Today we got up in the morning and were all excited about the cruise we were going on. We got up and had breakfast. I had cereal as usual. I bet you've heard that line a million times!! I'll stop having cereal soon and you'll be reading: 'I had toast like usual today'. Anyway, here's what we did today after breakfast:
We got dressed and got ready for our cruise we were going on. Then we made our lunches. I put mayonnaise, cheese and capsicum in my roll. It's my new favourite lunch. All our other things we needed were in the car or on the table. After we'd gotten all our stuff ready and off we went to the jetty where we left shore.
What a great time we had!! There were thirteen other adults. There were no other kids. That didn't worry me though, I was going to have a great time anyway. The boat was a fishing charter boat. In quite a good condition too.
It had a big deck with a long table and benches along the middle. There was a big wheelhouse at the front too. A ladder went up to a small deck about two metres across and one metre the other way. Then a little doorway went into another wheelhouse. It was for storms so the skipper could see over the waves. There was a little bench next to it too, so you could either sit on that or on the seat in front the of the controls.
We got on the boat and the skipper talked to us a little bit about the history of Esperance. While he did that we were gliding along the shore (far away actually.). I really like boats. And the water. Sometimes I wish I was a fish I like the water so much. He told us about the reef and the Tanker jetty. Soon we got on the water and going. What a nice sight. It was funny to walk on the boat when it was moving. Especially when it was all wavy and we were in the swell.
We drove to some islands and beaches first. Not right on the beach though. Just past it. The water got a bit choppy too. It was a nice archipelago altogether.
At some rocks we saw Sea Lions and Cape Barren Geese. We also saw some Fur Seals. Now THEY were cute. The seals were running, sliding and sleeping on the rock. Some of them jumped off the rock into the water. Soon we moved on to…
Woody Island. Wooden Island to be exact. Before we docked onto the jetty, we saw a pod of dolphins!!!! They were so cute. They jumped around in groups of two, going in an out of the water. They were AMAZING!!! You could also camp on Woody Island too. They had a beautiful camping area. There was an ENORMOUS camp kitchen there. A pretty nice playground was there. It had swings, a slide, ladder, tyre ladder and cubby house sort of thing.
On the island there were walks. Mum and I went on half a walk of Twiggy's Landing. It was quite a nice walk too. When everyone had finished their hour on on the island, we went back to the boat. My brother and I also went on to the rocks and found big Cuttlefish bones. Then we got onto the boat.
We were on our way back and the water was still a little choppy. I sat in the wheelhouse at the top of the boat with an old lady that was also on the cruise. I had a great time on that cruise of Recherche archipelago.
When we got off the boat we had our lunch outside the car. Then we went off to the Mermaid Leather. It's a place where you get shown what is made of fishes and sharks skin. It was BRILLIANT!! They make everything!!! Pens, frames, hair bands, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, frames and purses.
There was dyed skin and natural coloured skin. The shark skin was like sandpaper, rather that of the other fish, who's scales could be seen and felt. We bought a few pieces to show when we get back to Victoria. We watched a little movie about how the leather was made and who found out that you could do it.
They also had a cute dog that looked like a dingo. A grey cat was running around the building too. It was so cute. It jumped onto our laps when the man was talking to us. It had little claws which really hurt. It jumped from lap to lap where we were sitting. When we left it was sleeping on top of a cupboard.
Back at the caravan we got ready for dinner. I went and had a shower with dad. When we came back we had a dinner of spaghetti bolognese again. We all wrote our journals and went to bed. I hope I sleep well like usual.
Saya melihat kapal.
Saya pikiran sangat penuh.
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