Ry's Report 5

Dad and I heading into the mill

At the Sugar Mill first we watched a movie and then put on our helmets, glasses, ear plugs and special vests. Once we were ready we went into the factory and saw the bigcarriages tip 2 tonnes of cane onto a conveyor belt. After that we walk further into the factory and it really stunk. We saw all the sugar juice getting pounded out, we also saw all the left over sugar dirt on a big roller and Taj ate some. He said it was yum. The next part was seeing some molasses and we got to try some. I didn’t try any. They showed us other big machines and all the steps to making sugar. At the end we went and saw the raw sugar on a conveyor belt ready to be shipped off. A man then gave us a handful each of the sugar. Straight away Taj shoved his face into it and scoffed it. It was yum, but I only ate a little bit of it. We then saw thesugar crystals in the molasses. Everyone then left but Taj and I stayed back to watch more sugar cane getting dumped out of the carriages. At the end of the tour we went back and got to have an afternoon tea.

At the Sugar Mill I learnt that the sugar cane gets transported by a special train which goes all around the region. The sugar cane can be just cut or burnt. The farmers who burn it do it to get rid of all the hiding animals in the crop.

 At Mackay we watched Dave’s footy at a nice ground that had plovers that were attacking people.  There was a sandpit that was really cool because it was just sand that had been dumped into one big place.  At  half time we went on to the oval and played marks up.  I made a new friend Tyler, and he asked me if I wanted to play for his team.  I said maybe but then it turned out that they didn’t have another game the next week and I would have to play under 13’s so mum and dad said no.  In the end Dave’s team lost by about 100 points. 


Mac and Disco



Dave and Robyn have three kids, their names are Mac, Jordyn and Cobin.  Their house was really big and nice.  They have a bird called Speckles but Dad and I were the only ones who could pat him on the head.  There were three dogs Apollo, Lucy and Chick. I was the only kid who didn’t get bitten by Lucy.  Taj and Tamsyn were a bit rough around her face.  They also had one cat that was really, really, really big.  His name was Disco.  Disco always brings snakes and rats to the front door.  We caught two geckos and they were really cool.  They were really fast and much bigger than the ones that I used to have as pets.  We caught crickets for them.  Robyn has a nice pool that we swam in two times.  There are two skate parks in Mackay.  One was the worst we’ve seen and the other one is probably the best we’ve seen so far.  Cobin and I played the Wi a lot.  We played a game where you could play four different sports.  We also liked to connect on DS.  Mac was my special friend because she used to like to follow me around and she would always sit next to me in the car or at the table. 

We went to the blue water lagoon.  It had three pools and one playground.  The playground has a big bucket and lots of other cool stuff.  One of the big pools has a slide but it wasn’t open because they only open it in the school holidays.  There was one pool that wasn’t that deep and another that was for older kids.  The third pool was for adults or really good swimmers.  You can go in there for free.

We went to a movie called Red Dog, it was really sad.  We all cried at the end.  I thought the movie was a bit sad and I didn’t like it very much.  It was an Australian movie and it was based on a real story.  We are going to go and see the statue of Red Dog when we get to Western Australia.

Taj's Tattles 6

Tasting Molasses

We went to Dave and Robyn’s house in Mackay.  Me and Cobin played a lot.  On one day we went to the sugar cane farm.  We went on a tour.  We talked about stuff, I don’t want to tell you what we talked about because it would take too long. We went to a Sugarcane Mill and it was fun. I ate dirt off the machine and it tasted yum. After that we tried some black stuff and it tasted yum. It was very smelly in there. I also got to eat sugar as soon as it was made. We got to see a train with all the sugarcane on it. There was samples but I didn’t have all of the samples. I learnt that we send alot of sugar to Japan and we help them. The sugar cane goes through lots of machines and cages to get made into sugar. It starts by the sugarcane getting tipped out of a big cage onto a big machine then it goes all the way round. I asked lots of questions.

