Exmouth Once Again

Today in the morning we got up to a bright sunny day. We had our normal breakfast and went outside to do our jobs to pack up the caravan. I put up the caravan legs, took out the wheel chocks, cleaned off the mats to the door and did a few other things.

We drove off to Exmouth, which was only a short time. We arrived there and dad booked a whale shark snorkelling tour thing. Then we went to a Big 4 caravan park. It had a really nice pool and and small playground. After while we found out hat the camp kitchen was fantastic!

Our site was site number eighty-four. We set up the awning and had some fruit. After some time mum, dad and I went shopping. We went to IGA, (also know as the Independent Groceries of Australia) Brumby's, some dive shops and we also had lunch. Then, after our lunch, we came back to the caravan.

Then we agreed to go fishing. We drove to this jetty and started fishing. The fish were swimming under the jetty, while I used my hand line catch them. I caught two brim and three or four puffer fish. They were SO fun to catch. They don't fight and struggle so when you reel your line in, you can feel it. Otherwise not.

When you took the puffer fish off the hook and held them, they kicked their tail and wrapped it right around my fingers. It was so funny. And there were fifteen centimetre one TOO! I couldn't take the brim off my hook though, I can't do big fish. I used to be able to do fifteen centimetre ones, until one bit me and blood poured out of my finger. That was in Kalbarri though and it was a taylor that bit me.

Mum caught dinner - which was a brim too - and she also had a fish over one metre bite another fish off her line. We also saw a one metre shovel-nose ray - it looked like shark! Mum and dad also spotted an enormous clump of bait fish. We didn't catch any though.

After about two hours we drove back home in the mozzie filled air. Dad had to fillet the fish outside IN the mozzies. When we got back our dinner had a small entree of fish, and then some toast.We got ready for tomorrow and soon went to bed. I rely did have a fun day catching all those fish. But I can't wait until the whale shark tour tomorrow!!

Saya melihat ikan.

Banyak dan banyak di ikan.

Saya makan ikan.

Di sungguh-sungguh baik.

Saya dengar burang.

Sungguh-sungguh ribut.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik hari hari ini.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik waktu hari ini.

Saya belajar seabacus banyak.

Semua séhat.

Fish Snorkel and Coral

Well, today was a good day to snorkel when we got up. I actually woke up around six thirty and got out of bed around ten o'clock. I read all the time. When we got up we had our usual breakfast. After a few hours we all agreed to go snorkelling.

We went to Turquoise Bay first. It was GREAT fun. We entered the water and went off to explore the reef. The water was quite warm, but cold at first. Mum stayed behind while the rest o us set off. After a while my brother left us - I think the current was a little strong for him. And his feet were also hurting him. But, snorkelling is something where you want to see and learn, not struggle.

So dad and I went on, - floating across the reef where the current had stopped. We saw loads of pretty fish! The coral was HUGE, and so were some fish. Soon dad spotted a shark! I didn't know it until we actually got back to shore. It was just lying there and flapping its gills, not paying any attention to us.

The shark looked more like a miniature whale shark. Even though the shark was bigger than me - one metre, fifty one centimetres - it would have been miniature to a whale shark. They'r the biggest fish in the sea! Anyway, we swam on and saw loads more coral. We saw tiny little zebra fish things, wrasses (a family of fish), and loads of Spangled Emperor and other tiny/big fish.

Soon we arrived back and got out of the water. That's when I fouled out that that thing was a shark. Next time round we took my brother. Out we went again, through the current and onto the reef. This time we went past some ENORMOUS coral. It dad swam over it it would have grazed him probably.

Again we arrived at the shore and left again without coming out of the water. It was only dad and me again. We saw more and more fish, and, soon, we back at shore. I played around with my brother herding darts - a sort of fish.

After some drying off time we drove to Lakeside. It was another recommended snorkelling spot. On the way we stopped at the Visitors Centre and mum bought lunch and an underwater camera. Our lunch was a pasti, a pie and two sausage rolls. Then we started the walk to the snorkelling spot.

When we arrived the water was the second place we went. In and ageist the current, My brother left us again after some time, but it was AMAZING out there!! I saw little clumps of what looked like staghorn coral covered little zebra fish things.

Soon we swam back in and along the shore - upwards - with my brother.. We drifted down with the current and found a flounder. Whenever dad let this piece of coral fall on top of it, it darted fifteen centimetres away and then stopped. This was really funny to watch!

At the end we spotted a shell with a crab in it. It was funny to see the shell rise and fall with s snap when you go to close to it. when you try to bury it, it just scuttles away. Das went out of the water and my brother and I found another shell with a crab in it!

