life in Oz. Then when
I got the chance to continue my study again in Oz I took it.
This year is my first year for my PhD. I have no problems
at all with how to manage money and clothes anymore.
(These stories are from Penta, former ADS student in Sydney now doing his PhD in Food Technology)
Tea? Not again ...
I like drinking tea but not so often. One day my host-mother offered me tea in the morning. Later at school I had tea
during recess and once more with lunch. I felt a bit sick of tea actually but I had to respect them. Soon after I arrived
home from school I was offered another 'cuppa'. I couldn't help myself as my host invited me for tea just before dinner.
"Adi, it's tea time", shouted my host. "What? Tea again? You know what? I drank a cuppa in the morning, then two at
school, once more as I got home and now again? Please, I can't have
anymore. Can I have water?", I asked. Immediately all members of
my host family turned their heads towards me in confusion. I felt I
had hurt them by yelling out. I felt guilty as my host mother said,
"Adi, we're about to have dinner now. We're going to have a cuppa
later after dinner. If you'd like to. So would you like to have dinner
with us?". Oh gosh, I found out later that Australians usually call
dinner or makan malam - 'tea time'. I got used to that but not drinking
so much tea. I kept rejecting their offers for a cuppa if I had already
had one earlier in the day. But in my view, Australians really like
drinking tea: they have morning tea, afternoon tea and evening tea.
And then there are the other occasions too. I don't know why.
(from Adi Waluyo, IALF Teacher Exchange)
December 2004
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A Keen KGRE Presenter
My name is Fathul Muin. My date of birth is November 30th,
1968. I graduated from IKIP PGRI Tuban in 1993. I am an
English teacher of SMPN 5 Tuban. I have been a member of
KGRE since around 1991. However I was not active as it was
difficult for me to listen to the KGRE program at that time in
my town. In January 2003, after reading the December 2002
edition of KGRE magazine, I found information that KGRE
welcomed any radio stations to broadcast their programs. I
tried to contact the English department of IKIP PGRI Tuban,
English Teachers Forum and Swara Pantura FM Radio to
cooperate with this program. They agreed and I sent my
proposal to KGRE in Denpasar, Bali. IKIP PGRI Tuban
then asked me to be the coordinator as well as the presenter
of this program.
To tell you frankly the public interest in English is still low in
Tuban so I have to do many things to improve my program.
I have been developing it by coordinating with students,
English teachers, English Students' Association (SEA) and
English Conversation Club (KGCC). We have conducted
English debates, practised reading English news articles and
developed English dialogues for our interactive program.
Every first week of each month we have an 'English for
Children' segment on the show. It is hard work but I enjoy it
very much because I consider this is very useful and helpful
to improve my poor English and at the same time help others.
Thank you to the Australian government for their AusAID
programs in Indonesia especially KGRE.
A Big Welcome To Our Latest
Private Radio Stations
Kang Guru Radio English can now be heard on
Radio Wijaya Kusuma (RWK) FM in Klaten
every Sunday at 18.30 wib
FM 89.9 MHz
Radio LIUR FM in Tulungagung
every Saturday at 18.00 wib
FM 90.9 MHz
Radio CONTREND FM* in Selayar
every Sunday at 09.00 wita
FM 98.5 MHz
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Radio MITRA FM in Manna, South Bengkulu
every Sunday at 11.00 wib
FM 101.3 MHz
PRIVATE RADIO STATIONS
Station
Day
Time
Frequency
Suara Padang FM
Sunday
09.00 wib
FM 102.6 MHz
Suara Kelimutu
RSPD Ende
Saturday
Sunday
17.30 wita
17.30 wita
AM 1185 kHz
SW 2695 kHz
RPD Ruteng
Monday
17.30 wita
Thursday
SW 2.96 MHz
101.3 m
*
Oisvira FM Friday
16.00 wita
Sumbawa
Sunday
Radio Hikmah
Sunday
20.05 wit
Ternate
*
FM 95.1 MHz
FM 103.4 MHz
RSPD Banjar Martapura
Sunday
Thursday
16.00 wita
FM 100.4 MHz
RSPD Balikpapan
Tuesday
19.00 wita
FM 99.9 MHz
Radio Kutai Barat
Monday
19.00 wita
FM 95.3 MHz
Suara Slawi Ayu*
RSPD Tegal
Sunday
15.00 wib
AM 783
Citra Pertiwi*
RSPD Tegal
Sunday
15.00 wib
FM 103.9 MHz
Persada FM Blitar
Wednesday
19.30 wib
FM 94.3 MHz
Swara Indonesiana
Tidore
Friday
16.00 wit
FM 107.1 MHz
Swara Pantura FM Tuban* Sunday
15.30 wib
FM 93.55 MHz
RKPD Magetan Indah Sunday
07.00 wib
AM 774 kHz
Cakra Dipayuda FM
Banjarnegara
Monday
19.00 wib
FM 104.4 MHz
Swara Bahana FM
Jembrana
Sunday
16.00 wita
FM 99.9 MHz
Radio Berlian FM
Natuna
Sunday
Wednesday
20.00 wib
FM 102.50 MHz
Suara Habibulloh FM Sunday
Banyuwangi
09.30 wib
FM 94.8 MHz
Radio NBS Sukabumi
Sunday
21.00 wib
FM 92.3 MHz
Pelita Kasih
Waikabubak
to be advised
Sonia FM
Maumere
Monday
Wednesday
18.30 wita
FM 102.9 MHz
Duta Suara Selapindo Sunday
Bengkalis
Monday
17.00 wib
19.30 wib
FM 91.6 MHz
RSPD Sumba Timur Sunday
Bengkalis
09.00 wita
17.00 wita
AM 720 kHz
Prima Jepara FM Sunday
09.00 wib
Jepara
RaDa Way Kanan
Sunday
18.00 wib
Lampung
FM 104 MHz
*
*
SURGA FM Monday
16.00 wib
Jombang
CASSANOVA Friday
20.00 wita
Bali
Sunday
FM 96.7 MHz
FM 97.05 MHz
FM 102 MHz
All winners of the task activities from the
August 2004 magazine will be announced on the
KGRE website in late December 2004.