Mum, Ryley and Me

We watched Dave play footy.  They came last by a lot.  They were versing the Saints.  I did little aths.  It was so fun.  I did the walk for my first time.  It was cool, it was hard and I came second last.  We got a yummy icy cup, you could get coke, raspberry, orange and lime. The icy cup was nice because it was a hot day.

We went to see the movie Red Dog.  It was really sad.  There is a really famous dog, he died and we cried a lot.  I didn’t like it. 

We went to the Blue Lagoon it’s a really fun playground. It’s like Wet and Wild but not really big rides. It’s like the playground at Wet and Wild.  Robyn, Dave, Cobin, Jordyn and Mac went with us the second time.  We went down some small slides.  There was a big bucket and it tipped on us.  There was nothing better at Mackay than the pool.  Nothing beat it. 

See ya next time,

From Taj the Turkey.

Kristy's Clip 6



The best of Bli Bli

 Wow! It’s been a while since my last entry and we continue to have some hits and some misses in the success of locations.  This brings me to Bli Bli.  My mum raised me to be polite and always told me that if I didn’t have anything nice to say then I shouldn’t say anything at all.  So, I should probably end this paragraph now.  The Sunshine Coast is known for its beautiful beaches and lovely semi-rural locations.  We (being heavily influenced by the fishermen in our family) opted for neither a beachside or rural location.  It’s probably best described as a place to sit and read a book.  There, that’s not nasty is it?  Bli Bli boasts a ski and surf park (our kids weren’t heavy enough to go on) and a huge barramundi farm.  So Chris and Ry enjoyed two full days trying to catch a barra.  Thankfully Ry had some success pulling in a 35cm barra.  Unfortunately they only caught one other fish for the entire time.  As for the caravan park itself, well, um, we experienced our first theft for the holiday which taught the kids the valuable lesson of locking up all of their belongings.  Another vital lesson learnt by the kids is that compared to other children they have pretty cool parents. 



The view from our van

 From the ridiculous to the sublime.  Our next stop was amazing.  We headed to Tiaro to consider one of two free stays.  As we pulled into the quaint little town noticed the first free stay.  It was a car park packed with vans right on the side of the Bruce Hwy.  Thankfully Chris pushed on and insisted that we try the other one out of town down a dirt road.  Here we found a beautiful campsite with the most amazing views and terrific people.  We were even invited to our first “happy hour” with the Nomads.  We met some really wonderful people here who just adored having the kids around.  The nomads prove time and time again that if there’s a great place to visit they know about it, especially if it’s free.  After my overprotective watchful eye at Bli Bli the kids relished in the freedom of being allowed to roam and investigate.  Frogs in the toilet blocks, beautiful birds, wild quail, bush turkeys, parrots, fishing, this was just what we needed.  I remember the first time Ry caught a cane toad last year.  He was devastated when I told him that we had to kill it by putting it in the freezer.  A year later and all the kids have learnt just how devastating this introduced species have become.  I’m somewhat proud to say that the Pentland children are on a crusade to rid QLD of these pests but I’m not entirely sure that their technique is recommended by the QLD government.  Let’s just say I’m still soaking their clothes.

Kelly Slater and Steph Gilmore in the making

On Nomad advice we headed to Agnes Waters and 1770.  What a win!  Unfortunately we weren’t able to get a beachfront stay as the 2 caravan parks in town are very popular.  We ended up 6km out of town in a quiet park with all the essentials.  Now this is somewhere I could live, if only they had a supermarket with reasonable prices.  I’m happy to rate Agnes as my favourite place in Qld.  It’s absolutely stunning.  The history of the area was really interesting and it amazes me that these two little towns remain relatively uncompromised by tourist commercialism.  By far the best $40 we’ve spent on the entire holiday was here at surf school.  Taz and Ry did a three hour lesson while Chris, Taj and I relaxed on the beach taking time to have a surf ourselves.  It was hilarious to watch the kids carve it up while the adults wiped out continuously.  I’m pretty sure the kids learnt how to say “go to hell you little brats” in Dutch care of the group of Dutch tourists attempting to participate in the lesson.