It didn't scuttle away when we buried it, so we had to unbury it. After a while we left and drove back home. We had dinner really early and had a wash after it. We also went to have a look at the cloudy sunset. All we do is wash ourselves with a face washer to save water. Then we all wrote our journals and went to bed. I really hope we can book a tour to snorkeli with the whale sharks in Exmouth tomorrow!!!

Saya melihat hiu.

Di rupa sama seabacus ikan paus.

Saya makan tomat.

Sungguh-sungguh baik!

Saya dengar ombak.

Saya dengar ombak roboh di luar.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik hari hari ini.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik waktu hari ini.

Saya belajar seabacus banyak.

Semua séhat.

The Storm from the Sea

In the morning today, the sky was really dark. I had a quarter of a piece of toast. Then, after a while, it started raining - hard! Mum, dad, my brother and I went outside and we packed up the chairs. I went inside and put the chairs away.

Then it started pelting down. Mum, dad and my brother put back the awning as quickly as they could. Unfortunately, the rain soaked them. I got towels ready and waited, watching. Unfortunately, - again - the awning malfunctioned. Dad had to fix it in the rain, and, soon, they were done.

After a while drying off in the caravan, we had lunch. Then we decided to go and have a look at Turquoise Bay. We took our snorkelling stuff incase. We went to Sandy Bay first, though. It was nice and windy, but it was really cloudy like it was going to rain again.

Then we drove to the Visitors Centre. It was really interesting. There was this model of this land where Exmouth is. Around it were little pictures and you could press a button next to them, and the place would light up on the model. It was really fun.

Then we finally reached Turquoise Bay. It was really nice. The water was turquoise until about ten metres. Then the reef started. We had a look around and then went back to the car. On the way back to the caravan I listened to Alice in Wonderland. We also saw this really big snake on the road. It was pretty though.

When we got back, dad and my brother went fishing. Mum and I stayed behind and played dominoes and battleships. The when dad and my brother came back, we had a delicious dinner of spaghetti bolognese. Then, after some journal writing and washing dishes, we went to bed. I did really have a fun day, exploring Cape Range National Park!!

Saya melihat ular.

Besar ular.

Saya makan tidak seabacus banyak hari ini.

Saya dengar ombak terlalu.

Saya melihat DAN dengar ombak

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik hari hari ini.

Saya pinyai sungguh-sungguh baik waktu hari ini.

Saya belajar seabacus banyak.

Semua séhat.

Cape Range At Last

In the morning today we got up and had breakfast at our own pace. Then we got fresh water and did our jobs and all that stuff, and soon we off to Cape Range National Park.

We arrived at the entrance and drove into the park. After about fifteen minutes, we arrived at Yardie Creek campsite. Our site was number two. We set up our; awning, mat, chairs, table and caravan. Then I went down to the beach and and found this really high dune. I went there three times because I was always disturbed. Then we had lunch. It was tomatoes, mozzarella, basil and some vinegar per it. It was really good!

After lunch we went down to the beach and and brought our fishing stuff. I played in the water with my brother a little bit and he also did a little fishing. We changed from one spot to another and then, after a while, all went back to the caravan in groups.

We had sausages, potatoes and rice for dinner. After a bit of washing up and journal writing, we all went to bed. I really did enjoy our trip to Cape Range National Park.

Saya melihat tempurung.

Banayk dan banyak tempurung.

Saya makan tomat dan kéju.

Di sungguh-sungguh baik!

Saya dengar ombak.

Seabacus banyak ombak.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik hari hari ini.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik waktu hari ini.

Saya belajar seabacus banyak.

Semua séhat.

Exmouth

In the mooring at Coral Bay, it was quite fresh. After a breakfast of some warm hot chocolate made by my brother, we packed up the caravan and started on the road to Exmouth.

The drive was fairly uneventful - for me because I listened to my iPod - and we soon arrived at Exmouth and had a look inside the visitors centre. After that we went to do some shopping and go to some diving shops. Dad got himself some new goggles and my brother got sea socks too. They're this thing to put on your feet like a sock and slip in your flipper with. Then we had a quick lunch at Brumby's - a bakery.

After that we kept driving to Cape Range National Park. But we couldn't get in because we were a day to early. So we got a spot Yardie Homestead. They had a really good playground and a swimming pool where you could go by yourself if you were over ten.

Then we went to have a look at Tantabiddi Beach. There my brother went fishing and I dipped my feet in the water. Afer a while we drove back to the caravan and we all had a shower. Then we had chicken alfredo for dinner. Soon we all went to bed. I hope tomorrow we can go snorkelling!!

