Milla- the boat driver

I drove the boat back after we went fishing. It was tricky to get to the ramp because you had to go round a pole.  I  was having a ecxalint time driving the boat.

I lernt how to roller skate.  I nearly fell over lots of times.  I didn't have any bad crashes. I went everywhere.  Now I'm pretty good.  I would like a pair of roller skates. 

Harvey- Watch your head!

At Mackay airport, you can get really close to the landing planes.  So close that they are really loud and you can nearly see the pilots.  We watched two planes, a jet star 737 and a Virgin A320 come in to land right over our head.  We saw a few propeller planes come in to land too.

Next, we went fishing out in Nigel's boat.  We only caught one undersized bream that we threw back.

I built a tunnel out of sand but I didn't get to finish it because the tide was going out and we had to head back into shore because soon the boat would get stuck in sand.

Maisie- Are you scared of the dark?

The Capricorn Caves are just outside of Rockhampton.

I had never been in a cave before.  I was careful not to stand on bat poo (guano) and not to knock my head on a stalactite. We had to walk through some tight spaces. Don't you think Milla looks like a ghost?

We got to experience "cave darkness".  It really spun Mum out but I found it heightened my other senses.  Luckily we didn't see any bats.  I have experienced enough bats at our previous campsite (see Milla's entry) to last me a while.

Week 1 movie

Milla- Animals Everywhere

I sor sum bats in a tree on my trip.  They wer sort of black and rainbow and a litlle bit scery.

They wer vere vere  vere anooring!!!

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I found the world's smallest frog.  I picked him up. I had fun with him until he jumped off me.

In the afternoon me and my mum went for a long walk. We saw a dead turtle on the beach. It had flies all over it. And we saw a jellyfish.

We found a cave and right in front of it there was a log that the pirates put there to get in when the water is up. I balanced on it. I had a very exciting day.

Harvey- I'm flying away

This is me in one of Bert Hinkler's planes. Bert Hinkler was a great pilot. He was the first person to fly from England to Australia.  I also like Bert because he was kind to his mother and sent her letters while he was away.  I also like him because Bert is my nickname.

My football and I have been together everywhere so far.

Maisie- Next Stop Emu Park

I am not particularly fond of strawberries, however today I went strawberry picking. We went to a real strawberry farm just outside of Bundaberg. 

Emu Park is a lovely place even though there is a bat colony nesting in a nearby tree! They have been super noisy all afternoon even noisier than Milla. We went down to the beach after we set up and even though it was windy I still enjoyed it. The boys played golf and Milla and I had races and did handstands.

Milla- 3,2,1...Blast Off!

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ....... Blast off!!!!!!!!!!!!!. We are off.  Wen we got there I said......... "Get the wind away"!!!!!!!!!!!

It is vere vere vere windy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I em having a vere good holladay.

Ps and I hope you are too.

Maisie- The Adventure Begins

It was the school holidays, but it wasn't an ordinary school holidays. It wasn't an iPad morning or a television morning, it was an adventure morning. We departed at 7:30 and we're headed to Elliot Heads ( just south of Bundaberg). We stopped at Childers a small country town for lunch and went for a short walk to stretch our legs. We saw this old butchers shop. I liked how it had a lot of character.

When we got to the camp ground we set up quickly and went down to the beach. I was nearly swept off my feet it was that windy. Harvey and dad went yabby pumping while mum, Milla and I went eagerly back to the showers. Here is a picture of us and our camp site. Hope you enjoyed reading.

Signed:Maisie 

Harvey- Off we go!

We drove out of the driveway feeling excited and a bit nervous.  Dad reset the trip counter to zero so we can see how many kilometres we will travel.  Can anyone guess how many kilometres we will do? 

We drove and drove and drove some more, only 4 hrs really, to Elliot Heads, near Bundaberg.  We saw lots of sugar cane and the small railway tracks for the cane train. I hope I see a sugar cane train somewhere along the line.  We are going to a real working sugar cane farm near Airlie Beach.

My dad and I went yabbie pumping. We got 3. I hope we catch some fish.

Movie to launch our big trip

Here is the link to the movie trailer to launch our trip.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B4AS53djFgI