From Agnes we drove to Gladstone, a huge mining town on the coast.  This was purely a stopover to catch up with an old high school mate of mine.  It also offered us the first opportunity to sleep in a house in 7 weeks.  Thanks Woody for your hospitality! 



My own coconut man



Leaving Gladstone saw me take a huge emotional dive.  It was my Mum’s 60^th birthday and I wished I was home.  To make things worse I couldn’t get mobile reception or internet so I couldn’t get in touch.  We were on our way to a beachside village but I was in no mood to be stuffed around by prices, set ups, television, annoying neighbours, trailer park trash and internet availability.  After checking out a couple of places I jumped in the car and demanded that we just keep driving north.  This dummy spit was of great benefit.  By the time Chris was exhausted we had arrived in a gorgeous little spot called Clairview.  I think to give this a rating of my second favourite place might lead people a little astray.  It wasn’t so much the place, although it was spectacularly stunning at high tide and an adventurer’s wonderland at low tide.  This place just oozed character, or perhaps its characters just oozed.  We all loved it.  I loved the beachfront view for just $30 a night.  I loved that thecaravan park doubled as the local grocery shop, tripled as the local bar (live bands included) and quadrupled as the fashion boutique come bait shop.  The town itself couldn’t have more than 200 permanent residents but they’re all so welcoming.  We went for a walk one morning to the weekly CWA stall (great tomato relish) and on return the kids found a dog and as always they started patting it.  Tamsyn then found the owner who invited us in to see the recent litter of pups.  Next thing we know Taj is collecting a bagful of tomatoes and radishes out of the garden.  Later that night we met the owner again (David) when he and his partner Peta came up to the pub/shed/ bonfire for a beer.  As we chatted he offered to take us out crabbing in his boat, sadly we are required in Mackay by Saturday otherwise we would have been a certainty.  In fact it’s probably a good thing that we had to move on, I really could have settled here.  A great time was had by all.  If you’re ever heading to north Qld this one’s a must see, but make sure you give yourself time to really let the whole town impress itself onto you.  Thankfully Clairview also has internet reception so I did get to send my Mum a huge happy birthday wish.



Did I mention I caught the 1st fish.



NOTE TO THE NOMADS

If you are camping at a caravan park with very limited washing line space you do not need to hang your undies using two pegs.  Especially when your undies are the size of a backyard shade sail.  Nor should such undies display any traces of marks left behind.  I do not wish to walk past a huge pair of Y-fronts with skiddies on display.  Multiple undies to a peg! Is it too much to ask?

Missing you all, but still surviving

Kristy. xo

Taj's Tattles 5



This castle is at Bli Bli

 We went to Bli Bli.  There was this person who didn’t let her kids out all day.  Finally she let her children at the day we left.  It was so annoying because we had to hear a little girls screaming called Riley all night.  I liked the pool at Bli Bli.  Ryley locked me in the pool but I used my brain to get a chair and I put it under me and I jumped over the fence.   We went to a skate park and Ryley went to a Barramundi farm.  Dad and Ryley only caught one for the whole entire day.  Ryley caught it.

At Petrie Park it was really boring.  All I got to do was ride my bike and catch some frogs.  We catched no frogs in the toilet but they were in the toilet.  We caught three frogs on the rocks.  We released them and then we found a whole pond of cane toads.  It was breeding season and then I got heaps of toad guts on me.  We made a fire and had to have a shower in the horse bucket again.

