We're Back!!!!!!

We woke up in the morning today and had some breakfast. After that we said goodbye to Ron and Vicki and were on the road home. I got to listen to my iPod all the way because I'd finished school work. After at least two hundred and something kilometres we arrived in Wodonga.

We got home and unloaded everything in the caravan. I took us nearly over and hour. We then had lunch and went off to put the caravan away in dads shed at work. When we got home my brother and I played lego for the afternoon.

Then we all had a shower and got dressed. We went to see dad off to a meeting and then met with the other ladies. We walked to a Chinese restaurant, called the Dragon Court. We had a delicious dinner there. My favourite was the chicken and sweet corn soup.

We then had some banana fritters and ice-cream for dessert and made our way back to the lodge. We drove home with dad and went straight to bed. I had a great day!!! And I'm glad we're back home!!!

Back at Last!!!!!!!

Today we drove from Mildura to our friends place after a nice breakfast. We packed up the caravan and were on our way. I did a load of maths for this week and the last week of school. Then I just listened to my iPod and read my book. After a few hours we stopped at Swan Hill and had some lunch.

We were then on the road for another hour or so and then arrived at our friends. Their names are Ron and Vicki. They had two dogs to look after too. Their names were Pipper and Kesha or something. My brother and I played with them a lot.

Soon Ron and Vicki came back from the hospital. Vicki had broken her leg so she was on crutches. We had some nibbles and my brother and I played with the dogs until it started to get dark. After that we went inside and wrote our journals. Then we had a delicious dinner of fish.

Soon we were in bed for our last day of travel! I had a great day playing with the dogs!!!!!!!!!!!

Oggi abbiamo lasciato Mildura.

Siamo arrivati a Ron e Vickis; i nostri amici.

The Chocolate Factory

We got up in the morning today and had some quick breakfast. We were then soon on the road on the way to Mildura. When we got there my brother and I played on the playground for a bit and then had some lunch. We had some chicken burgers for a change. After that we went for a drive around Mildura.

We first had a look at the chocolate factory. We had a bit of a taste of little chocolate pieces flavoured as blood orange and butterscotch. I liked the butterscotch best. We had some DELICIOUS hot chocolate that they made and thought it was really good!! After that we left.

We drove to lock eleven then. The locks are things where they they hold water up and help let bats go through. We watched a boat come through and then drove to the other dock.

There were hire boats there and we met the people who owned the boat that went through the lock. We had a look around some of the hire boats too. They were enormous! The first one had three bedrooms and two bunk beds. It had a TV (not that we would want one) and a kitchen. The bit upstairs had deck chairs, tables and chairs, a BBQ, sink, helm and a spa.

We left and then drove and shopped for some lunch for tomorrow. After that we were back at the caravan and I was doing my school work. After that we wrote our journals and had some nachos for dinner. We had a shower too. Then we went to bed to get some sleep. I had a great day!!!!!!!!x

Siamo andati a Mildura oggi.

Abbiamo ottenuto un sito e gioca nel parco giochi.

È stato davvero divertente.

Silverton

We woke up in the morning and had some breakfast. After that we left to go to Silverton. We drove along a road where there was a ip nearly every five hundred metres. After a while we reached the Mad Max 2 Museum. We got out of the car and payed.

We had a look around and for your information Mad Max is a movie. In my opinion it's gruesome. After a while we left and two donkeys were on the road. After that we called into the Daydream Mine. We did an underground tour too.

We got our hard hats and lights and walked down. This, if you didn't know, was a silver mine. People used to work in the mine by candlelight. Our guide also showed us what an eight year old would look like in the mine. The figure had real mice on crawling around on its shoulder too.

The rock was held up by tree stumps and they had built a railing so you could lean on it. We had a look at the shafts and went into this big room. Our guide got us to turn our lights of and lit a candle. We got used to the dimness and the guy showed us how people in the mine used to work.

