Winter Break by Maëlle

Winter Break- Lennox Head, Byron Bay, North Stradbroke Island, Cairns and Daintree Rainforest 

Diary by Maëlle

July 1st and 2nd

We did a lot of driving. I saw some kind kangaroos hopping across the road when the google maps took us on a bit of a detour. We arrived in Lennox Head at night. The house has a trampoline and books for us. We went to the beach at Lennox Head was a lot of fun. We got to play in the sand and the ocean.

July 3rd

We went to Byron Bay Lighthouse. The best was the beach at the bottom. We took off our pants and playing in the waves. There were dolphins swimming by as we were playing. We had to leave the beach to go drive to the ferry.

July 5 and 6, 2017.

We are on North Stradbroke island in Queensland. Yesterday we saw at least 1000 Fox Bats. The sky was black with bats. They make a high pitched squeaking sound. In the morning we went for a hike along the ocean. We saw lots of whales and some cute dolphins and a turtle. Breakfast this morning smells delicious and good. We have been so busy. We got to see koalas in the trees at Amnity Point. I have seen so much wildlife. When I was with mommy and nana, mom had to pull over because kangaroos were on the side of the road. We went to the beach near our house. Malia decided she didn't like the waves or the ocean but we got her swimming in the little ponds that where left from the ocean.

July 7, 2017 North Stradbroke Island, Queensland

It is a rainy today, but we are still going outside! We put on our raincoats and set off in the car. Daddy wore his funny raincoat and hat. Nana called him Captain High liner. On our walk we saw two kangaroos! We think the mama kangaroo had a Joey in her pouch. We continued down the path and I saw some whales and dolphins. They were amazing. The kangaroo went under the house. We think he has some friends under it. 

July 8, 2017. North Stradbroke Island Queensland 

It is sunny today on North Stradbroke Island. We haven't had breakfast yet and I am getting hungry! I would like some blueberry and cranberry cereal with flakes mixed in with it.Today is Daniels birthday. We went to a lake called Brown Lake. It was brown from the tea tree trees. We made sand castles and jumped in the lake. Mommy and Nana liked the smell of the leaves. Hopefully it will get rid of our colds.

July 11, 2017 Daintree Wild B & B and Zoo

We arrived at the Daintree rain forest after a night in Cairns. In Cairns we woke up and got into our bathing suits and went for a swim. The water had some water slides. I was a bit cold at first. I went down the waterslide. It was very fun. I beat dad to the clam shell every time. and I rode a walrus.

 July 12, 2017 Daintree Wild B & B and Zoo 

We are staying at the zoo! We went to the zoo at 7:00 but it started to pour! Nana and I got really soaked! The crocodiles were massive. The man fed them meat. They were a bit funny. We saw a cassowary it was beautiful. We got some bread to feed the joeys. We had so much fun. We were living at a zoo! We went out and had ice cream, my kind of ice cream was coconut. My sister kind of ice cream was mango, passionfruit and something that tasted like strawberries. Then we went to the old shop. It had lots of old machines. I liked old phones the best. They were dial phones. Mom and dad had dial phones. We went on a crocodile cruise. We saw baby crocs and big crocs. We saw a tree snake in the tree. Nana liked the blue kingfisher bird. When we went back to our hotel room we went back to the zoo for our supper. I really liked supper. It was scrumdiliousious. Arnie is a parrot at the front of the zoo. He talked to us. He was really funny he even followed our bobs. It was first time I ever heard a bird talk! 

July 13, 2017 

We took a very small cable ferry across the crocodile watching river called Daintree. The road was really bumpy and really curvy. On our first stop we thought we saw cassowary eggs until one fell out of the tree then we knew they were not cassowary eggs but some kind of fruit! The cassowary eats them. It was really humid . We drove to the end of the road as far as we could go because we didn't have 4x4 driving to get across the river. We went for a walk to a swimming hole that didn't have crocodiles. Dad almost stepped on a python while he was carrying Malia to the rocks on the other side of the river. We played in the river and dad went off a rope swing and dropped into the river. We later went to another beach for lunch but couldn't swim. I jumped and looked for shells on the beach.

July 14, 2017

We went on a drive to get some Lunch and supper. We stopped in a town and played at the park. Today we are at the airport in Cairns. Our flight got delayed twice. We will be going on the plane at 8 o'clock. It is 7:08 so we still have a long wait.

July 15, 2017

We have a long drive to Oatlands. We stopped at a pie place and had a delicious breakfast. We stopped for dinner at a Chinese Restaurant and then made it home around 10 at night.