Bustard Bay at 1770

Getting burried

Stuck

We went to Agnes Waters and 1770.  At night time I met a friend called Hayden and Ryley liked his little sister Emmalysa.  Ryley tried to make her laugh.  We went for a big walk and we saw like these birds that were diving and picking up fish out of the ocean.  We went for a surf and I got dumped about 50 000 times.  Tamsyn and Ryley went to surf school and I got an ice-cream with mum.  The place was called 1770 because it was the first place that Captain Cook came to in 1770.  We went to a market and I had a snow cone with blueberry, pineapple and cola.

Now were at Clareview.  It is really nice.  Me and Ryley saw turkeys fight.  Three of them were getting chased.  One of them was chasing.  Tamsyn just figured out that turkeys can fly but I already knew that. I chased turkeys up the tree, I tried to catch it but it flew up the tree. Tamsyn saved a butterfly’s life while Ryley and I went to collect sticks.  I had something very yummy for dinner it was called a corn cake.

See ya from Taj the tiger.

Ry's Report 4

Dreamworld

Again we were at Dreamworld and the Claw was finally open. It was our fifth time at the parks.  Taz went on it and I watched her, it looked scary, fun and everything else in the world wrapped into one.  Taz was trying to get me on so I thought let’s do it. I went on and it was the best! We went on with mum once and Taz and I went on heaps. It was my favourite ride ever. 

After the Claw went on some other rides like Wipeout (which is a cool ride, swinging you around upside down and all over the place), Shock Wave (it was fun spinning around and going up hills at the same time) and also the AWESOME Tower of Terror 2.

The TofT2 is one of the scariest rides ever and the first time my face was frozen in fear. Mum and dad were on the ride with me and they both got worried because I looked so scared but then once we reached the top after going 160km p/h and coming down it I started yelling out “This is COOL!!!!”

After that I went on it heaps more time, each time getting a little less nervous but the adrenalin rush was always cool.

After our trips to Dreamworld I had been on 5 of the 6 BIG 6 rides. I was really proud because some rides are really scary. The only BIG 6 for me still to go on is the Giant Drop. Next time I go, my goal is to finish the BIG 6.

Currumbin Sanctuary

At Currumbin Sanctuary there was a train that you had to get on to get to all the places in the park. We first went to the Tazzy Devils, echnidnas and frogs. The Tazzy Devil was really funny and cool and one of the echnidnas was super active, he kept cutting laps of his enclosure, maybe he is training for a marathon. It was hard to see anything in the frog enclosures because they were hibernating.

Next we went on the Tree Tops Rope Course. Taj wasn’t allowed because he was too small so he got a special treat when he went off with dad. He watched mum, Tamsyn and I for a while then he went off looking around the park. The ropes course was really fun. On the flying foxes you had to use your hand as a break, but I went really fast and crashed into the big green mat covering the tree.

At Currumbin I also brought a hatching egg. I got a frilled neck lizard egg and Taj got a platypus egg. We had some lunch then went to a playground with a flying fox, spider net and lots of other cool stuff. My favourite was the spider net, I went to the top and swung around like a lemur.

After our lunchbreak we went to watch the Birds In Flight Show. It was really awesome, there was some great and exciting birds. My favourite was the Barn Owl, but they all flew around catching meat, especially the eagles and kites. One type of kite can catch the meat and eat it in the air. You could feel their wings as they flew across your heads, that how close they were.

It was a good place but not the best zoo I have been to. It needed more different animals.

Coochin Creek

After the hustle and bustle of the Gold Coast we went out to a state forest Coochin Creek. It was peaceful. It didn’t have showers so mum made up a shower for us and the toilets were drop dunnies. We saw a shark in the river and caught a couple of bream. It was a nice spot to catch our breath and it was nice to do not much.

Bli Bli

I loved being at Bli Bli because there was a Barra Farm, it was called the Suncoast Barra Farm. The only bad thing was that it was not in the best season for catching Barra. The people at the farm were very nice and gave us a free pass to try again the next day. At the Barra Farm we only caught 2 fish. I caught my first ever Barramundi. It was awesome it put on a great fight even though it was only 35cm. Dad caught a Jew fish which was 47cm long.

