Sydney

Sydney 18 march 2011 friday

We decided that we would go to Sydney dad wasn't to sure on the driving in the city though.

We stayed at my cousins for 6 nights. Josh and Kristys house is in the suburb of wattle grove.

The day we got there we set up the camper did some shopping then waited for Josh to get home from work at the Holsworthy army base.  Then he got home and we went in side with a warm welcome from Chubbs, Kita (the dogs),Minty and Lewis (the cats). pictured bellow:

ChubbsKita

Minty

Lewis

In the next few days we stayed at there house. Then on the sunday we went into the city on the train, we had to go train to east hills then bus to Kingsgrove and then we went back onto the train to central station. Then we got the hop on hop off bus and looked around the city. We climbed the sydney tower and went to the aquairiun. then we went back to holsworthy station and went home the way we came.

Then the tuesdsay we went to the train station again and couldn't find a park not even on the 5th level.

So we went home and got Kristy to drop us off then we went on the the train to Circular Quay.

We got of the train and saw the wonderful opera house and sydney harbour bridge.

We didn't climb the bridge it cost heaps!!

We had a walk and went up the steps to the opera house. then went back to the shops and had a juice and mum and dad had a coffee. We walked aroung the harbour and saw under the opera house and we saw Luna park. that was basicly all we did at the Circular Quay. Then Went home Again.

I'm so strong aren't I!!

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Opera house

Darling Harbour

The boys look so much alike dont they!!

Kristy and Josh

This is a Question to all those people who watch dance accademy:

Is this the place were they shoot the Tv series?

Jindabyne and Kosciuszko National park.

We are still in Jindabyne at the moment. It's raining and cold. On Tuesday we climbed Mt Kosciuszko, we got the chair lift up for 600 metres and walked 13 km all up (6.5 up and back).  The walk was easy but the distance made a difference. We made it the hole way up and back. We saw some school kids at Cooma and they accted stupid. They were in Cooma coaches buses and when we got to the drive way of Jindabyne holiday park we saw the Cooma coaches behind us and dad thought it was turning where we were. But they didn't. Luckily. At the caravan park we were at the front of the lake and have a wicked view. We just happened to have a glass breakage now.

Tomorrow we are going to a national park in the snowy moutains on the way to canberra.

On the path to Mt KosciuszkoTop of Kosciuszko

Merimbula and Bournda National Park

At Merimbula we went to a caravan park called Merimbula Beach. We were in a caravan park with a  jumping pillow, playground and awesome pool. We were also write near the beach. We didn't meet anyone though. We also didn't do much but went for a drive to Bega. At Bega we went to the Bega Cheese Factory. Went to some art gallery's and the markets. Merimbula Beach Pool would have to be my favourite pool sofar. We also went for a rock pool walk and saw starfish, crabs and big seasnails.
lovely time there and had heaps of fun.

At Bournda National Park we stayed at hobart beach campground. It's near a lake called wollogoot lake.
We could walk to the lake from our camp spot. We also did a long 2.8 Km up and back and walked 1 km up and back to the bikes. it was a hard ride with my bike and because it was hilly. We got there finally and walked to the logoon and beach. the next morning we drove there again because mum had the idea of going for a walk to the edge of bournda island at 7:30 in the morning. We thought it wasn't an island but when we went up close we saw an about 2m water way through it. We only stayed at bournda for one night though.

Next we are at Jindabyne near Kosiosko and climbing it tomorrow.
have fun Lily

Wilsons promontory, and Lakes Entrance

At Wilsons Promontory we set up camp in Tidal River. We camped in the campground near the Tidal river.
It was so windy in the night nobody slept at all. We stayed Two nights there.  We were also near the beach and swam a bit but i don't like the sea as much as Jed. Not much else to say about that Except we went for a walk across the bridge, over the river and tidal river.

We stayed at eastern beach caravan park at lakes entrance. We went there because it had a jumping pillow but when we booked in the lady said it had a hole in it. luckily she also said that it was getting fixed on tuesday  and we got there on monday. We met people next to us called Meg, Eliza, Fletcher, cooper and little ollie short for oliver. Meg and Eliza were the oldest at nine. When the jumping pillow was getting fixed it was a days entertainment. with the excavator and 2 men. A few days later we went on a cruise to a winery for lunch. the Adults drank wine and me and jed had lots of lemonade.

Next we went to Eden in New South Wahles (finnaly).

we went to the first caravan park we saw. but the other ones were way better.

so we've learnt our lesson about looking before booking.

Inverloch

From Aireys inlet we went to a place called inverloch. We went across the ferry from Queensclif to Serento. on the ferry we didn't see any dolphins or anything but we met some people. When we got at Inverloch we booked in at the Inverloch Forshore Reserve. Next to our campsite we had a walk way to andersons inlet. One day when we were staying at inverloch we went to Phillop island. at phillop island we went to see the penguin parade. at the penguin parade we saw little penguins that would come up every night to go to the burrows. This is a natural thing what they do and is very amazing. (we were not aloud to take pictures). We also went to the motorbike GP track in phillop island. we went at the right time and we got to see the motorbikes training for their events. The next day at inverloch we went to the inlet saw an echidna. We also walked through the shallow water over to an island in the middle of the inlet. On the island we saw lots and lots of little red crabs everywhere in the sand. then we went back over to the actual beach and found a little lagoon and it was warm so jed and i hoped in and mum went back to get her bathers on but dad didn't hop in. we spent five nights at inverloch and now we are in tidle river, in wilsons promontory.

Aireys Inlet

At Aireys Inlet we went to the famous Lighthouse off of around the twist (the TV show). We went to the skate park and rode down and back up a big hill. At the lighthouse we went for a wlak around it and went to the lookout where you can see eagle rock. We also went to geelong for a day trip, at geelong we went to the wool museam and looked at the wool there. We also got to use a carding machine that ladys would go and use when they were sewing. We went to the ford museam in geelong and saw cars from a long time ago and cars that were moden. they also had cars you could sit in. You got to play with machines and you got to see how they made the cars from scratch.  On the way to geelong we stopped at anglesea for fuel and mum saw the hairdresser and she thought she needed a hair cut so she went and booked one in. On the way back from geelong she had it.
It was fun at Aireys Inlet.
I hope you like my blog so far. Lily

Portland, Warnambool, and joanna beach

Hey we've been to Portland, Warnambool and Joanna beach since i last wrote a post.
At Portland we stayed at our friends place. they use to live in Keith. They have an awesome house and even has a pool and spa (witch we could not get out of). At Portland we did a light house tour at cape nelson we got to look through a telescope and we got to look at the view witch was awesome. We also drove pasted the smelter and went to cape bridge water were we did a walk. overall it was great fun at Portland.

At Warnambool we stayed at a caravan park that was near the adventure playground. We went to cheese world and tasted different types of cheese. we bought 3 types. we had one of the worlds best milkshakes witch was so massive i didn't drink it all. We also went to Hopkins Falls witch is Australia's widest falls. accept it looked a disgusting colour.

At Joanna Beach we did not have power and we stayed for two nights. it rained like all night the first night and the next night it was cleared. on the second day we went to Beech Forest to the Otway ranges. At the Otway Ranges we went to the otway fly treetop walk. We did both it was so much fun. We got to go on a big cable with a harness straped up. we went through the trees to each cloud station and there were 8 or 9 cloud stations. Here are some pictures

i hope you look how high it is and Of course i will write soon!!