Road-trains Road-trains and more Road-trains

Today we got up early in the morning and had breakfast. Then Dad and I went outside and started packing up the caravan. Dad had rolled up the awning yesterday and all we had to do was disconnect the water and power and take off the waste water hose. After doing that we hooked on the caravan. Then we said goodbye to Alan and Judy. They're heading north and we have to head south. Then we drove out of Broome and headed south to Sandfire Roadhouse. After 3 hours of travelling we reached Sandfire. On the way we passed about 50 Road-trains. Just about every vehicle we passed or overtook today was either a Wide Load truck or a Road-train.

After Sandfire we headed south to Port Headland. On the way we ate some fruit. After driving for a few hours we arrived at Port Headland. We drove straight through Port Headland we kept driving to a rest area. There we had lunch. After lunch we kept driving to Auski Roadhouse. At Auski Roadhouse we filled up the car. Then we drove another couple of kilometres to a rest area near Karijini National Park. Altogether we traveled 870 kilometres and it was a long day. Once we had the caravan backed in Dad an I rolled the awning down to dry it. After that I set around looking for rocks.

Up here all the rocks are rusty red because all the iron ore inside the rocks has rusted. But when you split them open with another rock you get the nice silver colour of 89% pure iron ore. After cracking plenty of these rocks I went inside and washed my hands.Then I wrote todays blog. After I finished writing my blog we had dinner. Dinner was Chicken Alfredo with noodles. After that we had dessert. Dessert was yoghurt. After dessert I went to bed.

Saya melihat jalan dengan kereta api.

Di besar!

Tiap-tiap so sampai bertemu lagi

Broome Day 15

Today I got up in the morning and did some reading for my schoolwork. After that I made some breakfast. After breakfast we headed off to the market. Dad and I dropped Mum and my sister off. Then we drove to Bunnings and bought a bolt for Alan. Then we drove to some other stores and got some other stuff.

After that we drove to Cameron's place and picked up our fish from Wednesday. Then we delivered the fish back to the caravan. After that Dad and I drove to the market and got a fruit thing. I got a Mango Pineapple and Dad got a Mango and Coconut (again!). Then we found Mum and my sister. We then found Racksha and took some photos. After that we drove back to the caravan.

After half an hour we had lunch. Then my sister and I went for a swim. We stayed for about an hour before we got out and walked back to the caravan. After that I had a shower. After a nice shower I walked back to the caravan and packed away the fishing gear. Then we had a few nibblies. After that we had some dinner. For dinner we had Nachos. After dinner I went to bed.

Broome Day 14

Today we got up in the morning and I made some breakfast. Then I did some more schoolwork. After that I cleaned one side of the caravan while my sister did the other side. Then I cleaned the back of the caravan. After that I went into the caravan and did some more schoolwork. After I finished it I did some stuff on the computer. Then we had lunch.

After lunch my sister and I went for a swim. The water was nice and cold. After a few hours we got out and walked back to the caravan. Then I wrote the blog. After that we had dinner. Dinner was toasted sandwiches. After dinner we drove to a spot out near twelve mile to see an astro tour. The guy who runs the tour is called Greg Quike and is a real expert in astronomy. He told some funny jokes and taught us a lot of stuff.

after 2 hours of this the tour was over and we derive back to the caravan. As soon as we arrived I went straight to bed.

Broome Day 13

Today I got up in the morning and finished yesterdays blog. Then we had a rather late breakfast. After breakfast I did some schoolwork. That took until lunchtime to finish. After lunch I finished some other schoolwork. Then my sister and I went for a swim. After a bit I found a small lizard swimming in the water. I rescued it and took it back to camp. Then I released it in the rocks.

Then a friend of Mum's brought her Thermomix over and made a Mango smoothie. It tasted great. Mum debated weather she should buy one or not. After that we lazed around a bit until dinner. Then I wrote my blog. After that we had dinner. For dinner we had a chinese cabbage salad. It tasted really good. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had some more Mango and ice cream. Then I went to bed.

My Birthday Surprise

Today I got up and woke up Dad as well. Seeing as the birthday surprise was shifted from Monday to today I was eager to find out what it was. After taking a Travel calm (Dad said I had to) we set off to an unknown location. I had no idea where we were going because they blindfolded me. 5 suspense filled minutes later we arrived and I took off my blindfold. As I had suspected we were at Gantheaum Point. We parked right next to the Sentosa Charters car. After getting out we looked around for Cameron and Sealegs. I think we got a picture of Sealegs this time. Dad and Cameron greeted each other like old friends with plenty of hand shaking.

Then we hopped aboard Sealegs and drove off to Kai-Aura. It was just like I remembered from my deckhand experience. We climbed onboard and got the safety briefing. Then we received the game plan for the day. My brain only really woke up when Cameron told us that our first stop was the Mackerel grounds. With that Cameron disappeared into the upstairs wheelhouse and started the engine. I went into the wheelhouse as well because the view from there is better than the ground floor. After we were out of the mooring area Cameron opened the throttles and we sped along to the Mackerel grounds.

After an hour we reached the Mackerel grounds. Cameron put some lures on a rod for me and a rod for Alan. Then we set off trolling through the grounds. After 5 minutes Alan hooked up and I wound in my lure. 3 minutes later Alan had a nice 1 metre Spanish Mackerel on the boat. Then we started trolling again. Again Alan hooked a 1 metre Spanish Mackerel. After it was landed it was killed and bled as well. On the third run I received a big strike. I yelled out and Cameron stopped the boat. I fought the fish for about 2 minutes. Then I had the biggest Mackerel of the lot on the boat. It was about 1.1 metres long and snapped violently at everything around it. As Alan was winding in his lure, a small, 50 cm Mackerel got his lure and he wound it in fast. Then a shark came and took it. Alan snapped it off and wound in his line.

Then we drove to the bottom bouncing grounds. Once we arrived at the bottom bouncing grounds we baited up and dropped our lines down. I felt some nibbles but had to leave them. You have to lift your rod and if the rod bends you've got a fish on. Then you reel it in as fast as possible so that the sharks don't get it. We lost all the bigger fish because they fight and we couldn't get them up fast enough. I was onto a good fish at one point and I just couldn't beat the sharks. Suddenly my rod bent right over and the reel screamed as the shark swallowed my fish whole and took off. After a minute Cameron saw the Shark was showing no sign of slowing down and snapped it off by tightening the drag. We also had to be careful because the sharks were swimming under the surface and had a habit of eating our 20 ounce sinkers. After 3 drifts we had enough fish and we headed north to the Sailfish grounds.

Sailfishing is the most interesting and exciting form of fishing in the world. Two, 3 metre long fibre glass rods that are about 3 cm thick and have rope through the runners are held out over the water in big rod holders. Attached to the rope is a wire trace with things called Teasers on the wire trace. These are plastic things like plastic squid and attractor floats and other stuff with tentacles. These are let out on both sides of the boat. The last teaser is actually a real Queenfish tied on and it swims in the water with a lifelike action. The Queenfish is dead because it's gutted and stitched back up again. Cameron steered form the top of the flybridge and kept a close eye on the teasers.