The caravan park was a bit dodgy and noisy because there was a lot of live in people and they were a bit noisy and some mums kept yelling at a little girl called Riley. The toilets were also really dirty but the new managers are working hard to fix the place up.

In Bli Bli there was also a skate park which was pretty good. There was some fun jumps and a bowl.

Petrie Park

Petrie Park was a great place, especially being a free stay. There were heaps of green tree frogs in the toilets and we tried catching them but they were too clever and kept hiding under the bowl part of the dunny. We had to flush the toilet heaps to try and catch them, but the pads on their feet were too sticky.

We were aloud to have fires so when we were out collecting fire wood we found a spot we heaps of wood and also found some different types of frogs. They could do huge jumps. Near the wood they was a little dam and I caught heaps of little fish in the net. In the dam there was also a nest of cane toads. We pounded the nest with rocks and then a huge one floated up and we smashed it with rocks and cane toad guts went everywhere. In Queensland you have to kill the cane toads because they kill all the native frogs

We had a great fire that night at our camp site and boiled up water to have a shower in mums homemade shower.

Agnes Waters

Agnes Waters was a great spot, the beaches were awesome and we went down there heaps. It was really relaxing and we got to surf and boogie board.

On the last day we went to surf school and learnt to surf. We caught some great waves and it was funny because most of the adults couldn’t do it. Taz and I were standing up surfing all the time. The surf school instructor was T-Bone. T-Bone was funny and I think his favourite word was whooo-hooo!. The surf school had a mascot, a little dog Lucy. Lucy could surf and when she fell off she would swim over to T-Bone.

There was also a really cool skate park with big drops and some bowls. Taj learnt how to drop in and I am learning heaps of new tricks.

Beautiful Queensland

Howdy Partners,

Ahhh, it has been fantastic to hit the magnificent state of Queensland and nice also to finally have some internet access to leave you all green with envy on what we have been doing.

After all the thrills of the theme parks we headed further north to a little town called Bli Bli. We headed into the local caravan park and were very fortunate to be placed with all the permanent residence. I felt like I was sitting in a Collingwood cheer squad. Although the interesting locals and a very run down caravan park Ryley and I did have minimal success with our Barra fishing. Ry was lucky enough to score his first Barra a nice little 35cm Barra, whilst I am still waiting, however, I did manage a 47cm Jew fish. The area surrounding Bli Bli has some great spots and the town of Eumundi is converted into a market on Wednesday's and Sunday's. When I say the town is converted into a market, this is literally. A massive market full of great treats and a variety of interesting and talented characters.

From Bli Bli we went to free stay camp spot at Tiaro. We tried the stay in town  centre with everyone cramed in like sardines, so we headed to the other spot, Petrie Park on the Mary River and it was a sensational spot. Meet some great Nomads who steered us on the right path moving forward. It was great to be out in absolute peace and quite, except for a noisy snorer who luckily moved on after the first night.

After a relaxing stay at Petrie Park we heard about Agnes Waters and Seventeen Seventy so we thought we would go and have a look and it was a fantastic decision. The only drawback was we couldn't get a spot in the amazing Agnes Waters Caravan Park which is literally right on the surf beach, so we headed to Discovery Coast CP about 6km out of town. It was a nice spot but I kept thinking how great it would be right in town. It mattered little as we spent our days relaxing on the beach at Agnes Waters, having a surf, body board or casual swim.

Further up the coast we found another gem of a spot a Clairview. The caravan park was a rustic gem and the tides were absolutely amazing. At low tide you can walk out about 500 metres and at high tide you have water at your back step. The locals were a blast and we enjoyed relaxing around the parks big camp fire and having a few frothies with some diehard drinkers.

Really looking forward to heading up to Mackay and catching up with Eddie and his family. I thinkk we are already to enjoy a couple of creature comforts.

