[For professional news click here] Beijing China Spring Festival Fireworks is a national pastime during Spring Festival Temple Fairs in China are a host of unusual activities some
of which are a great deal of fun White sand desert dunes Temples and burning joss sticks is very typical in the New Year Festive activities, fun food and funny attractions including fish your own goldfish Giving crickets is a popular gift during Spring Festival Chair ski-ing on the frozen river is a very Beijing typical activity How about the hot springs inside your hotel? The Fishing Villages of Siem Reap Family activities and hot pot is a winter wonderland (of food) Railway stations are gigantic in Beijing but still crowded
with 40 million people How about attending CCTV televisions studio audiences for a
Chinese talent show 2013 A few visions of Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand Vietnam's Muine Fishing Village and Fairy Stream White sand desert dunes Pnhom Phen Cambodia SL21 Prison and the Killing Fields Angkor Wat at Siem Reap The Fishing Villages of Siem Reap Bangkok Thailand in time for the King's birthday King's Palace The Reclining Buddha The Ladyboys of Bangkok Streets of Bangkok celebrate the King 2012 A few visions of Beijing, Nanjing, the
Shangrilah Mountains Beijing's 798 Art District: Chinese and regional contemporary art Qianmen adjoining Tiananmen in Beijing rebuilt: in a year Shangrilah Wetlands in South West China Kunming Horticultural Expo Kunming City Moonwalk (Oh Yeah) The Old City of Lijiang Nanjing South China The Confucian Temple of Nanjing The Sun Zhong Shan (Sun Yat Sen in Cantonese) Mausoleum John Rabe International Peace Centre Nanjing Uni Campus The Nanjing War Museum Mass graves of Japanese atrocities and aggresion The Naxi People of South West China (Performance)
Shangrilah Wetlands at 4000m Shangrilah Meadows The Stone Forest of Lijiang A night with a Tibetan Family in Shangrilah Jumping Tiger Gorge in the Shangrilah Mountains 2010 A few visions of Vietnam
26th May 2009 2009 A few visions of Tibet, Haung Shan
2008 A few visions of Hong Kong, Macau and Shen Zhen
2008 A few visions of China
15th December 2007
Chris Martinic and Samantha Martinic at Ji Nan Uni
Chris Martinic is Elected to the CCCA (Cherrybrook Chinese Community Association) Management Committee 26th August 2007 Cherrybrook Chinese Association is highly regarded for its valuble community work and Chris Martinic is proud to be elected as a management committee member (see CCCA website). [CCCA Management Team 2007/2008] National Chinese Eisteddfod 2007 CCCA Education Committee at the Chinese Consulate Chinese New Year's Function 2007 24th January 2007 Left to right, Dr Chris Martinic, Mr Mark Lau, Consul General Mr Qiu Shao Fang, Dr Jonathan Xie Ms Queenie Seto celebrating Chinese New Year at the Sydney Chinese Consulate. A very encouraging speech promoting the regional importance of Chinese language and culture by Consul General Mr Qiu Shao Fang and also Consul Chen Hao Qi was warmly received. Consul Chen Hao Qi [Chinese Consulate Sydney 24 January 2007] Beijing/Hong Kong Family Holiday 2007 1st January 2007 A simply fabulous trip-of-a-lifetime. In Beijing we saw the Hutong district, Temple of Heaven, Prince Gong's Garden, Jade and Jin Tai Lan factories, Tea Houses, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Chinese Acrobats Tian An Men, Forbidden City, Beijing Opera, Lama Temple, Silk Street, Beijing Duck, Zhong Shan Park, downtown Beijing, Summer Palace and more. We took over 2200 spectacular photos and 6 hours of video. [Samantha and Adam standing on a frozen Kun Ming Lake at the Summer Palace Beijing] [Chris at the Forbidden City; a city-sized palace of 9,999 rooms] In Hong Kong we saw downtown Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui, Art Galleries, the Peak, Lamma Island and Tea Houses, went across the border to to Shen Zhen with our dear friends the Dai family, rode the Star Ferries, and too much more to list. [The view from the Peak Hong Kong Island] [The Artist District in Shen Zhen with the Dai extended family; get yourself an original Mona Lisa] CCCA Education Committee Meeting with Consuls Chen and Yu Consuls Chen and Yu very generously facilitate time, resources and materials for the CCCA Language School to the benefit of our staff and students. 14th September 2006 [Sing Tao Australia September 2006] Adam, Chris and Samantha Martinic at the Dr Chris Martinic and Susan Cheung Host the CCCA end-of-year presentation ceremony (in Mandarin) 17th December 2005 Dr Chris Martinic and Susan Cheung address the CCCA Sydney Mid-Autumn Festival celebration reciting Chinese poetry , 22nd October 2005 Hornsby Advocate Story 06 October 2005 Adam Martinic and Jason Yue 28th May 2005: Chris, Samantha, Adam Martinic compete at the 2005 National Chinese Eisteddfod Chinese Language Competition Hills Shire Times Story 21 June 2005 Samantha Martinic Silver Medal Previous Medals: Gold 2003, Silver 2004 Education Minister's Award 2003 for Language Study Excellence 2005 National Chinese Eisteddfod Chinese Language Competition Adam Martinic Receives Bronze Medal Photo with Victor Fang, Principal Cherrybrook Chinese Language School Adam Martinic and Jason Yue have also been awarded Education Minister's Awards 2005 for Language Study Excellence Chris competes in the Adult Open Division Article from SingTao National Chinese Daily Australia 11 June 2005 Hornsby Advocate Story 08 July 2004 Samantha Martinic Samantha Martinic and Jasmine Yeow have also been awarded Education Minister's Awards 2003 for Language Study Excellence October 16 2003 |