After about half an hour Cameron saw a big Sailfish move in and yelled out "Sail on the left!" Alan and Dad didn't move quickly enough so Cameron flicked his bait to the Sailfish. It moved in and stunned the already dead bait with it's bill. Then Cameron dumped the bait and the Sailfish ate it. Then he flicked the bail arm on the reel over and the Sailfish hooked itself. It turned and swam in the opposite direction to the boat while the line peeled off the reel. Cameron put the boat in reverse and gave the rod to me. The Sailfish was still running strong. Then Cameron rushed to the bottom deck and I passed the rod down to him. Then I rushed down and put on my gimbal. When you hook a fish and it's big you tend to jam the rod into your waist and after several fish you get a big bruise, so people have invented a gimbal. It's a triangular shaped pad that goes over your waist and you clip the rod into the gimbal. Then I took the rod and started fighting the Sailfish.

I was fighting a 25 kilo Sailfish on 10 kilo line. The only way to land it was to reverse the boat and I took up the line. That didn't stop the Sailfish from fighting hard though. The Sailfish performed a few spectacular leaps for us but Mum didn't get a photo. My left arm was getting sore from pulling the rod up and whenever the Sailfish ran I gave my left arm a rest. After a good 10 minutes I had the Sailfish close to the boat. Then Cameron told me that I had to fight it by myself for the last 20 metres. He stopped the boat and I fought the fish for a further 2 minutes. Then Cameron grabbed the Sailfish by the bill and lifted it onboard.

It jumped around for a few seconds and then lay still. Dad put on a glove and grabbed its bill and I grabbed the tail. Then we lifted it up for a photo. The Sailfish was very heavy. I told Mum to take the pictures quickly. Then we put the Sailfish down and Cameron 'swam' it. When you swim a Sailfish you grab it by the bill and and drag it in the water behind the moving boat. When the Sailfish starts biting your hand you let it go and it swims away. The reason you let them regain their oxygen is so that the sharks don't get them. Then we put out the teasers again and motored for another hour. We didn't see any Sailfish or Marlin so we pulled in the teasers and motored at top speed closer to shore. Then we put out the teasers again. No Sailfish was seen so we pulled in the teasers and motored back to Ganthium Point. When we arrived we jumped aboard Sealegs and motored back to shore.

Today wasn't really a surprise because when I was out as a trainee deckhand Cameron told me that Dad had booked a private charter. Then he remembered that he wasn't supposed to tell me and told me to act surprised when Dad told me. Once we arrived back at the shore I put some Mackerel fillets in the fridge and then we drove back to the caravan. Once we arrived I started writing the blog. Then we had dinner. Fro dinner we had some Mackerel filets with potatoes. It tasted great. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we some more mangoes and ice cream. After that I went to bed.

Broome Day 11

Today I got up in the morning and did some schoolwork. Then I made some breakfast. After a few boredom filled minutes I decided to put the new reel on my sister's rod. Then my sister and I went for a swim. After that I got out and walked back to the caravan. Dad and I stuffed around and made some rigs for a while. Then we had lunch. I couldn't wait until we went fishing and was eager for lunch to finish. After lunch Alan, Dad, Rudi and I pile dint our car and drove to the jetty. In the way we stopped at the tackle shop to buy some 40 pound leader material.

Then we drove to the jetty. We set up our rods and got some bait out of the freezer. Then we walked to our spot and let down our lines. I felt some hits and let the fish nibble a bit more. Then I struck. The fish put quite a bit of bend in the rod. I reeled at top speed and soon had a nice 20 cm Trevally on the jetty. It looked exactly like the one that I caught yesterday. After that I let down my bait again. After some more nibbles I caught a nice little cod. The only fish caught after that were some small cod and a Spanish Flag. Eventually Rudi hooked a small cod as well.

After a few hours we drove back to the caravan. Beate and Uwe were there as well. They got me a nice little Malcom Douglas keyring. After that we had a cake that Mum made in the microwave. It tasted great. After the cake we all ended up going back to our own caravans and putting on warm clothes. Then we had dinner. Dinner was Nachos. After dinner I wrote the blog and went to bed.

My birthday (and Alan's)

Today I got up in the morning an depend my presents. I got a Malcom Douglas T-shirt and some other T-shirts. I also got a nice big fish identification sheet in A3 size. After that we had a nice breakfast of crusty bread and a hot chocolate. Then we drove into town and bought Alan a fishing rod. Alan has his birthday on the same day as me. I also got a new light action rod. Seeing as I broke my other one I was in desperate need of a new one. It came with a relatively good reel which we put on my sister's rod to replace her crappy, cheap one. I put my good reel on the rod and set it up to my liking after lunch.

but first we drove to the mango place to get some Mango Smoothies. They tasted great! After a quick visit to the mango place we drove back to the caravan and had lunch. After lunch Dad, Alan and I went fishing. I had made some rigs for myself and was going to test out my new rod. Once we arrived at the jetty we got out the bait and set up our rods. Then we walked out to a specific spot that Dad had checked out earlier. We baited up and let out the line. I had some nibbles in about five minutes.

I struck but missed the fish. Then i wound up and changed bait. After putting on a piece of Mulie I let it down again. This time the nibbles came hard and fast. I struck hard and hook the fish. My rod was bent right over because it was light action. The sort of stuff that one might use to catch small trout is not recommended for big fish. Luckily it was only a 20 cm Trevally. After a quick photo it was released and swam of quickly. Somebody show us these big Trevally that were nibbling the oysters on the pylons. They were massive. The fish were, not the oysters. The person asked us if we'd seen the big groper that swam around the jetty. He told us the fish weighed about half a ton in weight and 2 metres long. We believed him because Dad's friend had caught a 300 kilo groper on a fishing trip.

15 minutes later I spotted a big shape under the water. It was the groper. And it was absolutely massive! I wound my line in fast so that the groper didn't get hooked. If a fish over 5 kilos got hooked on my line it would snap the rod. We saw some big turtles and some sea snakes while watching this king of fish swim up and down the jetty. After a bit I let down my line and fished a bit more. For the next few hours I caught 2 small cod and some Spanish Flag. Then after some very frustrating minutes I hooked this pesky fish that had been annoying me. It turned out to be a Remora. Remoras are more commonly known as Sucker Fish due to their ability to suck onto the belly's of sharks and large fish with the sucker disk on the top of their head. We took a photo and then released it.

Then, without warning Alan's new rod and reel screamed to life. Alan started winding immediately. After a few nervous minutes the fish bit through the line and the fight was over. After that I only caught a small Spanish Flag. After that we drove back to the caravan. When we arrived I talked to Lochie over the phone. After that I did some fish identifying. Then I started writing my blog. We had dinner after a bit. After a delicious dinner of Chicken Mango Salad I went inside and finished writing my blog. Then we had dessert. Dessert was mangoes and ice cream. (Again!) After dessert I went to bed.

Broome Day 9

Today we got up in the morning and I wrote yesterdays blog. After that I made some breakfast. Then we lazed around a bit. After lazing around I decided to de-husk a coconut. It was hard work. Then Mum went to the market. I stayed back with my sister and Dad. Then I went inside and watched Rogue. It's a movie about a rogue croc. After that I watched Trapped. That's one of my favourite TV shows. Then we had lunch.

After lunch I watched some more trapped. Then my sister and I went for a swim. After about an hour I got out because the water was getting pretty cold. I walked back to the caravan and then I went and had a shower. After a nice warm shower I returned to the caravan and wrote my blog. After writing my blog we had dinner. For dinner we had another type of salad.

