THAILAND

We stopped in Thailand on our way to London it is probably the most amazing place we have been to. It's crazy. There are Tuk-tuks driving  around the street, even the name is crazy - they have three wheels and are taxis, they drive around beeping their horns. When you go to the temples there are armed guards so they must be very important to them. Thank you for reading my blog, see you next holiday. 

SYDNEY PART TWO

We found our selfs in Sydney once again but this time staying in a sky scraper dad got really freaked out and didn't want to sleep (but he did). Unfortunately I couldn't take a picture of this massive building  because my cameras batteries went flat. We went to Luna park it's fantastic it's a preserved 1960s fun fair and it has so many rides don't worry there not from the 60s as well. I went on the rotor which is a machine that spins you round and round and round faster and faster  until stick to the wall. Last of all in Australia but don't worry it's not over we saw the fire works on the Harbor bridge it was sensational I have got to get Batteries.

BLUE MOUNTAINS

On Christmas Eve we drove from Sydney to the Blue Mountains. It was very foggy when we got there. For the first time it was properly cold and we got a Christmas Eve feeling with a fire and decorations. The next day was Christmas day and I got a boomerang with an Echidna, which is my favourite Australian animal. We went sight-seeing to the Three Sisters which are huge rocks in a gorge, looking down onto a huge rain forests.

Its very strange seeing English things on the other side of the world and other things like English muffins? The Blue Mountains have the weirdest things but some of the most amazing things the heights and drops take your breath away. We walked on cliff walks and over bridges with nothing under them for at least 5 miles.

We went to Scenic World where there was a selection of transportation around the cliff including the world's steepest railway, the world's steepest cable car and a Skyway - a cable car that goes super high and has a clear floor.

P.S. MERRY CHRISTMAS

SYDNEY

We took a plane from Hervey bay Airport to Sydney.We took a cab to our hotel and settled down for the night.

The next day we took a ferry to the center of the city. We went to the wildlife world and we got to stroke Koalas. There fur is really soft but there claws look really vicious.

Then we went to the Opera House to see Rolf Harris we were so lucky he signed us a autograph on a mini Wobble-board.

FRASER ISLAND DAY3

On my third day on Fraser island in the morning I saw my first Goanna. It was climbing down a tree when I spotted it. I had to rush back to the house and get my camera, just in time. A Goanna is a huge lizard, this one was 3 foot from nose to tail, it has a very long thin tail.

We went to the Moheno ship wreck. It was rusty, and incredibly long. It was a used in the first world war as a hospital ship, and after it crashed, it was used in the second world war as a bomb target for training pilots.

Then we went to Eli creek, a cold freshwater stream running into the ocean. We body boarded down the slow flowing stream into the lagoons at the bottom. I saw a golden orb-weaving spider (identified later at Sydney Wildlife world).

We then went to Indian Head. It is the most easterly point of Australia. We saw another dingo there, and lots of hikers. 

Dingoes! (Fraser Island Day 2)

On the second day we drove to Lake Wabby. The lake had a huge sand dune behind it and it is the deepest lake on the island. On the way we got 'bogged' which means we were stuck in the sand. We had to get out and dig the sand out behind the wheels. We finally got out of the sand with help from other people on the island.

We then went to Lake McKenzie, Wabby's sister lake. It was almost crystal clear and warm. We went snorkeling. There were hardly any fish. It was incredibly beautiful coming out of a forest

 and seeing an fantastic lake.

After we went to Eurong beach resort to have a cup of tea (we are English after all). We saw our first dingo. They look so sweet and innocent but we knew that they could be dangerous. The dingoes on Fraser Island are some of the last full blooded dingoes in Australia, or indeed the world. So it was great to see one.

We went home and watched the sunset on the beach.

FRASER ISLAND DAY1

We drove from Noosa to Hervey Bay where we picked up our 4 wheel drive. Then we drove to the ferry for a half an hour trip to Fraser. When we got there we got onto the tracks, they were sandy. The whole island is made of sand. There is more sand on Fraser Island than there is in the Sahara desert and it is the biggest sand island in the world. It was really hard to drive on the sandy tracks and we got 'bogged' but managed to get out of it without getting out. 

It took a very long time to drive through the island but once we got to the beach we were much faster. Seventy five mile beach is considered a road because it's better to drive on than the inland roads. When we finally got to the cabin it was very basic and on a camp site. We were relieved to get there before the tide got too high.