Saya melihat airi.

Di seabacus tidak apa kenyataan, di adalah laut.

Saya makan ayam.

Di sungguh-sungguh baik.

Saya dengern pesawat terbang.

Contoh pesawat terbang.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik hari hari ini

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik waktu hari ini

Saya belajar seabacus banyak.

Semua séhat.

Flippers Goggles and Snorkels

In the morning we got up as usual and had breakfast. Then after a few hours, we got our fishing stuff ready and went to Paradise Beach to fish. It was really nice there. The sand stretched for about twenty metres and then the reef started.

Dad and my brother each caught a fish. Dads was a Longtom. My brothers was a little Spangled Emperor. But they were both thrown back. Mum and I stopped after a while because we weren't catching anything. I played on the sand dunes and soon my brother joined me. We had great fun skiing down it. Soon we took the walk back along the road.

When we got back we all hungry, so we had lunch. I only had a roll and mostly cucumber, capsicum, radish and - my favourite - tomatoes. After a few minutes we agreed on going to the beach again, but further along. I took my snorkelling stuff so I could snorkel, and everyone else took their fishing rods.

I had trouble with my goggles, so I got to borrow dads. They fitted really well. My brother and I saw lots of Longtoms and Garfish. We also saw this really thin thing that looked like a sand coloured eel. It was a little pink and really thin. You could have just grabbed it, but we didn't know what it was. We could grab it because it was so slow and wasn't scared of our hands.

The rocks were also really interesting. There was no coral because we weren't allowed to go out really far. But we did see a forty-four galleon drum, which was ripped open and covered in holes. We weren't allowed to stay out there for too long, because we'd gone to far.

After about two hours, we walked back to the car and drove back to the caravan. We started packing up straight away. We packed up the chairs, mat, washed the snorkelling suff and put part of the awning in. After a shower for dad and my brother, we had dinner. It was Spanish Fritatta. Soon we all went to bed before our trip to Cape Range National Park. I really enjoyed that snorkelling, though!!

Saya melihat ikan.

Banyak dan banyak dari ikan.

Saya makan pisang.

Di adalah sungguh-sungguh baik di makan.

Saya denger kapal.

Locust Plague

Today was a trip from Quobba Homestead to Coral Bay, Peoples Park. In the morning we had a quick breakfast and started driving to Coral Bay. On the way I listened to my iPod most of the way. Soon, we arrived.

We arrived with quite a pleasant welcome; a locust plague. 'It only arrived yesterday', the caravan park person had said. We got site one hundred and two. We set up and I had a pear. Then we all agreed to go snorkelling. The locusts were still swarming the skies. We put on our swimmers and walked across the road to the beach. It was quite busy but we got a nice spot next to a rock bar.

Dad, my brother and I put on our flippers, goggles and snorkels. I didn't use my snorkel until the end, though. This was because I didn't want to put it in my mouth. But dad helped me. There were LOADS of fish out there. I saw one about fifty centimetres in water about half a metre. We also saw a lot of other marine life.

We saw lots of little fish around the coral too. The biggest one I saw was a about fifty centimetres. There were little black and white ones with big puffy lips. There were some fifteen centimetre ones too. It was really fun watching those fish. I spotted a Flathead soon, too. It was fun to see it and this other one my brother saw. I like it how the fish don't swim away when you approach them, because your on top of the water.

At a depth of about two metres we saw a ray. It had a tail about five centimetres long. What they do to hide themselves is that they stir up sand. That brings up tiny creatures and fish come to eat them. Then the fish hide the ray. It was really interesting to see. My brother and dad also saw lots of other rays.

There was also a lot of brain coral down there. It was over lots of other coral we saw. Fish were scattered around it and they were really pretty. The brain coral is looks like a brain, well, sort of, and is shaped like a big, round rock. There was other spiky coral, but it wasn't as interesting as the brain coral.

Soon we walked back to the caravan, talking about all the things we learnt. We washed all our snorkelling stuff and went back to the caravan. After a bit we went to have a shower. Then we had rice and sausage sauce for dinner. Soon we went to bed. I had a really good day snorkelling! I hope we go again tomorrow!!

Saya melihat karang karang.

Di sungguh-sungguh menarik.

Saya makan makan malam.

Di adalah sungguh-sungguh baik.

Saya dengar orang selama seabacus ubah.

Banyak dan banyak orang.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik hari hari ini.

Saya punyai sungguh-sungguh baik waktu hari ini.

Saya belajar seabacus banyak.

Semua séhat.