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4 Oct
We went to Port Stephens and we saw our friends and we had dinner with them. It was yummy we had burgers and roast. We went to the beach the first day was cold but the second day was warmer. We had nuggets and chips for lunch it was yummy. I had a sleep over with them , the sleep over was fun and we went to bed quickly.
We are back at Canberra now. We're in our home, I didn't like the ned in the caravan but I like bed at home. I will see you in a week. The best thing abut my holiday was going to the Great Barrier Reef, because I like seeing the big fish and all the colourful reef.
From James
25 September
Lightning Ridge
Hello Jellyfish,
We went to lightning ridge and went fosicking for opals and it is called noodling and it was fun, we found some small opal shavings. Opals are blue and can also be black, you can see rainbow colours through them. When you noodle you get a stick and you just scrap the rocks and squirt the water bottle onto rocks as that cleans them and you can see opals. We went to a hot spar they are called artesian baths and the water was 40 degrees, the water comes from an under ground bore which is heated.
We went to see some carvings in a mine which was 65 feet down under ground, the carvings were really good, the man did these carvings with a butter knife a long time ago, now he uses a pick axe. We also seen what it is like in a real mine looking for opals. Some of the carvings were of animals and people and there also was a where is wally. We went to the carvings by a bus because the road was really bumpy.
This is one of my last posts on our adventure, we are now in Gilgandra meeting up with my uncle, aunty and cousins, we then will be 8 days away from home.
See you in class.
James
21st September
Carnarvon Gorge
Hello Jellyfish,
I went to a gorge, it was called carvarvon gorge. It was a 14km walk, I did it. There was a art gallery where there was ochre paintings which were boomerangs, hands, baskets and goannas. I liked that gorge because I have never seen anything like that before.
The next gorge was called wards gorge, it was very cold and good because it had fresh water running through it and you could fill your drink bottles up. The gorge walls were very sloppy and high.
Next we went to the amphitheatre. it was cold also and when you walked in through the skinny walls it opened up into a big hole with walls that went straight up. Next we went to the moss gardens, it was very green, on the walls it looked like it was raining and water water fall was good also.
The walking track was very rocky and I could handle it. After the walk we went back to the park had a icy pole and put our feet into some very cold water because our feet were sore. The next day we went to the Bloom Bluff Gorge. The was 937 steps to the top and was a really good view when you got to the top. We stayed up there for a little while and had morning tea, but there was a black bird trying to get into our bag. When we came back down, we went and saw a platypus, he was only 40cms long, you have to stand very still and not move to see them.
That night we had a fire and sang songs with another family one of the songs was about a wombat on a surfboard.
Happy holidays to Jellyfish, see you soon
From James
13 July
Lake Maraboon/ Emerald
To Jellyfish
We went to Lake
Maraboon and we did some
fossicking and I got 3 bags of
sapphires and it was lots of fun.
I got a turtle mood ring and we are close to Emerald. When you fossick you have to get a
sifter and you put dirt in it and you have to get all the big white rocks out
and then you have to sift it to get all the dirt out. Then you wash it and then you don’t think about it and you
turn the it over. And you pick all
the sapphires out with the plastic tweezers.
I went down a mans
mine and you have to use a lift but its not like the lift at the shops.. From the mine you can go into 3
neighbours. Its cooler than
outside its 20 Degrees. There is grren stuff that you do
not touch otherwise you will get very very sick. The mine tunnels look like a arch and it was so cool. The man mainly looks for sapphires.
9 July
Longreach
To Jelly Fish
We went to the Qantas Museum and we got to walk in a real olden day plane, that was cool. It did not have seats. I saw a big jet and the big Qantas plane. I didn't know Qantas planes where that big. I went in a airplane control thing and you flied off then you had to look for a green paddock to land on. I used the control stick to fly. I went good. Longreach is the home of Qantas. Qantas stands for Queensland and Northern Territory Aero Service.
We went to the School of the Air and they use computers and telephones and Skype to do their schoolwork because they are out living on cattle farms. They only get to see their friends and the teachers one week a year. And we donated $20 for two beds for the children so they can sleep at the school so they don't have to drive out in the dark. They did good artwork,one they made an eagle out of rakes.
I went to the Stockmans hall of fame. Their cattle farm workers and one of the persons did a show for us. He rided his horse and cracked his whip and when it touched the floor it cracked. Theres different bells for the cows, if there was a big cow he would have a big bell. When the cows walk around in the morning the stockmen can hear the bell. The stockman is a cattle farm worker. There was old telephones from back in the 1900's. You had to spin the numbers instead of pressing the numbers. My favourite part was the flying doctors , I got to watch an episode. They help people who are out in the cattle farm and can't get to the towns really quickly. They go in the plane to get there really quickly. There is a pilot a nurse and a doctor. The people at the cattle farms sometimes have to drive to a town to get to the flying doctors. We saw there are lots of different types of whips and saddles for carrying the food and some horse are called a pack horse and then you have to ride a horse.