After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had some more mangoes and ice cream. It tasted great. Then I went to bed.

Broome Day 8

Today we got up and lazed around a bit. Then Dad opened the pearl shell that we found at Willie Creek. After a few tense minutes for Mum and my sister Dad had the pearl shell open and looked around for a natural pearl. Believe it or not there were 2 small pearls in the shell! Mum and my sister were over the moon with happiness. Dad was rather happy that we had the pearl shell. The nacre layer was so shinny that it reflected the sun like a mirror. After our morning find we headed to the market to get some more fruit things.

Dad dropped Mum, my sister, Judy and myself off at the market. He drove off to a fridge store to do some research for Alan. While Dad was gone my sister and I had some fruit things. I had Pineapple and strawberry. My sister had Mango and coconut. My sister and Dad have never tried anything other than Mango and Coconut. I saw a man doing canvas paintings of the local bush. There was one of Winjana Gorge and another one of Cape Levique. Then Dad came to the market and he got himself a fruit thing. After that Dad got two more fruit things and rushed off to the car. Seeing as Alan was not with us Dad had to bring one back to the caravan for Alan and one for himself. I found a coconut on the way back to the car and picked it up. I could hear the milk sloshing around inside it so I carried it back to the car.

On the way back to the caravan park we met Be

ate and Uwe. They're also german and they are travelling in a mobile home. Dad decided to play a trick on them. He rushed to the door and said (in german) "Hands up this is a holdup!". Apparently Uwe jumped about 1 metre into the air. Then he saw Dad and burst into laughter. After a few minutes chatting Dad came back to the car and we drove back to the caravan. When we arrived we had lunch. After lunch Alan drank a coconut that we had in the fridge. We all tasted but Alan had most of it. After lunch Dad and I did some serious rig making. I got Dad to tie a snaplock swivel onto my handline. I also made some rigs with small hooks and big sinkers. My theory is that the small fish hide on the bottom and attack your bait when it hits the bottom. So I put on a small hook and decided to try that.

After a bit more rid making we packed all the stuff into the car. Once we arrived at the jetty we walked out to a spot and started fishing. I had nibbles as soon as my bait hit the bottom. I got cleaned out a few times but eventually I felt some good, hard, persistent hits. I yanked my line upwards and wound in the weight on the end of my line. I thought it was a carnation trout but changed my mind after seeing it up close. After that Dad took the fish by the line and shook it until the fish fell into the water. Unfortunately the hook snapped off and I had to put on my spare rig. I snagged the spree rig and lost it. Then Mum snagged her line and we had to back to the car to get the hooks and sinkers and all that other stuff fro Dad to make a new rig. While we were gone Dad hook a big Blowie. It was about 40 cm long and fortunately it threw the hook on the way up from the water.

After that we dissent catch anything else so we packed up and walked back. On the way we saw 2 sea snakes in the water. One was about 2 metres long and the other 1.5 metres. Once we were back at the car we hopped in and drove back to the caravan. After a bit we had dinner. After dinner we went to a thing at the museum. It was a Malcom douglas documentary that I'd never seen before. After that we drove back tot eh caravan and I went straight to bed.

Willie Creek

Today we got up in the morning and had a hurried breakfast. After that we drove to Willie Creek Pearl Farm. We did the tour last time so Mum, Dad, my sister and I fished off the jetty. After some very frustrating minutes I had a small hooked rig tied onto my hand line. Once it was tied on I baited it with squid and dropped it down. I felt a good hit and yanked the line up. Then I pulled in a small Fingrmark Perch. I showed it to dad and then released it.

Then I re-baited and let it down again. The fish were at it while I could still see the bait. After it sank out of sight a good hit told me that I had another fish on. I pulled my line up and found another flapping Fingermark Perch. It was small like the other one and found itself in the water before it knew it. I caught another one after that and released it quickly.

Then we had to move aside to let the people for the tour on. After hay were on the boat I started fishing again. There were some big Blowies that kept nipping my bait. After that I caught another Fingermark Perch. Then the tour boat came back and we had to move aside again. Once the tour was underway again we moved back into our spots. I tempted some more Blowies from under the steps. They were hiding under the first step into the water.

The tide was rising fast and I was finding it increasingly difficult to entice a fish to bite. I enticed a small blowie out from under the step and foul-hooked it through the guts. After that I didn't get any more bites. So I cast out as far as I could. The bait sank to the bottom quickly and I felt some good hits. I let the fish nibble a bit and then I yanked the line hard. I felt a big weight on the end of my line and pulled it in. I was hoping for a Bream but it turned out to be a 30 cm Blowie. It didn't inflate itself until Dad had the pliers out to remove the hook. It inflated to a pretty big size.

After that there were no more bites and we packed up and went back to the car. The tour finished and we watched the senic tour helicopter take off. The downwash from the rotor was so strong that I was forced backwards a few steps. After five minutes they landed and the downwash blasted Dad and me with dirt. Then we all hopped in the car and drove back to the caravan park. When we arrived we had lunch.

After lunch my sister went and had a swim in the pool. I got out after an hour because the water was rather cold today. When I got back to the caravan I wrote the blog. After writing the blog we had dinner. Dinner we had a turkey salad made by my sister. After diner we had dessert. Dessert was ice cream and mangoes again! Then I went to bed.

Broome Day 6

Today we got up and I made a hot chocolate for my sister, Dad and myself. After that we piled into the car and dropped Alan and Judy off at the Pearl Luggers Tour. We did that last time we were here so we didn't need to do it again. While they were there we went and did some shopping. We got our groceries and then we went and picked up Alan and Judy. Then we drove back to our caravans. When we arrived I set to work on a bit of bush poetry Alan asked me to write.

Then we had lunch. After lunch my sister and I went for a swim. After an hour I got out and walked back to the caravan and put on dry clothes because I was so cold. Then I started writing my blog. After that called Mitchell on Facetime. After half an hour of chatting the sound dropped out and Mitchell couldn't hear me anymore. While Dad tried to sort it out I husked a coconut. It's hard work! after half an hour I had the coconut husked and then Dad got Mitchell on Facetime and I talked a bit more.

After that we lost sound again and we decided to call each other on saturday instead. Then I put the coconut in the fridge to chill the milk. After that I finished writing my blog. Then we had dinner. Dinner was a tuna salad. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had ice cream and mango sauce. After dessert I did some more stuff on the computer. Then I went to bed.

Broome Day 5

Today we got up in the morning and I made some breakfast. After breakfast we drove into town to drop Mum and Judy off. Then we drove to the Brumbys Bakery and bought ourselves a snack. Dad and Alan had a danish each and my sister and I shared a chocolate filled croissant. After having our morning snack we set off for the tackle shop. We bought some more sinkers and two kilos of frozen Mango. When we got back to the car Dad and I taste the Mangoes. They tasted like a solid Fruit Thingy. After that we drove to the Woolworths and did some shopping. After a long shopping trip that would have been torturously longer if Mum was there we drove back to the caravan.

Once we arrived I unpacked the car and gave the stuff to my sister who gave it to Dad who put it in the fridge. After that we had lunch. After a tasty lunch my sister and I headed off to the pool. After a good 2 hours of swimming we climbed out and lay on our towels to dry off. Then we saw Dad drive past on his way to pick up Mum and Judy. After a while we saw him come back. Then we waited for Dad to come for a swim. When he didn't come my sister went to see what had held him up. She same back 5 minutes later and said that Dad had just come back from the toilet.

