My Favourite Pools in Townsville - Abbey

My favourite pools in Townsville and surrounds are: #1. Riverways - Because it is close, free and nice. #2. The pool at Mission Beach Big4 - Because it has a water slide #3. The Strand Water park - Because it is fun #4. The Rock pool at the Strand - Because it is big #5. The Rockslides - because there is a natural waterslide #6. Little Crystal creek - because it is a nice place to swim #7. Alligator creek - Because it is nice #8. Broadwater - It has a strong current to pull you down the river which is fun #9. Alligator nest - it has super deep part

A Birthday on the Beach - Clare

On Saturday it was my birthday. I turned 8. It was fun. We smashed coloured ice and we played tug of war on the beach and my team won every time except one time when the other team cheated. After that we made a marble painting it all scribbly. We got marbles and we put them in a little bottle of paint and then tipped them onto the canvas. We wobbled the canvas around and it made a swirly painting. I did orange, Bridie did yellow and Abbey did purple. I got a tamagotchi and notebook and a blue leotard.

Bugs and Stuff - Bridie

We've been learning about insects. We went on a bug hunt and we spotted lots of bugs. When we came home we found a friendly insect in Mum and Dad's room. The next day we saw a humongous stick insect in the garden where we live. We carried the stick insect around for a while and put it back in the garden. In the morning we found it above the door of our room! We think it wanted to visit us.

Ballet - Clare

I am learning ballet. Last week we had a new teacher. She was a bit more strict. She taught us a whole dance! Usually we only learn half a dance. Sometimes we even do less than half. We just just got our costumes. Mine is black and shines. I also got some ballet socks there. I really, really like ballet.

Swimming - Clare

On Saturday went to a camp site at Charters Towers. It was one hour to get there . At the camp site there is a swimming pool.It is very cold. We met some new friends and we saw Jayden. He is a friend of Abbey's. We went to the pool with him. It was fun. We went swimming around it. After that we went to the jumping pillow. We went to a hill with lots of bunkers where people were going to hide from bombs but luckily no bombs came. We went looking around at a broken down tower. I looked for some gold but I didn't find any. I did find a sparkly stone on a brick but I think it was just quartz.

Charters Towers - Abbey

This weekend we went to Charters Towers (an old gold mining town with ghosties) and drove around blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Then we went to a SUPER cool campsite that had a jumping pillow and a pool. We played chases on it and it was really fun and hard because you were not allowed to touch the sand or else you became It. See anyone familiar in the pic? (Apart from us!) For any one who doesn't know it's Jayden Bass, a kid from my class at school who is exactly the same age as me with the same birthday. We were setting up our tent when a kid walked over and said "G'day Mr Maynard, how are ya?" it was Jayden! It was so funny! A kid exactly my age, from Tassie in my class at school, in Charters Towers, at the same campsite, at the same time! We went swimming and Jayden and I had swimming races and we kept tying. I made a friend called Keeley. Keeley, Jayden and I all tried to trick a girl called Michelle into thinking that my name is Renee (pronounced: re-nay). It didn't work.

Movie - Abbey

On the 3 of July we went camping with our friends the Fishers and the Morgans. We made a movie and I was a king but I switched to a guard. It was freezing but we decided to go swimming anyway. Then we got into our costumes and I was wearing two shirts and a jacket. Rachel (My friend) made her sister marry Reuben! Only in the script, not in real life! It was sooooooooooo fun. In the background of picture the skateboarding angel you can see part of Sultana's... No, wait it's Natarnya's wedding dress.