7 July
Winton
To Jellyfish
I went to Winton and I got to feed a horse and at the end I got to pat him. I went to the Waltzing Matilda Museum and we saw a show what was really good and had a story about Waltzing Matilda and it was a good story. I went to the Dinosaur place and I got to touch fossil bones.
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| James and a fossilised Dinosaur vertebrate he is holding a cows vertebrate (white bone) |
6 Sept
Cloncurry
To Jellyfish
Undara Lava Tubes
We went to see a Lava Tube and we went in it and it was cold the guide had a torch and we saw some beautiful colours. The lava Tube was like a curved cave but really long. But we didn't get to see real lava.
We went to an old museum at Croyden. I saw lots of rusty old stuff to mine gold with. I saw a person in the old gaol and I went to an old courtroom and we saw an olden day court case. We went to an old supermarket it had the old shelves and we saw the old containers and we saw hue old things they used to cut food.
Karumba
At Karumba we saw the sunset that set over the water to the west. We went to the Pub to have dinner on our first night. and the second night we went and sat on a seat and watched the sun go down with our fizzy drink. The water there is called the Gulf Carpentaria and it is also known as the crocodile territory . We saw some Barramundi and we got to pat them, they felt slimy but it was fun.
We went to the Bourke and Wills Roadhouse and we're now at Cloncurry and tomorrow we're going to Winton, we will see Dinosaurs.
Bill a postcard is going to be coming soon.
From James
30 August
Atherton
To Jellyfish
WE went to Crystal Caves, there was lots of crystals. We had to wear a helmut and the helmut
We went to an olden museum. I mowed with a old lawn mower that was very old, you had to push it. We saw a bucking cow. And we went into a old pub and I was a pretend teacher for the day. I used a cane on my sister, and told her to do her homework.
We went to the Coffee plantation and we had a chocolate coffee bean. There is this ruck that has sticks and the little red coffee beans go in and they ping everywhere.
I saw a tree Kangaroo, it had a big long tail like a kangaroo and looked like a small kangaroo. It was up in the trees. He had a small head.
We went to some waterfalls and some where very big and some where small. But they where good.
I bought a Amethest it was $7.50.
From James
25 August
Hello Jellyfish
I went to Mossman Gorge and we didn't get to swim there because there was fast rapids. It was a nice walk and there was a wobbly bridge and there was big roots on the trees and some were fat and some are skinny and some were like a big tube and they are called buttress roots.
Brindi got taken over on a barge to the Daintree. The Daintree was fun and very interesting. Because there was lots of very big tall tall trees and lots of roots. And I climbed up a big canopy platform area. I could hear some noises like a grasshopper and a cockroach. I was standing at the top of the trees, I could see some birds and the top of the trees. There was a Cassowary that had a big knob on the top of his head. He was crossing the road and he had a big red dangling thing and he was black and he 3 toes.
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| REal Cassowary |
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| Cassowary |
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| Boarding the Barge |
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| Boarding the Barge |
I am at Cooktown now.
From James
Hello Jellyfish
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| BIg Barry the Murray Wrasse |
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| Little James the Snorkeller |
We saw big Barry and
he was very big and he had a big lump on his head. We saw him at he great Barrier Reef. We saw lots of coral and we saw a shark
from the submarine boat. I went
snorkelling it was a little bit hard first of but then it got easy..
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| All Aboard |
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| James and Grace Boarding the Train |
I went on the Kuranda
train we saw a big waterfall when we went up there and it was really cool. It had 14 carriages. Then we went on a Skyrail and it was
really fun. There was a glass
bottom one but didn’t go that one.
There was different stops.
The skyrail went over the rainforest and we saw some green ant nests.
From James
Hello Jellyfish
Look at the Caravan set up post to see how we put up our Caravan.
From James
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| Owen and Me |
Hello Jellyfish
Townsville We stayed at Owen and Olivia's house. We had a sleepover and I slept on Owens room. I went to soccer training with Owen. The coach said I was the only one who listened.
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| Big Crab at Cardwell |
Magnetic Island
We drove in the Barbie Car. We went on a big boat it took 20 minutes to get to Magnetic Island. We went on a walk and saw two Koala's. We walked up the hill to the fort. It was very bumpy on the boat.
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| Heres my Dad with a pink hat on |
Paronella Park
We saw some waterfalls and we did a night and day tour. The day tour was information and the night tour was all lights and pretty. The buidlings and waterfall was light up. I fed some black bream and some jungle fish and turtles and there was crocodile around but we not see it.