When Dad came we plunged into the water followed by Dad. Dad swam some laps in the lap lane and then got out. My sister and I showed Dad a few of our self invented pool tricks and then we got out as well. We lay on some deck chairs to dry off. Eventually we went for a last swim of the day. We met a woman from Malicoota in Victoria. After a short chat my sister and I climbed out of the pool and walked back to the caravan. When we arrived my sister went to have a shower and I wrote my blog. After writing the blog we had dinner. Dinner was a Chicken and Mango salad. After dinner we had dessert. Dessert was Mango sauce over ice cream. After that I went to bed.

Broome Day 4

Today we got up and had breakfast. After breakfast my sister and I walked to the pool. The sign outside the pool says that it's opens during daylight hours and it was already eight thirty. There's this old man who's at the pool gate who says to us "Pool's closed". Feeling slightly annoyed I returned to the caravan with my sister. We went back to check half an hour later and the man was still there! We went back at nine fifteen and finally got in the pool. It was nice and cool and we swam for about 2 hours. Then Mum came and got us and we hopped out. Then we drove to the Broome Jetty. We walked out to the point and watched a big cruise ship come in.

It had 2000 people onboard and was very interesting to watch come in. After watching the ship come in we drove to the jetty lookout. I saw lots of little baitfish. Suddenly I saw a long green shape come in and watch the baitfish. The long green shape watched the baitfish for a while. Then, without warning the green fish leaped out of the water and grabbed on of the 100,000 baitfish. I think the fish was a Longtom but it had a red bill like a Garfish. After that we drove back to the caravan.

Then we had lunch. After lunch my sister and I went swimming. We swam for about 5 hours. When we got back we dried ourselves and went and had a shower. After a nice shower I returned to the caravan and started writing my blog. Then we had dinner. For dinner I had two slices of bread with crunchy peanut butter and pickled gherkins. It tasted great. After that I finished writing my blog. After that we had dessert. For dessert we had ice cream and frozen Mangoes. After that I went to bed.

Crocodile Galore

Today we I got up at 7:00 AM and finished yesterdays blog. Then I made some breakfast. After breakfast we drove to the Mango Place. It's a Mango Farm 12 miles out of Broome. Dad bought a Mango Slushy but I don't know why. I thought that the slushy tasted disgusting but my sister liked it. The Mango smoothie tasted a lot better. Then Mum bought a Lemon and Lime iced tea. It tasted great. Then my sister went and bought some Mango Fudge. It tasted a bit like caramel. After that we drove back to the caravan and had lunch. Fr lunch we had some of the bread that they bake out at the Mango Place.

after lunch we drove to the Malcom Douglas Crocodile Park. We went there on our last rip and it was just as interesting as last time. I looked around for a bit and then the tour started. First we went and saw some Freshwater Crocs. These ones are nice and calm. The Saltwater or Estuarine Crocodile is the aggro one. The guide poked the Freshies with his stick and they just lay there soaking up the sun. After that we went to the American Alligators pen. These ones are the 'Puppy dogs' of all crocodiles. The guide sat down next to one of the Alligators and scratched it between the eyes.

After that we went to sea a different one that was lazing on the bank, not doing anything. The guide fed it fish and then we went to sea a croc that was submerged completely in the water. The guide banged the food bucket with his stick and this 3 metre crocodile exploded from the water. They called this one Willie because he was caught in Willie creek. He put up a nice show and then showed us all how crocs their swallow food. After that we went to see one called Bluey. He was hidden from view under the surface of the murky water. The guide who was standing in a pen that was used for throwing food to the crocs took a pearl float that was tied to a rope and threw it into the water.

The 5 metre croc exploded from the water and chomped down on the pearl buoy. Then Bluey let go the float and the guide pulled it back in. I was taking picture after picture with the camera and the croc made some great pictures. The guide whacked the buoy down 2 more times and each time the croc exploded out of the water as fast as lightning. After Bluey we went and saw Fatso. This croc weighed about a tonne. Bluey weighed three quarters of a tonne and this croc was absolutely massive. He was very sluggish because it was winter and crocs aren't as active in winter. After that we went to the baby croc pen.

The guide jumped over the low wall and grabbed a baby croc. He was quick as a flash and he had a hair tie around the croc's mouth in seconds. I took photos of the crocs still left in the pool while other people held the croc. Then my sister got the croc and I took a photo of her. Then Mum held it and I took a photo of her. The same happened with Dad and then it was my turn. While we were holding the croc the other croc made a break for freedom and took off through the park. It had barley gone half a metre when a woman grabbed it and held it for a photo. The poor croc got sod scared it started peeing all over the place and the woman half screamed in surprise!

After that we took some photos of the Kangaroos and Wallabies. Then, with the tour finished, we walked out of the park and drove to the shopping centre. We bought some tomatoes and some Mango Beer. Then we drove back to the caravan and tasted the Mango Beer. It tastes like V.B. I wasn't that surprised because it was one and a half standard drinks. Then I wrote my blog. After that we had dinner. Dinner was Tomato, Mozzarella and Basil in Balsamic Vinegar. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had mango syrup over ice-cream. Then I went to bed.

Broome Day 2

Today I slept until 7:00 AM because I was so tired from yesterday. After I got up I started writing yesterdays blog. Then Dad made a delicious breakfast we drove to the market. We got some more Fruit Things. I had a Mango and Pineapple, Mum had a Mango and Strawberry and my sister ands Dad both had Mango and Coconut. After eating our Fruit Things we drove to the jetty to do a spot of fishing. We walked down the walkway to the second bin. There we baited up and threw in. I had nibbles immediately but it was only small stuff. Then Dad caught a small Blue Lined Emperor. Dad asked us if we knew these fish could fly. We said "No" and Dad said "Watch". He threw the poor fish over the railing and it plummeted down into the water.

After that Mum caught a small fish. I don't know what it was but it looked like a Spanish Flag. After that we didn't catch anything so we packed up and drove back to the caravan. On the way we stopped at Brumbys and got some bread. Then we drove back to the caravans and had lunch. After lunch my sister and I went swimming. The water was nice as usual. Then Dad came and got us. We were going to and anti gas hub concert. It was ok. The band were playing off the back of a catamaran. The news helicopter flew over a few times and everyone waved. At 5:00 Pm the concert ended and we walked back to the car.

After that we drove back to the caravan and had a drink. After that we drove to the staircase to the moon at the town beach. We had dinner at the market and the Fruit Thing people there as well. We got a Fruit Thing as dessert. Then we went and watched the miserable excuse for the staircase to the moon. There was lots of cloud cover and there were only 2 steps. After that we drove back to the caravan and I went straight to bed. I slept well.

Oggi siamo andati da pesca.

Ho preso 0 pesci.

E stato divertente.

Sentosa Whale Watching

Today I got up and wrote yesterdays blog. After that I started todays blog. Then I made some breakfast. After breakfast we drove into town and went to the market. At the market they sell these things called a Fruit Thing. They take frozen blocks of fruit of your choice and put it through a sort of mincer. Then you get the cup with your minced fruit in it. It tastes so good that last time we were here we bought three in one day. When we arrived at the market we looked around for the Fruit Thing stand. Well we found it and ordered a Mango and Coconut one. It tasted even better than I remembered!

