we migrated to Melbourne after my marriage.

My husband Upul, encourages and supports me tremendously in my social work and often works as my sound technician/mixer at the concerts. Travelling is a major pursuit of our family.

Our overseas travels and those around Australia have been splendid and memorable.

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Chamara Seneviratne

Chamara is a musically talented extremely vibrant personality who is passionate about Classical music. He also loves Hard Rock and Heavy Metal music. Chamara, at the moment, is studying at University in WA, aiming at completing a Degree in Creative Arts and a Bachelor of Education.

He also plays piano and has performed on his Guitar at many public shows. Chamara’s favourite Musical groups are Rammstein & Hans Zimmer. Chamara sings several of their songs while accompanying himself on his guitar. His favourite movie star is Kevin Costner & his best loved movie is 3000 Miles to Graceland. Among his favourite subjects are History, English and of course, Music.

“Chamara’s early childhood. Defying the Odds, our 1st son Chamara was born in 25 weeks”

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Kanchana Seneviratne

Kanchana is an Year 12 student today who is focused on his Academic achievements. He is also a lover of Sport. He has won many Awards in cricket. Kanchana is also an avid Footy fan. This picture was taken in March 2009 in Perth WA.

Kanchana our second child was a full term baby (much to our delight!) born at the Royal Women’s in Melbourne. Known in the family as ‘Big Malli’ and addressed as “BIA” by his baby brother.

Kanchana has shown a great deal of interest in animals and their welfare from the age of 3 and is now in the process of writing a book on Whales. He has spent a long time reading and researching on marine life and is very excited about producing this book as soon as possible.

Kanchana is in the gifted children’s program at school and is considered to be way above his class level in all subjects. He was awarded a Gold Medal for Maths at Kumon and is now working towards a Super Gold. Kanchana was the Chess Champion of the school in 2002.

His artistic talents include drawing, painting, piano playing and dancing. Kanchana believes that Lord Buddha was the most extraordinary person the world ever saw. He is also very keen on Football and plays cricket for an NT club and attends French and Hindi classes. Kanchana speaks Sinhalese and English and watches lots of Sports TV and is a passionate supporter of Sri Lankan cricketers. He says that he likes and admires them all.

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Harshana Seneviratne

 Harshana is a 14 year old boy attending High School excelling in Maths, Science, English, History and of course, music. Harshana at the keyboards with mum, Swarnamali. Harshana won the Academic talented and Gifted program in 2007 and is a gifted student who has shown a great deal of interest in Astronomy and Buddhism. He also researches on Ancient Cultures and Histories.

Harshana our third child born at the Dandenong Hospital in Victoria. Harshana loves school and takes his homework very seriously. Known in the family as ‘Chuti’ (the little one) Harshana has a passion for dancing ( eastern dance forms only) and loves Indian food. His favourite food is Thosai and idli and likes to call himself a vegetarian.

His artistic talents include drawing, painting, piano playing and dancing. Kanchana believes that Lord Buddha was the most extraordinary person the world ever saw. He is also very keen on Football and plays cricket for an NT club and attends French and Hindi classes. Kanchana speaks Sinhalese and English and watches lots of Sports TV and is a passionate supporter of Sri Lankan cricketers. He says that he likes and admires them all.

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Guwan Seneviratne

Guwan, is a happy, energetic and musically talented 10 year old who thrives on reading, painting, poetry and writing creative stories.

He plays piano and guitar. Guwan has a remarkable stamp collection and a huge collection of Ghost stories. His favourite author is Paul Jennings.

Guwan also is the owner of a substantial colletion of Buddhist statues as well as statues of various Indian Gods. He has his own Shrine in which he displays his statues proudly.

Guwan, the baby of the family was born at the Dandenong hospital in Victoria. He is a keen admirer of Indian dancers, and is a keen fan of all types of Indian music. Guwan now 3, known as ‘baba’ (baby) in the family had a passion for kangaroos and enjoyed watching the Wiggles and Arthur almost daily. His favourite TV program as a baby was Sailor Moon.

Guwan ‘s past time is drawing pictures of mum and dad and spending a lot of time colouring all kinds of pictures from colouring books. Guwan speaks Sinhalese and English and says that Lord Budhha is his favourite person next to mum. He says that he loves God Ganapathi and Goddess Saraswathi and Guwan always finds pictures of Hindu Gods totally fascinating.

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