Sydney

seal backflip

peacocks having lunch

George trying to get a photo of us kids at the opera house !

Sydney from the Manly ferry

Dad George and the kids at Manly beach

In Sydney we stayed with Caitlin and Jonty that we met in kangaroo valley.We saw the harbour bridge and the opera house and went on a train ride the driver took us to McDonald's the play park and around darling harbour it was so funny.We played dress ups and did a model dad took some photos of us.We went to Toronga zoo saw some seals do tricks and a big Monitor it was so fun.

By Grace Galvin.

Spy Planes

When we went to Richmond we went on a Hercules plane a spy plane a plane that was being taken apart a plane that was being checked and some spy planes. we also had a couple of looks in dads cousin (Derick's) work room. Derick's job and lots of other peoples jobs is to make sure all of the safety gear is working and to patch it up and fix things.

After we had finished looking at the planes we went to Derick's house and had dinner there. it was Derick's partners birthday and we had some of the yummiest cake i have ever had.

by Emily

Canberra to Kangaroo Valley

In Canberra I went to the Zoo it was good. There was monkeys,bears,lions,big fish,gray nurse shark,cray fish,tigers and otters.

We had lunch at the cafe.

We went to the Botanical gardens I got to take some photos. There was lots of lizards I had so much fun. There was lots of snakes.

We also went to parliament house it was very interesting and I got to take some more photos, we went to Questicon after. It was very very fun. Australian institute of sports we saw gymnasts training and when we were coming in we saw Jana Pitman. There was a fun room and me and dad played a skate board game.

Then we went to Moruya and hired a boat and went fishing. We only caught small fish.

Then we went to Kangaroo Valley and made some friends and they all had nintendo DS. We met some kids called Jenna and Flick and they looked familiar to us. They used to live in Padbury like our cousins. We went on a rope swing which was heaps of fun we had to swim across the big river to get there. We went for a canoe. Here are some photos from all the places we talked about.

by Grace

Botanical Gardens Canberra

Puma at the Zoo

Baby Zebra only 2 days old

Our friends Caitlin and Jonty

Video of our campsite and Emily on rope swing Kangaroo Valley

Kangaroo Valley

Snowy river country

When we left Apollo bay we went to Torquey and went to a surf museum and the beach. Then we saw some of dads family near Melbourne and then drove into the mountains because we couldnt camp on the coast anymore because too many people. We camped on the snowy river for 1 night and while mum and dad packed up we went liloing down the river with a german family. We drove passed the highest mountain in Australia Kosiousko but couldnt go to the top because there was a traffic jam.

We also went to Corryong on new years eve and we just made it to the rodeo. The rodeo was really fun and funny. It was funny because people were gettin thrown off horses and bulls and the cowboys were jumping off their horses onto small bulls and taking them down!!!!!!!

We learnt how to catch grasshoppers for fishing for trout but we didnt catch any. Dad went flying. We saw the murray river again. We learnt about the man from Snowy River and went to Jack Rileys grave he was the man who the story was about.

We went to Tumut and camped at a great spot on a creek with a pool and rapids. It was really hot so we just played on our lilos all day for 3 days. We caught 2 trout and went on a suspension bridge and it was pretty scarey!

Now we are in Canberra and it looks like a great place.

by Emily and Grace

Camp Willis on the Snowy River.

Us looking for tadpoles in the snowy river

The snow river and Snowy Mountains

Us with dad watching the rodeo

The rodeo video of a man on a bull.

Christmas Day

On christmas day mum and dad got me a nintendo DS. I was so excited, you can play dogs with it and I have got a labrador cross retriever type of dog. She is so cute , I put red bows in her hair and her name is Daisy. I've trained her to sit and sometimes she is a bit naughty and doesnt listen.

I also got a Hannah Montana autograph book and concert pass. I got some new bathers and they are very very very nice and a fun fairy annual book with lots of stuff to do in it.

We are in Apollo bay and we've seen a real wild platypus! Hope you all had a good christmas.

By Grace

Christmas Dinner

My nintendo DS

My Xmas Surfing Lesson

On Christmas we woke up early to find a christmas bag full of presents from Santa. Santa got us lots of interesting presents and mum and dad got us our dream present which is a Nintendo DS.

Our Nintendo is really fun, we have our own puppies. Late in the afternoon we went to the beach and brang Dads surf board and I was able to stand up and not fall off 2 times all the way to shore. It was my first time and I did really well.

We had a great sunny day NO RAIN. Dad went flying and we had lots of fun playing with our new toys.

By Emily

Christmas nibbles

Emilys first surfing lesson Apollo Bay.

Quick recap

Since the girls last posted we have been to the Blue lakes of Mt Gambier, old volcanoes! They have been mountain bike riding in Portland whilst waiting for the rainy weather to go away. Then we started our journey down the Great ocean road seeing some amazing coastline and the 12 Apostles. We have been staying in a place called Apollo Bay for a week and leave tomorrow. There are lots of things to see around here. The largest eucalypts mountain Ash, rainforest, fairies in the tree ferns, beaches, huge sting rays, lots of Koalas. The girls are going to tell you about their christmas.

Deb (Emily and Graces mum)

Grace at the Mt Gambier Blu Lake.


Emily Grace and Lucy @ Triplet Falls Otway National Park

Apollo Bay

The Girls at Joanna Beach Otway National Park