After eating the Fruit Thing we looked around the market until quarter past ten. I saw the wildlife stand and went to have a look. The ranger was feeding a one year old Fruit Bat. It was hanging from the ranger's fingers with it's tiny feet. When it got a piece of apple it grabbed it with it's front paws and held it like a sandwich. Then the ranger brought out a newborn Kangaroo. It didn't even have any hair yet. The joey's little legs were very large in comparison with it's body. It blinked around at everybody before starting to try and eat the apple. The ranger hastily picked up the pocket knife and cut a bit of apple and gave it to the joey. The joey held it like a sandwich and munched through the middle. After that the joey was left with two small pieces of apple which it dropped on the ground.

Quarter to ten couldn't come soon enough even though the market was very interesting. Once quarter to ten arrived Dad and I hopped in the car and drove out to Gantheaume point. Once we arrived we drove down onto the beach. After half an hour on eleven o'clock on the dot Cameron arrived with sea legs in tow. Sea legs is a boat that has three wheels. One at the front and two at the back. These wheels can be lifted up by hydraulics. Once out on the water the skipper lifts the wheels and starts the outboard. Cameron and Dad yakked on a bit and then Cameron climbed aboard Sea Legs and lowered the wheels. Then he reversed off the trailer.

Cameron drove clear of the trailer and then lifted up the front wheel which in turn lowered the bow. I climbed on and Cameron lowered the front wheel which raised the bow. Then we set off along the beach at 30 km/h. It was a rather rough ride as the sand had many ripples and bumps. Then we stopped so abruptly that I nearly fell over. Cameron lowered the bow again and Jess, his real deckhand, climbed aboard. Then Cameron turned towards the sea. He drove into the water and in 30 cm of water he started the outboard. I though the outboard would break down because I learned that in freshwater you never start the outboard in 30 cm of water. But this was saltwater and it didn't break down.

Cameron waited for a higher than 35 cm wave. It came in and Cameron gave the motor all it had. We motored out into the the deeper water and then Cameron lift up the wheels. With the drag gone, the 115 horse power outboard engine did it's work. We shot off through the calm sea with me hanging onto one of the storage pockets so that I wouldn't fall off. After a few minutes of zooming through the water we slowed down and we arrived at Kai-Aura. I later found out that Cameron had named the boat Kai after his son. Kai means ocean and Aura means spirit. So he named it Kai and Aura to make it Ocean Spirit. After jumping aboard Kai-Aura I tied Sealegs on. Then I got a taste of deckhand work. First I vacuumed inside the cabin and the back deck. After that I lifted the vacuum cleaner onto the flybridge. Then I vacuumed the wheelhouse and and the deck behind the wheelhouse. Then I went downstairs and did some polishing while Jess and Cameron cleaned the windows.

After polishing the stairs and poles Cameron drove Kai-Aura in close o the shore. Then he jumped in sea legs and went to pick up the passengers. After two boat loads we had all the people on board and we motored away through the maze of boats. Once we were clear of the mooring place Cameron put the hammer down. We were doing 16 nots which is 30 km/h. I spotted some birds wheeling overhead. Cameron told me that they were feeding together with the Long Tail Tuna. The seagulls were picking the small baitfish off one by one and the Tuna were eating the larger ones. Cameron drove through the school at full throttle. The Tuna were jumping left ad right to get out of the boats way. After a bit we spotted some whales. They were breaching all over the place. The whales had to get used to the boat first so we watched the dolphins. They were zooming around just under the surface and they looked like sharks.

The whales went very sociable. They came up twice and breached once and that was it. After that we motored north and found some more whales. These ones were very sociable and they came up five metres off our starboard bow. They swam around but got sick of us after five minutes. Then we motored around the ocean. There were lots of whales breaching about a kilometre away. Eventually we were so far from land that land was a 2 cm high strip on the horizon. While we were motoring around looking for sociable whales I spotted a 1 metre Sea Snake. Then Cameron found some whales. While we were watching the whales from a distance someone yelled out "What's that". 'That' turned out to be a crab swimming on the surface of the water. I rushed into the wheelhouse and checked the depth. It was 20 metres deep and here was a crab, swimming on the surface! We moved on soon after that and began to motor towards land.

We were motoring at 8 knots. It was a nice speed and we could see any whales breaching. I spotted some whales and Cameron drove over there. We had to wait fort five minutes before they surfaced to breath again. They only came up twice and we set a course back to shore. These kids came up onto the flybridge and we got taking. One of them asked me were I'm from and I told him. He said to me "My uncle lives in Wodonga as well". It's a small world! After about an hours travelling we still hadn't found any whales and we were nearly back at Ganthium point. One of the kids started trying to press buttons on the instrument panel. Cameron told him to press the button labelled 'Horn'. The kid was about to push it when he had second thoughts. He seemed to think that he'd get in trouble if he pushed it. He was about to have another go when Cameron said "Boo!". That kid nearly jumped overboard in his haste to get out of the bridge. His brother asked what happens if you push the button and Cameron pushed it. It was disconnected and no sound came.

Once we were in the mooring area Cameron took over steering from the auto pilot and slowed right down. After we were tied successfully to the mooring Cameron jumped in Sealegs and ferried the first boat load of people back to shore. After 10 minutes he came back with the passengers still in the boat. He said that he had to take out the spark plug. After some quick maintenance Cameron had Sealegs running again. He motored off to the beach and returned at top speed. Then he took the second load of people. Wjile he was gone Jess and I went around collecting the empty soft drink cans and water bottles. Then we went up to the flybridge and put on these anti gull spinners. What they do is spin around and make sure the seagulls don't poop all over the sparkling white deck. Then Cameron came and picked us up. We rocketed through the calm sea and the wheels hit the sand with a thump. Then we drove out of the water. By now it was 6:00 PM and it was dark. Once we were at the trailer Cameron lowered the front wheel and the bow went down. I jumped off and Cameron drove Sealegs onto the trailer.

After that Cameron drove off with Sealegs and we drove to Jandamarra. It was a great story about and aboriginal person but I was to tired to make sense of the story. After that we drove back to the caravan. When we arrived I went straight to bed. I slept very well.

Broome Day 1

Today my alarm woke me up at five thirty in the morning. After I got up I had a cup of tea and then went outside to pack up what I could of the caravan. Then Dad came out and we disconnected the water and power. After that we hooked on the caravan and drove off. We were driving out of Barn Hill Station by 6:46 AM and we travelled 120 km north to Broome. When we arrived it was nearly 8 o'clock and we drove to a caravan park. Then we waited until someone else drove out and then we got a site.

After setting up my sister and I went for a swim. The pool here is great. It's got a waterfall sand a lap lane for training. It was a very nice temperature and it's great for diving. Then we got out and walked back to the caravan. After drying ourselves and putting on dry clothes we all hopped into the car and drove into Broome. When we arrived we drove to the shopping centre and had lunch at the BBC. That stands for Broome Boulevard Cafe.

For lunch I chose a chicken, avocado, salad, and mayo. Mum, Dad and my sister had chicken strip wraps. After lunch we went into the woolworths and got somer more sparkling water and some other stuff. Then we walked back to the car and drove back to the caravan. When we arrived we unpacked and then my sister and I went for another swim. After a few hours Dad came and got us and we got out. Then we dried ourselves and put on dry clothes. After that we drove into town and picked up Raksha. She used to be a cub leader in the 3rd Baranduda scout group. So of course she knew Dad.