http://www.kangguru.org/englishmagazine.htm
December
Schedule for Kang Guru Radio English across Indonesia
Kang Guru Radio English is broadcast throughout Indonesia on over 80 RRI & private radio stations.
Listeners are asked to call radio stations direct if they are having problems listening to KGRE broadcasts.
Contact the station to check on broadcast times for KGRE, changes to the schedule AND the availability of other
English language programs including interactive programs.
GET INTO THE HABIT - Listen to Kang Guru Radio English EVERY WEEK!
Station
Day
Time
Frequency
Station
Day
Time
Ambon
Friday
07.30 wit
FM 90.3 MHz
Medan
Monday
17.15 wib
Banda Aceh
Tuesday
17.30 wib
FM 97.6 MHz
Merauke
Sunday
14.30 wit
Thursday
MW 240 kHz
Bandar Lampung Friday
15.30 wib
FM 98 MHz
Nabire
Monday
09.30 wit
Tuesday
16.30 wit
Bandung Sunday
17.00 wib
FM 97.6 MHz
Palangkaraya
Monday 06.35 wib
Thursday
Banjarmasin
Sunday
17.30 wita
FM 97.6 MHz (Pro 1)
Palembang
Saturday 16.30 wib
AM 264.55 kHz
Bengkulu
Monday
15.00 wib
FM 93 MHz
Palu Wednesday
19.30 wita
(Programa 1)
Biak
Monday
08.30 wit
FM 96.30 MHz
Pekanbaru
Sunday
17.00 wib
Thursday
(Programa 2)
Bogor
Monday
14.15 wib
AM 1242 kHz (Pro 1)
Pontianak
Sunday
10.30 wib
Bukittinggi
Thursday
16.00 wib
FM 107 MHz
Purwokerto
Sunday
14.40 wib
Tuesday
MW 1512 kHz
Ende
Monday
17.00 wita
FM 105 MHz
Ranai (Natuna)
Sunday
08.00 wib
Thursday
AM 783 kHz
FakFak
Thursday
19.30 wit
FM 89 MHz
Samarinda
Tuesday
20.30 wita
MW 774 kHz
Friday
Gorontalo
Saturday
19.15 wita
FM 102 MHz
Semarang
Thursday
20.00 wib
Monday, Wednesday
19.15 wita
FM 93 MHz
Jakarta
Sunday 17.00 wib
SW 9680 kHz
Serui
Monday 10.30 wit
Wednesday
17.00 wib
FM 92.8 MHz
Wed & Friday
19.30 wit
Jambi
Saturday 09.00 wib
FM 88.5 MHz
Sibolga
Sunday
09.00 wib MW 273.22 m
Jayapura
Wednesday
18.00 wit
FM 90.1 MHz
Singaraja
Monday 17.00 wita
Friday
( Pro 2 FM )
Saturday
Jember
Rabu
18.30 wib
FM 97.8 MHz
Sintang
Saturday
16.30 wib
AM 963 kHz
Kendari
Wednesday
07.30 wita
FM 96.6 MHz
Sorong
Tuesday
16.30 wit
17.00 wita
MW 314 m
Kupang
Tue & Thurs
16.00 wita FM 93.5 MHz (Pro 1)
Sumenep Sunday
16.00 wib
Saturday
16.00 wita
FM 90.6 MHz (Pro 2)
Lhokseumawe
Saturday 15.30 wib FM 89.3 MHz
Sungai Liat
Monday
08.00 wib
Madiun Sunday 05.30 wib
FM 96.3 MHz Surabaya Sunday 18.30 wib
FM 97.75 MHz
Makassar Friday
17.00 wita
FM 97.6 MHz
Surakarta
Monday 14.30 wib SW 476.19 m
Wednesday
Malang Sunday
08.30 wib
FM 94.8 MHz
Tanjungpinang
Sunday
11.00 wib
AM 891 kHz
Sunday
13.00 wib
Manado Thursday
20.30 wita
FM 104.4 MHz
Tual
Saturday
08.30 wit
AM 1188 kHz
15.30 wit
Manokwari
Monday
18.30 wit
FM 97.8 MHz
Wamena
Tuesday 09.30 wit
MW 702 kHz
Yogyakarta
Monday
18.30 wita
Mataram Monday
19.00 wita
FM 96.3 MHz
AM 855 kHz
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Frequency
FM 94.3 MHz
AM 855 kHz
MW 810 MHz
FM 98.1 MHz
FM 96.3 MHz
SW 90,22 m
MW 3325 kHz
FM 93.1 MHz
MW 233.1 m
FM 93 MHz
SW 75.75 m
FM 91.2 MHz
MW 323 m
FM 104.2 MHz
FM 93.1 MHz
MW 756 kHz
FM 90 MHz
FM 104.1 MHz
FM 96.90 MHz
MW 1215 kHz
FM 97.75 MHz
AM 801 kHz
FM 97.5 MHz
FM 98.1 MHz
( Pro 1 FM )
FM 103.7 MHz
FM 90.7 MHz
FM 96.7 MHz
MW 4875 kHz
FM 98.5 MHz
AM 1098 kHz
FM 97.3 MHz
AM 1413 kHz
FM 99.2 MHz
AM 585 kHz
FM 101.95 MHz
MW 972 kHz
FM 98.3 MHz
FM 92.1 MHz
FM 93.2 MHz
FM 97.8 MHz