Eight year olds were hired to do work down shafts sound half a metres tall. That was until you weren't allowed to work in the mines until you were eighteen. We were soon back in the bright sunlight though. We had some scones and then left.

We drove back to Broken Hill and went to have a milkshake. Dad and I had a thickshake and it was SO thick!! After that we went to the Geological Museum. We had a tour around the miners cottage and found out loads about rocks.

We also saw the Sliver Tree. After that we drove to do a bit of shopping and then went back to the caravan. We wrote our journals and had a delicious dinner lentils and noodles. Then we were in bed like usual getting sleep for another day.

Oggi siamo andati Silverton.

Siamo andati al museo di Mad Max a aveva un tour sotterraneo.

È stato grande!

Broken Hill

We woke up this morning and slept a tiny bit overtime but got up to have a quick breakfast. After that we did a quick pack up and left Port Augusta. We drove for quite a while through hills and drove through a cloud once. We arrived at a little town on the other side of the hills.

We drove through places Orroroo and Peterborough. After a while we stopped and got out some fruit. We had a few mandarins and a pear. After about four hundred and something kilometres we reached Broken Hill.

We found ourselves a site and my brother and I played on the playground for a bit. When we came back we had some lunch and set off for a look around. We had a look from lookouts and then drove to have a look at the RFDS (Royal Flying Doctor Service) centre. Wd got a tour and watched a really interesting movie thing about it. We also had a look around the museum.

We were soon back at the caravan and were doing some school work and writing our journals. We had some delicious spaghetti bolognese for dinner and we soon in bed for another night to come. I had a great time finding out that there were two playgrounds in the park!!

Oggi siamo arrivati a Broken Hill.

Abbiamo lasciato Port Augusta.

Abbiamo dato un'occhiata in giro Broken Hill.

Siamo andati anche a guardare il (Royal Flying Doctor Service) centro RFDS.

St Tuna

We woke up in the morning today to a very cold morning. We had a quick breakfast and were soon on the road. I listened to my iPod all along. Now and then we'd stop at a petrol station.

After about two hours, (we'd finished all our fruit in time) we arrived at Ceduna. We made up a name for this on our last trip; St Tuna. We gave away our last vegetables and fruit scrapings, and were finally through to South Australia.

After another two hours we stopped in Minnipa for a bit of lunch. We had packet soup with water that mum heated up on the stove. The toilet at the stop was really funny. It was a sort of water tank, and on it was painted: Concrete Crappa (see photo).

We left and drove on for another two hours and arrived finally at Port Augusta. We drove into the Shoreline caravan park and found ourselves a site. We set up and went straight to do some shopping.

After an hours time we'd finished and were back at the caravan. My brother and I played at the playground until it started raining. After five minutes my brother and I went to go and have a shower.

After that we had a delicious dinner of spaghetti bolognese. After that we were soon in bed and fast asleep ready for a new day!

The Nullarbor

We woke up very early in the morning today and drove from Fraser Range Station when there was still mist in the air. We did have a bit of breakfast though. We drove for a bit until we reached Balladonia Roadhouse. There we stretched our legs and drove on.

We stopped here and there for toilet stops and just to visit the petrol station. When we did that everyone got out to stretch their legs anyway. We reached Cocklebiddy and used the diesel there.

We drove on and on for a while, until we reached a nice spot to have lunch. It was one of the lookouts over the Great Australian Bite. We ate as many vegetables as possible as we were crossing the border tomorrow.

We listened to The Witches by Roald Dahl over the FM cup from my iPod. After that we drove some more until we reached the Nullarbor Roadhouse. The we decided to stay the night.

We set up and soon I found a tree to sit in a read a book. After a while we had a delicious dinner of fried rice with lots of vegetables. After that we were in for an early night ready for another days travelling!

Oggi abbiamo lasciato Fraser Gamma Stazione.

Abbiamo trascorso la notte al Casale Nullarbor.

Ho ascolti mio iPod quando stavamo guidando.

Avevamo riso fritto per la cena.

Ho avuto un grande giorno!!