Then we drove out to Gantheaume Point to look at the dinosaur footprints. They weren't much longer than my boot. After that we climbed back up the rocks. On the way we found a small, blue crab eating weed in it's rock pool. Once we were at the top we took some silhouette photos and then went and identified our foot print photos. We saw the Therapod print. We also probably saw a different kind. But we're not sure as that print looks like a hole in the rock.

After that we drove back into town and dropped Raksha off back at here house. Then we drove back to the caravan and had a quick dinner. For dinner I had some avocado and cheese on bread. Then I went straight inside and went to bed.

Barn HIll Day 2

Today we got up and had breakfast. After breakfast my sister made a real nuisance of herself by annoying me so much that Mum made ME go and draw outside. After a bit the guys next us moved on to Port Smith Lagoon and Dad dashed up to the office. He asked if Alan and Judy could move in next to us instead. The office agreed and after an hour or so Alan drove his van over here and backed his van in.

Then we sat and chatted and drew until lunchtime. After lunch we had some more vanilla slices. Then I went and had a shower because the dirt here made my feet so dirty that you could hardly see the skin lines. Once I was clean again I sat around and wrote a bit of stuff on the computer. Then I wrote the blog. After that we went and saw the sunset once again. I took some more photos and then we headed back to the caravan for dinner.

For dinner we had spaghetti bolognese with noodles. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had wafer slices. After that we sat around for a bit while Mum had a wine with Alan. Then my sister and I went to bed.

Barn Hill Day 1

Today we got up early in the morning and had breakfast. After a quick breakfast we hooked the caravan and drove about 80 km north to Barn Hill Station. When we arrived we checked in and set up the caravan. We're getting very good at putting up the awning in a short amount of time. In about 5 minutes we have the awning up, water and power connected and the mat under the awning out.

After five sweaty minutes we were finished and sat down to a small morning tea. Dad had bought two small vanilla slices and we divided them up between the three of us. After that I sat around and did some more fish drawing. I drew a Porcupine Fish which Mum and my sister think looks cute but I think looks good. Then we had lunch. After lunch we sat around a bit. Then I finished my porcupine fish.

Then I went inside and read my book. After a while we got called outside to see the sunset. We walked the 500 metres to the beach. I learned how to take sunset photos. Then while Dad and alan tried to get reception on their phones my sister and I picked up big clumps of dirt and had competitions who could throw theirs downy to the beach. The beach was about 20 metres away. When the dirt hit the sand it exploded in a puff of red dirt. Then we alkyd back to the caravan via the check in station. There we picked up the pizzas that we had ordered earlier on.

Here on Barn Hill hay make theta own pizzas, bread, ice cream and sausages. After picking up the pizzas we walked back to the caravan and had dinner. The pizzas tasted pretty good and that's really saying something. I'm usually very fussy about what pizzas I eat. After dinner my sister and I went inside and wrote our blogs. After that we had dessert. Dessert was vanilla pudding and fruit salad that Mum made. Then we went to bed.

Bush Poetry

Today after getting up and having breakfast we lazed around for a bit. Then I found a Kangaroo lounging in a chair outside a house and went to took photos of it. The Kangaroo looked right at the camera and I swear it smiled! After that we sat around until lunch. After a lovely lunch we sat around. Then we hopped in the car and drove down to the lagoon.

When we arrived we unloaded the kayak and carried down to the water. Alan and Judy went for a paddle out of the lagoon. While they were gone we walked out onto he rocks and watched a guy fishing. He caught a small Angelfish and a good sized bream. Then we moved on and watched some people fishing from a boat. Just as we got there they caught a small Estuary Cod. After that they put out a small barracuda as bait. Suddenly the woman's rod went off. She seized it and tightened the drag. Then she wound and wound until a nice Mangrove Jack broke the surface. It would have been at least 3 pounds.

After watching them for about half an hour we headed back. On the way we looked for shells. I found a really nice cone shell with stripes. When we got to a sandy point Alan caught up with us and Dad and I hopped in. We rowed over the sand flats. Then Dad showed me a massive 3 metre whiptail ray. It's tail was 2.5 metres long and it wasn't troubled by our appearance at all. After a bit we rowed on. We rowed around a point and up the channel. Then we dragged the kayak to the car and drove back to the caravan.

After we arrived my sister and I went and had a shower. After we got back we went and saw this bush poetry thingy. It was hilarious. They poet was very skilled in writing poetry and treated us to poems that had me in tears of laughter. There were two which were my favourite. One was called 'The Man Who Couldn't Reverse' which was about a know it all bloke who backed his 27 foot van into the ladies toilet block. The other one was called 'A Fateful Days Fishing. It was about the poet when he looked around to find a barra fishing spot. He found someone who told him that he ate curry and went to a lagoon in the mooring. Then he let rip with a monster fart that knocked all the Barramundi in the lagoon out cold.

The poems were very, very funny. The end of the entertainment was over way too fast and before we knew it we were heading back to the caravan to have dinner. For dinner we had sausages and noodles. After dinner we wrote our blogs. Then we had dessert. For dessert we had some cookies. After dessert we went to bed.

Paradise

Today we got up and I made breakfast. Then we lazed around a bit. After that we drove down to the beach with Alan. When we arrived we unloaded Alan's inflatable kayak. Then we carried the kayak down to the water and launched it. First, Alan and I paddled around to a section of the beach and beached the kayak. When Dad and my sister came to our spot Alan and Dad went to the cars to get the pump. While they were gone my sister and I went swimming. Well more like diving. We spent 99% of our time underwater and we only came up for breath.

We looked for shells with life in them. I found a hermit crab which was very aggressive but it couldn't reach me with it's pincers. Alan got back after fifteen minutes and he sat on the beach waiting for Dad while my sister and I paddled up and down the channel. When Da arrived he and my sister went for a paddle around the island. They saw some people fishing and said hi. Then they came back.

After their paddle Dad and my sister hopped out and Dad went to collect Mum because he had left her at the caravan park. She had wanted to be left behind to do some washing and Dad agreed to collect her after an hour. It was paradise downy there. the beach was nice to stand on and it stretched for about 200 metres back. As the tide receded it left these little channels which were about 20 metres long. My sister and I swam up and down these looking for hermit crabs and other stuff like that. Then Dad and Alan came up with a funny idea. They said that they were going to make a sail for the kayak. They used an old tarp and tied it to the oars.

Then they set off. The kayak really flew and within 5 minutes they were on the left hand shore of the lagoon! They needed a longer mast so that that could control the boat. After they walked back my sister and I rowed up and down the little channel and one time my sister fell in on purpose. After a while we beached it and dove up and down the channel. We were looking for slime. We took the slime and made it into balls and left them out to dry in the sun. We returned every now and again to check the tide hadn't covered them. Soon the tide started coming in and we had to move before we got cut off from the road. On the way back Alan lost his sandal and we walked back to look for it.