Catch ya,
Pentz

Kristy's Chat 5



That's Taz 3rd from the left.  I'll never do it again!







Loved this ride too.  That's Ry 3rd from the right.



No issues with this ride. Loved it



Ok this one's for Sally Gerden who sledged me for not doing the Giant Drop.  Well Sally I did it.  For those of you who haven't done it I'll do my best to do it justice.  It was day five at Dreamworld and I had promised Tamsyn once again that I'd conquer the Drop. It was mid morning, enough time to see the Drop in action for a couple of hours, I rationalised that the brakes must be working well. We headed to the line, only 8 other people were lined up (indicating that you really have to be bloody nuts to go on).  At this point I'm completely unnerved, I'm chatting constantly (as I do when I'm nervous), I try to drop a few witty little jokes about how scary this is when a young teenage girl looks to me and in her best condescending manner tells me that it's not that bad.  As we wait a rather senior aged lady walks in alone and lines up behind me.  I ask if she's done this before and she replies with a smile, "No dear but you just have to do it don't you.  It looks so exciting." "No," I reply "You don't have to do it.  I'm still considering bailing out."  "Oh you'll be fine." She says as she pats my arm, obviously she was a psychotic, freaking nut bag.  So the door opens and we're led into this industrial looking barrel.  Eight seats are attached to the wall and were asked to take a seat.  I glance up and feel completely ill, I'm talking vomit on my feet ill.  We take our seats in line, senior lady, me, Chris, Tamsyn, random nut bag, random lunatic etc etc.  The harness comes down, panic sets in and I say, "I don't want to be here." No one seems to hear me or is it, no one cares.  The seatbelt gets checked and I say to the operator, "Nope, I really don't want to be here".  He looks at me and smiles, what is he deaf from all the screaming or is he just cruel, I wanted off and I meant it!  I'm absolutely frozen stiff, mouth dry, shaking hands, need to pee, totally terrified.  Senior lady tells me I'll be fine as we start our climb.  "!@?*!!" Yep I let the big one drop, out loud in front of senior lady and my own daughter.  Tamsyn just laughed.  I apologised to senior lady and closed my eyes.  I opened my eyes to see that we were only about half way up, tears began to well so I closed them again.  I started chanting a mantra to help settle myself, "I'm sorry there's going to be more swearing. I'm so sorry there's going to be more swearing."  This continued for the remainder of the climb stopping only once to ask Tamsyn if she was OK, which of course she was, she was having a bloody ball.  As the ride paused at the top I opened my eyes, hello, 120mts up. If I was unnerved earlier I was now a nervous wreck.  They keep you sitting up top for 45secs with just the hum of the motor and the anticipation of dropping at 132km p/h.  The hum stops and Chris says' "Here we go,".  If I could have reached out and punched him in the face I would have but as the thought crossed my mind we dropped.  And dropped, and dropped, and dropped.  Not a sound left my lips.  Complete silence across the entire ride other than the deafening roar of air whistling past your ears as you free fall.  Finally after what seems like minutes I feel the cogs engage and we immediately start to slow.  Still no words.  I open my eyes and see that we're about 2/3 of the way down and we're still falling fast.  With about 30mts to go the brakes grip and finally I'm assured that if we hit the ground death wont be instantaneous, permanent disability will be all that I suffer.  Rapidly the brakes decrease our descent it's only now, with about 15mts to go that I believe I'll be walking off this ride without any permanent physical damage, permanent psychological damage is another prospect altogether.  With the ride motionless and the harness lifting I burst into a fit of laughter.  As I step onto the platform my legs are shaking and I have to physically hit my knees to get feeling back into them.  Tamsyn's on an adrenalin high yelling, "again, again." I hate her right now.  Chris has got the sways and tells me that he's feeling a bit strange.  Then came the sense of pride, of achievement of accomplishment.  Give me a dam trophy, I AM A LEGEND.  I walk around to the front of the ride where Taj and Ry have been patiently waiting. As I tell them how terrible it was I'm interrupted by laughter.  It's my senior friend and her husband, he invites the kids over to see how brave their mum was on the ride.  He had taken photos on his huge fancy pants camera.  Each of the kids looked and stepped back laughing.  I ventured forward and their I was on the digital screen, clear as day, head thrown back, eyes rolling, white as a ghost, mouth agape with limp limbs.  I don't recall passing out but it certainly looked like it. I thought maybe he had photo shopped the picture but at the end of the day we checked the official photo in the Dreamworld photo shop.  It told the same story.  The shop assistant kindly displayed it on the big screen so that everyone in the room could laugh at me.  It was certainly laughable, Chris and I doubled over in the shop with tears.  Oh well, I did, and I'll never do it again!

