With the help of Jacob, Jordan slowly learns to drive a team. She's in trouble with her mom, and the local kids are making fun of her decision. Without her mom's permission, she spends all her money to save the lame mare, determined to restore her to health and enter her in a log pulling contest at the upcoming state fair.īut Jordan knows very little about draft horses and even less about log pulling. When Jordan and her new friend Jacob attend the local livestock auction, she sees one of these beautiful drafts about to be sold to the packers. Jordan Mckenzie has just moved to rural Michigan, where she loves to watch the strong, tall Belgian draft horses at work on the nearby Amish and Mennonite farms. When Jordan and her new friend Jacob attend the local livestock auction, she sees one of these beautiful drafts about A spirited young girl's determination and affection turns a lame horse into a rising competitor. We have members from broad experiences and backgrounds, many of whom knew nothing about astronomy before they joined our group.A spirited young girl's determination and affection turns a lame horse into a rising competitor. We try to ensure that each of our activities are fun, friendly and easy enough for beginners to understand. We also colloborate with a number of the other SEQ Astronomical Societies for events such as the Combined Societies Meeting, held every couple of years. So far we have had a number of very successful events, such as our Mount Coot-tha planetarium and observation night for the 2011 pride festival and our Star Gayzers Race to the Moon Car Rally and BBQ and International Observe the Moon Nights. This is an opportunity for us to open our ranks to the broader LGBTIQ community and raise our profile. You may like to bring a friend and spend the evening on your blanket under the heavens. This is a great chance to see the sky the way it is meant to be viewed.
This is where we take our telescopes, binoculars or just a blanket and get away from the lights of Brisbane for the evening. Regular (usually monthly) dark sky field trips to Kalbar Observatory Monthly meetings are also available online via ZOOM.
Star Gayzers has been operating since June 2011 and we recently celebrated our 10th Year Anniversary on the 4th June 2021.ġst monday of each month at New Farm Library from 7:30pmĪt these meetings we take the opportunity to catch up with other members of the group, discuss matters of astronomical interest and learn some of the theory needed to aide our sky watching.
To be part of Star Gayzers all you need is a desire to make friends with new people in a setting outside of the regular club, pub and party scene, while enjoying the delights of the heavens. Whilst we welcome anyone to attend, some of the content and discussions may not be suitable for anyone under the age of 18. The group is open to anyone who identifies as LGBTIQ or is sympathetic and understanding of LGBTIQ issues. It is designed to be a place where you can be among like minded people and delight in the night sky in a social, relaxed and safe atmosphere.
Star Gayzers is an amateur astronomy club specifically for the LGBTIQ community.
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