I found it and we walked back to the cars. Then we drove back to the caravan. My sister and I went and had a shower to wash the salt water off. When we returned we had lunch. After lunch we went and got an ice cream for each of us. I got a Cadbury Flake, my sister got a Rocky Road Magnum, (so did Dad) and Mum got a plain Drumstick Vanilla. We also bought Alan a Splice (which is a type of fruit ice cream). Then we Mum and I made tonights dessert. A chocolate pudding. After that Mum washed up and I went outside to read my book.

After a bit Dad went and had a shower. When he got back we all wrote our blogs. After writing our blogs we had dinner. For dinner we had fried sausages and fried potatoes. Dinner was very yummy indeed! After dinner we had dessert. The chocolate pudding tasted very good. Then I went to bed.

Port Smith Day 2

Today I got up in the morning and went outside to draw. Then Dad called me in for breakfast. Breakfast was some toast with some chocolate milk that we still had in the fridge. After breakfast I went back outside and drew some more. Then I went inside and started writing the blog. After that Dad and I went fishing. We took Alan from next door. When we arrived at the lagoon we walked down to the beach. Then we walked through the water channel to the mangrove island.

Then we started fishing. We didn't catch anything and started walking back. I saw a small, cute stingray. I also saw a turtle. It came up for breath every few minutes. After that we walked back the channel. The tide was coming in and it was deep in places. When we got back we had lunch. It was pretty tasty. After lunch I wrote the blog and then we went to an entertainment thingy. These people were playing their Ucalalies and they played some songs. It was a very enjoyable affair.

When we got back we had dinner for dinner we had meatballs and noodles. After dinner we went to bed.

Oggi siamo andati da pesca.

Ho preso 0 pesci.

E stato divertente.

Port Smith Day 1

Today we woke up in the morning and had breakfast. After that we packed up the caravan and drove out of the station. We traveled for 300 km to Port Smith Lagoon caravan park. When we arrived we set up. The ground was so hard that I had to get Dad to hammer in 2 of the pegs. After that we sat down and had a cool drink. Then I had some lunch.

After lunch we had some dessert. Then Dad and I went into the office and got the good oil on the fishing spots. After that we drove down to the boat launching place. My immediate impression was that we had entered a clearing in a mangrove forest. It was very interesting down there and we saw the launching ramp. The space in the mangroves where they launched the boats was about 3 metres wide. It was great fun to watch the boats being pulled out of the water. There were some guys who had caught a 24 pound Estuary Cod. It was pretty heavy.

I got some really good photos of the sunset. I also found a mullet that had been left behind by the tide. Then we drove back to the caravan and I started writing the blog. After a bit we had dinner. Dinner was Nachos with some other stuff. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had some pineapple chunks. After dessert I finished writing my blog. Then I did some other stuff. Then I went to bed.

Pardoo Station Day 2

Today we got up in the morning and had some breakfast. After that we sat outside and read. Then I sat inside and watched some TV show. After that Mum got some morning tea ready and we ate. Then we drove to the creek. We fished for a bit. It was more like 2 hours and I was soon dehydrated. I went and sat in the shade of the car. Then I began to feel sick. I had a drink of ice tea and sat in the shade a bit more. After a bit I went and joined the others.

We fished for about 4 hours. A man had got us some live bait. There were some pop eyed jumping mullet and some other fish. Then we drove back to the caravan. I was feeling really sick and when we got back I drank two big cups of water. Then I walked up to the office and bought our bread. When I got back I had some late lunch. After that my sister and I went for a swim. It was pretty cold and cooled me down.

When Dad came to get us we hopped out and walked back to the caravan. Then we went and had a shower. After that I sat in the caravan and read a bit. Then we had dinner. Dinner was some Bluenose Salmon that we gat from a woman down at the creek. It tasted great. I fried some potato wedges and they were very nice and crunchy. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had some ice cream with mango sauce. Then I went inside and read a bit. After that I went to bed.

Pardoo Station Day 1

Today my sister and I got up and did some shark drawings. I decided to draw a Mako shark. Then we had breakfast and hitched up the caravan. We drove 120 km to Pardoo Station. Along the way I finished my Mako Shark and it looks quite good. when we arrived at the station we chose a site and set up the caravan. Dad and I rolled out the awning and I pegged in the guide ropes. Then I connected the wastewater hose. After that my sister and I sat down and drew some more fish. We decided to draw a Mahi Mahi (aka Dolphin Fish).

Then we all piled into the car and drove to Pardoo Creek. I found a dead Shovelnose Ray entangled in the mangroves. The tide was out and the creek was barley 5 metres wide. It was really muddy and my sister found a barra lure. Then Mum saw a dead stingray up high on the mudflats. It was dead well and truly but it was still rurally interesting to look at.

Then we drove back to the caravan and had lunch. For lunch we had some fresh, station made bread. Then we packed the fishing gear and drove back to Pardoo Creek. We fished with bait and lures. I flicked a barra lure and after a few casts hooked something. It didn't fight hard so it was pretty small. I reeled it in hoping for a small Barramundi. I released it and continued fishing. We didn't catch anything after that and went back to the caravan a few hours later.

When we got back my sister and I went for a swim. After a nice cool swim we went and had a shower. Then we wrote our blogs. After that we had dinner. Dinner was Mexican Potatoes. Mexican Potatoes is where you bake the potato in the fire and make some meat sauce out of mince meat. When the potatoes are ready you cut them in half and put the meat sauce through the middle. It is one of the best campfire dishes in my opinion. After that we had dessert. For dessert we had chocolate milk with some bread. After that we went to bed.

Port Hedland Day 2

Today we got up at eight thirty and had breakfast. Then Dad went to the reception to book another night and have a chat. While he was gone I did some drawing. I attempted to draw a Manta Ray but it looked very weird. So, instead I drew a Whaleshark. It turned out quite well. Then Dad got back and we went to do some shopping. Ww were only going to buy some bread but ended up buying some bagels, bread, fruit and vegetables.

After that we drove back to the caravan. On the way we stopped to fill up on fuel. Then we drove to the caravan and had a quick lunch. After lunch we drove to the airport. We had booked yesterday to go as passengers on the RASS mail run. When we arrived we waited 45 minutes and then we all piled into a small Piper Navajo. It only had seven seats.

After take off we flew for 160 km. Then we landed and delivered the mail. Out on these remote stations the people always have time to chat. We stayed for about 15 minutes and then we all piled back onto the plane. We took off and landed barley 30 minutes later at another station.

We delivered the mail and had a chat. Then we took off again and flew back to Port Headland. It was only my family and the pilot in the plane and I had a really good view of the controls. I saw that we were doing just under 300 km/h. As we soared over the mangrove creeks and I took some photos. The mangrove creeks look really good from the air. They look like silver ropes stretching through he endless green mangrove forest.

After landing back in Port Headland we drove back to the caravan and I wrote the blog. After writing the blog we had dinner. Dinner was Chinese. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had some bagels and chocolate milk. Then I went to bed.

Monster Shopping Trip

Today we got up rather early and had a rushed breakfast. After breakfast we hooked on the caravan and drove 200 km to Port Headland. This is where the live cattle are supposed to be exported to Indonesia. After driving we arrived in South Headland where our caravan park is. Then we went and did our planned monster shop. We have to stock up as we are going to be staying on cattle stations for the next week or so. We spent close to 2 and half hours shopping.

