Birdworld - Abbey

On the 18th of October we went to Birdworld. I had a BIG macaw on my shoulder. It was rather scary. All the birds are in a big aviary which you can walk through. They fly around and land on your shoulder. Clare put food in the rim of her hat and some birds landed on her head. In this picture she looks scared of the birds. She isn't - she's holding her hat up! There were sun conures, Blue-and-gold macaws, a scarlet macaw, rainbow lorikeets and scaly lorys. (look on google images if you do not know what they look like)

Trip to the Tablelands

On Thursday we went to a waterfall called Millaa millaa which means "lots of water" in an aboriginal language. At Milla milla we felt the water spraying us. On Friday we went to lake Eacham where we stayed. At Lake Eacham we saw some baby turkeys trying to get up to the mum turkey in a tree. It was funny when some just got stuck on a lower branch and had to sleep there.We balanced on a log. I learnt to balance on a log but just before we left I fell of but other than that it was fun.We also went to bird world where there are birds soaring and landing on peoples shoulders. I got one on my hat. I saw a huge macaw it bit Abbey's finger but Abbey did not cry. Dad fed a green parrot and it jumped on to Dad's back it was a very cheeky parrot.

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.