On a somewhat less exciting note we headed off from Jacobs Well after a disagreement on fee s.  When we checked in we paid $30 per night, this is about the going rate that we've paid since leaving Melbourne, give or take $10.  As we checked in I asked the lady if it was safe for the kids to swim here, I told her how happy Tamsyn would be because they had a book exchange.  The kids waved to her  as we passed through the boom gate.  Three days later I went to extend our stay and was charged $60 per night and made to pay $30 per night for the previous three nights.  No amount of arguing would rectify the situation.  She was certain that I had failed to declare the kids and was making me pay!  So people if you're ever up this way and in need of a nice caravan park this is not the one for you. That'll teach her!

From Jacobs Well we headed to Coochin Creek.  This is a really beautiful State Forest with only the bare essentials.  They have drop loos and some tank water available.  This was my time to shine.  I set about rigging up a battery operated shower.  I spent all day collecting and boiling water.  Come shower time we were all treated to a steaming hot shower under the stars with a Tawny Frogmouth watching overhead.  The boys looked a little concerned as the kookas came in for a look.  I did mention that their willy and a worm could be easily mistaken.  I guess I just gave them one more reason to play with their willy, all in the name of protection.

After a few very relaxing days in the bush we headed into town to have our van repaired.  Unfortunately the parts had taken an extra few days to arrive from Melb but the repairers were more than accommodating.  In fact they were downright legends.  When Malcolm the repairer couldn't fix everything on the spot he offered for us to stay in his caravan yard until Monday.  Unbelievably hospitable.  As it turned out he sent the faulty parts off and will send them to the nearest post office to our location when he gets them back.  What a great service.  So we hit the road yet again.

Off to the Sunshine Coast we go.
Until next week.


Love and miss you all, Kristy

Taj's Talk 5

We went to Jacobs Well Caravan Park.  There was exercising stuff. It was fun.  I can't do one of the things, chin ups.  There was a skate park next to us and a BMX park.  There was a playground, I liked it.  There was a sandpit next to us.

Echidna at Currumbin

Wrestling a giant Green Tree Frog

We went to Currumbin sanctuary.  At Currumbin  I couldn't go on the ropes course so I got a special treat.  I got a platypus egg. I went on the little train lots.  I saw five barn owls, they were cool.  I saw birds, snakes, big fish, kangaroos, crocodiles.  There was a bird that was attracted to blue, it kept licking blue or bitting blue.  It licked Tamsyn's top.

The playground at Currumbin had a flying fox

We went to Dreamworld again.  I went on the Mick Doohan Moto Coaster once again.  Mum and Dad got sick of it so I got to go on with strangers and make new friends. I went on everything in the end, but not the giant drop because it's scary.  It would have killed me. People were swearing when they got all the way down to the bottom.  Mummy sweared going up.  My favourite ride was the rocket coaster because I made heaps of friends.



I took my top off so i wouln't get  wet on the log ride.



That's me in the 2nd row with a stranger.