FM 97.8 MHz
SW 215 m
FM 102.5 MHz
( Pro 2 FM )
* These radio stations also conduct an English Interactive Show linked to KGRE. Do you have a KGRE linked interactive program on your local
station? If not, then contact the station and ask them to develop one - KGRE will be happy to assist them to do this.
Capt. Kang Guru sees amazing things in the Outback!!
Indonesia in Darwin...
One of the most outstanding Indonesian
boats on display was built in a
traditional manner by a boat building
community in south-east Sulawesi.
Known as a perahu padawakang, this
type of historic boat was the kind of
vessel in which the Macassans sailed
the Timor and Arafura seas. During
the nineteenth century they sailed
to northern Australia in search of
trepang, turtle shell and other marine
products.
During a visit to the Darwin Maritime
Museum I was pleasantly surprised to
see Indonesia strongly represented.
There were authentic examples of
traditional Indonesian boats in the
museum. Each of these has a story
behind it. There is a permanent display
of 21 boats and canoes. They include an
Australian pearling vessel, an Indonesian
perahu lambo, a perahu lete lete and a
fine Balinese jukung.
Mosquitos and flies...
Holes in the ground...
Mosquitos and flies are a real
nuisance in the outback. There are
millions of them. There are big ones
and small ones and they are all very
annoying. They never seem to go
away. Some people wear special
lotions and creams that keep the
insects away. This method isn't always
successful so Ron decided to try
another method. He often wore this
full length mosquito net just to make
sure that he was comfortable and safe
from bites.
For miles and miles around Coober Pedy in South Australia there
are holes in the ground. These mine shafts are often 15 to 20
metres deep. They are circular in shape. These are holes left over
from opal mining. People dug these holes searching for opals.
After they finished looking for the opals they just moved on and
dug a new hole nearby. So one thing visitors do not do around
Coober Pedy is go for a walk at night. If you fell down one of
these holes you would probably stay there forever!
Zebra Rocks...
Rubbish bins...
Australians are very aware of rubbish and how it damages the
environment. Rubbish bins can be found in caravan and national
parks, beside restaurants and roadsides and even in out of the
way places. There are often several bins side-by- side. One for
plastics, another for bottles, one for cans and another for paper.
This makes it easier to recycle the rubbish afterwards. Littering,
or throwing away rubbish, is a serious offence in Australia and
if caught you can be fined hundreds of dollars. 'Keep Australia
Clean' is the well-known Aussie motto.
Zebra Rocks were another
amazing discovery. These
distinctive reddish-brown and
white banded sedimentary
rocks are only found in a small
area of the Kimberley region
of Western Australia. They
were first discover in 1924
but are over 600 million years
old. They are hard to describe
except to say they are beautifully marked with vibrant and
bold colours. These stones can be cut and polished into a wide
variety of shapes. They are mainly used as ornaments.
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