Then we came back to the caravan and had lunch. After that we drove around Port Headland and saw some of the big iron ore transport ships. These ships are massive. It takes 35 hours to load one of these. The iron ore is transported to Port Headland by trains that are usually 3.5 km long. These trains are pulled by four 6000 horse power diesel engines. The longest train on record was 7.353 km long. It was pulled by 8 600 horse power diesel engines and must have caused a load of traffic jams when it goes over railway crossings. The normal size trains here cause traffic to back up about 500 metres.

After seeing lots of these trains we drove to a parking spot and watched one of these long trains come in. We noticed just in time and sprinted up to the lookout. From there we watched the train and carriages. Then we drove back to the caravan. On the way we saw some houses that were for sale, they're very expensive. Up here everything is big. The prices on houses, the fish, the boats, the trucks, the security on liquor shops and the security in general.

When we arrived at the caravan we started writing our blogs. I finished my blog. Then we had dinner. Dinner was beef stroganoff with noodles. After dinner we had dessert. Dessert was some chocolate milk with some fresh, crunchy bread. It tasted great. Then I went to bed.

Oggi abbiamo guidato 200 km.

L'unita era noioso.

Abbiamo visto un sacco di treni lungo.

Point Samson Day 3

Today I got up in the morning and made some breakfast. Then my sister and I went to the playground and had some fun on the flying fox. After that I went back to the caravan and get dressed for our planned fishing trip. Instead we drove to the shopping centre and got some bread and other suff. Then we drove to the fishing spot and found the tide was running way to hard to fish.

So we drove back to the caravan and had lunch. After lunch we had dessert. For dessert we had some biscuits that Mum had bought. Then we drove to the fishing spot. I fished with some bait and caught some small Moses Perch. Then Dad saw something big follow his lure and I switched to lure fishing. I didn't catch anything on lures so I went back to bait. I caught an assortment of Zebra fish, Moses Perch and Yellowtail Mullet. My sister also caught a Moses perch. It was about 20 cm long and it's teeth were 3 millimetres long. I didn't want to get bitten so I removed the hook with pliers.

After a few hours of this fun we packed up and drove back to the caravan. My sister and I washed some of the lures in the tackle box. We soaked them in fresh water to stop them going rusty. After that I went to the playground and pushed my sister on the flying fox swing. Then I went back to the caravan and went and had a shower. After that I came back to the caravan and wrote my blog. Then we had dinner. Dinner was chicken and noodles. After dinner we had dessert. Dessert was chocolate milk and some doughnuts. Then I went to bed.

Oggi siamo andati da pesca.

Ho preso venti pesci.

E stato divertente.

Point Samson Day 2

Today we got up in the morning and had breakfast. Then we drove to Cossack. It was pretty boring. Al we did was fish for a couple of hours without catching anything decent. All we caught was a small Trevalley, a Gunthers Butterfly fish, a Black Bream, one 10 cm Red Emperor and about three million Spanish Flag. The Spanish Flag were so small that my hand covered them completely. After three hours of this we drove back to the caravan. On the way we stopped at a bridge to do some fishing. A bloke had caught a good sized Barramundi a few minutes before. So we decided to have a fish.

After 30 minutes we drove back to the caravan and had lunch. After lunch Dad and I cleaned our rods and reels. We had to wash the salt off with Metho. After doing some cleaning we all hopped in the car and drove to fishing spots. First we drove to the marina where all the big tugs are. We walked out along the rock wall. After eating the tip we turned back. I saw all the baitfish jump out of the water and the big Barramundi in pursuit. Then I saw something peculiar. A fish with a yellow ail was sitting near the rocks wagging it's tail against the current.

After that we went and checked out Sam's Creek. It's definitely Barramundi territory out there then we drove back to the bridge and fished a bit. I caught some more of those striped fish and some more minute Spanish Flag. Then we drove back to the caravan. After a while I wrote my blog. Then we had dinner. Dinner was sausages and mashed potato. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had some Watermelon. It tasted great. After dessert I went to bed.

Oggi siamo andati da pesca.

Ho preso 20 pesci.

E stato divertente.

Point Samson Day 1

Today we were urged out of bed by Dad because he wanted to get moving early. After a hurried breakfast we hooked on the caravan and drove 350 km to Point Samson. We stopped at a roadhouse to get fuel and get some fruit out of the caravan. Then we drove on to Point Samson. When we arrived we drove to the caravan park and set up the caravan.

After setting up my sister and I went to the playground. The best thing on the playground is the flying fox. It has a swing attached to the bottom of it. What you do is you stand on the swing and hang onto the flying fox. Then you put one foot on the swing and use the the foot to kick off from the platform. Then you just hag on and turn the swing so that the end faces forward just like a skateboard.

It's great fun but you tend to get very sandy if my sister keeps throwing sand at you. After a bit we headed back to the caravan and had lunch. After lunch we went shopping. Then we drove to the port. The tides here are already high. The tugboats can only get out on high tide. This is because they are 90 foot long. The tide was out so far that one of the tugboats was sitting in water so shallow that it was touching the bottom.

After that we drove back to the caravan park and unloaded the shopping. Then my sister and I went to the playground. After half an hour we went back to the caravan. There Dad told us to go and have a shower. Half way through my shower the lights went out. It turns out that they are controlled by a movement sensor and no one came and went for the whole time that I was in the shower.

After that I went back to the caravan and started wrote my blog. Then we had dinner. Dinner was some sort of salad. After dinner we had dessert. For dessert we had pineapple pieces. After that I went to bed.

Onslow Day 2

Today we got up and made breakfast in the morning. Then we waited for a bit. After that we packed the car and drove to 4 Mile Creek. We took our fishing gear and walked out to the river mouth. There we set up our rods and started fishing. I felt a couple of nibbles but didn't strike. Then I moved to a different spot. I felt some little hits and struck. The fish made an effort swim away but it was only small. I reeled in a small 17 cm Yellowfin Bream. Then I released it and continued fishing. Mum hooked a small 20 cm Bream but it had swallowed the hook and Dad had to remove it.

After that I caught another Bream and Mum caught another Bream. Then my sister hooked a Bream and we released it as well. While I was trying to get rid of some Squid I felt some soft hits. After letting the fish play for a while I struck. The fish didn't even fight as hard as the Bream even though it was bigger. I pulled up a lovely fish from the butterfly fish family. Even though I didn't know what it was I saw that it was from the Butterfly fish family.

We were going to take a photo of the fish but my sister told me to dangle the fish in the water so it could breath. As soon as the fish was in the water it spat the hook and swam off. I wasn't happy with that fish. After that we went back to the car and drove to where we were nought fishing yesterday. I dropped my line down as soon as we arrived and felt some nibbles on my line. I struck and reeled up a small juvenile Moses Perch. After that I caught about 5 more of them before we had tome for a boat to dock. Then we drove back to the caravan and had lunch.

After lunch Dad and I went fishing again. This time we went from the rock wall where one guy caught a decent sized School Mackerel the other day. We didn't catch anything and after 3 hours we drove back to the caravan. When we arrived we packed up the awning and the fishing rods. Then we went and had a shower. After a nice warm shower we returned to the caravan and started writing our blogs. We were interrupted by dinner. For dinner we had some sort of chicken stuff. After dinner I finished writing the blog. Then we had dessert. For dessert we had some some Strawberries and Chocolate. After that I went to bed.

Oggi siamo andati da pesca.

Ho preso un sacco di pesci.

E stato divertente.