We went to Coochin Creek.  I saw a bull shark in the water.  Coochin Creek was really good.  I made a friend. It wasn't a caravan park it was just in the bush, it was fun.  There was these sandpit kind of things and me and Ryley got to play cars.  There was only drop dunnies where you poop on the ground.  The shower was pretty good, not the best shower I've had.  We had to soak in a horse tub, we had to heat up the water on the fire.

See ya, from Taj.



Wrestling a crocodile at Dreamworld



Tazzy Talk 5

Tazzie Talk

Another week more blogging to be done. This week we were in both the Gold Coast and Brisbane. I got to go to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, White Water World again and Dreamworld again.

Currumbin

From the perspective of Tazzie the Tasmanian devil.

What a place to wind up, retire. Australia zoo’s just up the road and I’m here miserable. I’d rather slam my tongue in a car door. I came to this zoo because It has the words GET CLOSER on its brochure i thought that would be a awesome place to end up. I thought that a stupid human would get so close that i could see how they tasted but no I’m here small enclose no friends nothing.

I also thought that it would be good because I have never tasted Red Pander, Lemur, Panda but none of them. I don’t like it this place only have like 12 different animals and I can’t even see any of them. My neighbour is like 400ms down the lane. The only time I get to talk to someone is, NEVER!  The stupid keeper took my phone off me so I can’t even talk to MUM, hello we have feelings too.

Well if I were only human I could go for an adventured on the tree climbing course. But if I had to where one of those overalls I would bite the persons head off. Then it hit me all I need is for a little kid to fall of the cable and then I would take all his clothing and BANG look, I’m human, I can Have a good time but what were the chances of that. What person is dumb enough to fall into my evil lair.



Here's the girl who got attacked by the bird who loves blue.



Well I guess I’m being a bit hard on this place, like I get the news paper every Sunday. I heard about this really cool bird show that they have here. I never knew that a bird could grab its pray and eat it all in flight. There was also a little bird who attacked a girl called Taz just because she was wearing blue. After that they took the bird to a special house because they thought that it needed care. What a load of rubbish.  any way you heard from me Tazzie the Tazzie Devil. If I were you I wouldn’t spend my cash here go to Auzzie Zoo 10 times better lots more animals too much on.

White Water World AGAIN

We went back to White Water World because the weather was nice and there was nothing to do at the camp site. It was pretty relaxing at White Water World. We would sit in the wave pool and every now and again we would go off to a water slide. Taj decided that it might be good to go back on the hydrocoaster so off I went with dad and Taj to the hydrocoaster. Taj well............ LOVED IT and when we got off he asked if we could do it again. Dad sat out for this one but I again went on with Taj and this time we went no hands nearly the whole way. The only time we held on was at the first hill!! It’s really good that he liked the slide.

Dreamworld

We went to Dreamworld for the 5^th time. I don’t think I told you about the 4^th time but that was pretty much the same apart from we went on the Giant Drop and mum nearly pooped her pants. When we saw the pic it was soo funny I laughed so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 5^th time I thought was really different to the other times. Taj wanted to go on EVERYTHING. The only things he didn’t go on were the rides he was too small to go on!!  I went on the Giant Drop and Ryley nearly did but he chickened out just before the line! Mum said he was smart but I said he was soo stupid!!!!!!!

This time the Claw was going so Ry and I went on 5 times. It was Ryley’s favourite ever ride! Mum was so proud but I thought it was about time. What’s soo bad about a ride seriously!! On the 5^th day I managed to complete the big 6. Mum also completed the big 6 but she had to do it over every day because she wasn’t going on the Giant Drop again I’m telling you that.

Couchin Creek

We got ripped off at the last place so we had to go back to the forest  with no showers. I didn’t mind this place I caught a fish it was under 15cms. Mum and Dad saw a big shark that kind of looked like a flattie with a dorsal fin. Their was a little dog that loved to chance Turkeys. It was really funny watching him chacing the turkies up trees.

That finishes my 5^th blog. I hope all my fellow school mates have a good week and the weather gets better!!!