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| This is an old Ruin |
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| Mena Falls |
Bowen
Hello Jellyfish
Sarina I went to the Sugar Cane Factory WE tasted lots of different stuff like sugar cane juice and Golden Syrup. We got to taste them all at the end. The sugar cane has eyes that the sugar cane grows from. They have different types. The flavours where yummy. I had fairy floss at the end.
Today we walked to an island , we had to walk across water to get there. I holder a crab and a sea urchin and some sea cucumbers. We saw some giant starfish with spikes and they where hard. We made it back before high tide.
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| swinging on a vine at Cape Hillsborough |
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| Giant SpikeyStarfish |
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| Bowens Big Mango |
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| Sand Crab |
Before today wet where at Cape Hillsborough (North of Mackay) we saw a turtle at the turtle lookout. We drived it only took an hour, in the park we saw Kangaroos and possums and tip toeing birds. We collected coconuts and drawer faces on them. We watched a movie at night on the big screen at the caravan park.
Can you see the full moon, because I can see it too.
From James
3rd August 2014
Emu Park
Hello Jellyfish
I went to the Bundaberg Ginger Beer Factory. We went through the factory museum and got told all about the ginger beer through a thing that you held up to your ear and you had to listen and it went unto number 5. At the end we got to taste all the ginger beer flavours then you got to pick some out, I got creaming soda, lemon lime and bitters and ginger beer.
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| Bundaberg Ginger Beer Barrel |
We saw a Tawny Frogmouth in the park at Elliot Heads
Then we went to 1770, thats where Lieutenant James Cook landed in 1770. We caught some butterflies on the butterfly walk. They where blue Monarch butterflies. My dad got chased by a pelican when he was fishing.
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| Dad and his Mr Pelican friend |
And then we went to Emu Park/Rockhampton. When we went to the visitor centre you mainly are in the middle of the world. Because we crossed the Tropic of Capricorn. We went to the bull riding at a Hotel. The bulls where bucking and the riders had to hold on.
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| I am at the Bull Riding |
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| We are at the Tropic of Capricorn |
To Bill, I have a little message to tell you , I am going to see Owen who used to be in our school.
My dad swinged his arm into my tooth and it fell out.
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| This is my new smile |
Good bye from James
25 July Elliot Heads just south of Bundaberg
Hello Jellyfish
I went to Australia Zoo and I got to fed the Red Panda some fruit salad. We saw some crocodiles he did a croc show and jumped put of the water to eat a bream. When we got to Rainbow Beach I slided down the sand dunes and I cut my finger. I went zooming down the sand dunes. I saw a Dingo at Fraser Island and I went on a 4wd bus . We went over the water on the barge and the bus drove on the sandy beach. We swimmer in 2 lakes at Fraser island and we got free food from the cafe.
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| Barge to Fraser Island |
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| Sand Dunes Rainbow Beach |
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| Sand Duning Rainbow Beach |
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| Surfing Rainbow Beach |
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| 4WD Bus to Fraser Island |
20/07/14
Dear Jelly fish,
Today we went to underwater world.
We saw a port jackson shark and we saw a sea urchin and we saw a eel and we went through a glass tunnel. In the glass tunnel we saw a manta ray and its tail was 1 meter and a half long. We saw a sea horse and the daddy sea horse has a fat tummy. We saw a seal show and a lady held a bream and the seal jumped up and got the bream. The other lady got knocked into the water.
We saw a giant barramundi and we saw a stingray and it was big.We saw a sword shark and also saw nemo, dori and a great white shark. We saw a rock fish, they are very poisonous.
14July 2014
I saw the big banana and theres more than 100 banana's . We went to Porpoise Pool and Grace had a Dolphin Experience and they did a show then we got a kiss by a Seal and his name was Rocky. Then we had a kiss by a Dolphin and we feeded some snatchy fish. And we got to feed a penguin then I got a shark necklace. I played soccer with my friend Riley and it was practice then after that we had a lolly then we versed 12 year olds. And we beat them. I caught a black bream and i catched a small fish and it was a little bream then I catched a whiting. We went to the lolly shop and we saw those tiny sucking lollies before their was a big chunk of sugar glucose then we went back to the caravan park we catched a octopus in our mullet trap.
We got chased by a Pelican it was not funny and we where busting to go to the toilet.
to Jelly fish Class
so far James has stopped at Port Stephens, Bonny Hills(port maquarie), Bellerger River(Coffs Harbour)., Yamba
This is the page James will write about his adventures and his favourite things about our holiday.
What I liked about my passport . I liked drawing and writing and it was really fun
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