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When we arrived in Hobart, we drove over the Tasman Bridge (the same one that was hit by the boat 30 years go) and went up to the top of Mt Wellington. As […]
Our next stop was Port Arthur because it is the second place that convicts came to in Australia after Sydney. If I was a convict, I don’t think I would work for people […]
After St Helens we drove 1h 30min to get to Coles Bay. We arrived in Coles Bay just before lunch and we spent the rest of the day exploring Freycinet National Park. We […]
After leaving Launceston, we drove to St Helens. This is on the North East Coast of Tasmania. The beaches here are very pretty because the water is clear and aqua. We visited the […]
Day 3 in Launceston we went to the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania where they had lots of old, cool cars and motorcycles. My favourite was a Green HQ Holden Monaro. 30 years […]
On our second day in Launceston we went up the Tamar Valley to Platypus House, Seahorse World and the Beaconsfield Mine. Sea horse World is a place where they breed sea horses to sell […]
On Thursday, we left Uncle Kevin’s farm and travelled to Launceston. Here we went to Cataract Gorge and crossed the South Esk River on a chair lift. We went along the Gorge Walk […]
After Apollo Bay, we needed to go to Melbourne to go on The Spirit of Tasmania. The Spirit of Tasmania is a boat that goes from Melbourne to Devonport which is across Bass […]
Our next stop was Apollo Bay. From here, we went on day trips. We went to the Great Otway Ranges National Park. There we did the tree top walk. The tree top walk […]
The start of the Great Ocean Road is Warrnambool and the end of The Great Ocean Road is Torquay. The first stop from Warnambool on the Great Ocean Road was the Bay of […]
After leaving Mt Gambier, we crossed the Victorian border and went to Princess Margaret Rose Cave. It was really pretty. Unlike Cutta Cutta Caves, it had helitites which are rock formations that grow […]
We stayed only one night at Beachport which is the start of the Limestone Coast, but on the way, we stopped at the FAMOUS Coorong. The Coorong is a long stretch of beach […]
On the way to Victor Harbor we stopped at a little town called Hahndorf. There we went to a sweet shop that had fudge as well as sweets. The fudge was so good […]
On the way to Barossa we went on the Pichi Richi Railway on a steam train through the Flinders Ranges. It was very pretty. After a 2 hours on a train we […]
After the big red rock [Uluru], we went to Coober Pedy. There, we went and did a self-guided tour. It was fun. We went to the Old Timer’s Mine and experienced how people […]
Yesterday we arrived in Port Augusta, late in the afternoon, but on the way we stopped at a little place called Woomera. We went to the Rocket Museum where there were bombs, planes […]
We arrived at Yulara on the 13th of July. On the way, we saw a large rock similar to Uluru, but it turned out to be Mt Connor, the place lots of people […]
We stayed at Kings Creek Station. Kings Creek Station is a working cattle and camel station. When we first got to Kings Creek Station, we went to Kings Canyon and did the Kings […]
Finally, we got to Alice Springs. The minute we got here my dad decided that we should go to the camel races. At the camel races there wasn’t just camels there […]
On the way to Alice Springs we stopped at the Devil’s Marbles. There we played on the rocks. The Devil’s Marbles are rocks that look like marbles and they are made out of […]
On the way back down from Darwin we stopped for another dip at Bitter Springs and we stayed at Mataranka. In the morning we came across a PEACOCK PARADISE with lots of peahens […]
We stayed in Darwin for three nights. On the 1st day we went to Litchfield National Park. At the park we went to two water falls, Florence Falls and….. Wangi Falls […]
After Katherine Gorge we went to see Cutta Cutta Caves. In Cutta Cutta Caves there were stalactites and stalagmites. Stalactites hold on tight which means stalactites hang from the top of the cave […]
On the way to Katherine Gorge, we stopped for a dip at Bitter Springs. Bitter Springs is a creek that has come from underground so the water is really warm. The water […]
1st of July On the last day of June, we stayed the night at Barkly Homestead before going to Daly Waters. In Daly Waters it was fun. I met Lily who was next […]
29 June Last night we stayed in Mt Isa. I met a new friend called Bridget and we had fun riding around the campsite together. This morning we took a drive into Mt […]
28 June Yesterday we saw the Age of Dinosaurs. If you are wondering what the Age of Dinosaur is, it is where they have dug up bones of 3 dinosaurs from 95 million […]
6 June 2016 Yesterday we arrived in Longreach, but on the way we stopped in a little town that is called Barcaldine. At Barcaldine we stopped at the Tree of Knowledge outside the […]
23 June – 25 June 2016 Today we were miners in the Gemfields of Central Queensland. We went to the Glenalva fossicking area, and we found 6 sapphires and 2 zircons. It was […]
20 June – 23 June 2016 As I look at the sparkling blue water at Agnes Water, I am typing the first blog entry of our big lap around Australia. We arrived here […]