I have been to Australia before about two years ago. It was really fun last time and it’s really fun this time too. This is what I did…
I arrived in Australia and I already miss Japan. Again we are here. The first
thing we did was on the second or third day we were here. And the thing we did
was the aquarium. It was really cool and fun because the shark tank, the seal
tank, and other things like jelly fish and fairy penguins. Then we went to the
Botanical Gardens where Cockatoos were and I got three inches close to one!
Afterwards we went to a side trip, Cairns! This is where we went last time for
a while. There we went to a place called Bird World and a parrot there went
up to my sister and said “I’m a good boy”!
Also on that day in Cairns we went on a sky rail.
On the second day we went to the Great Barrier Reef. It was cold and the boat
went crazy (I will talk about that later). It was still fun (even though I did
not swim to the actual reef, I wish I could of)!
Now about the boat…
When we were coming back it was a disaster! I got tea and when I am coming up,
I trip on a stair, scrape my knee and spill tea! Then when we were outside a
huge wave came and splashed us all and the boat was rocking severely ! We tried
to get down stairs and a rush of Chinese tourists rush down. We hold the railing
hard so we did not fall. After the rush of people we tried to get down again
then because of the rocking and my big brother was not holding on to the railing.
He was bumping side to side then crashed into my arm! We got down but needed
to get inside. I am the first to get in then I leaned against the wall really
hard so I don’t fall on the floor. After my little brother comes in, the
ship rocked really hard! Poor Alex he was trying to not smash into the wall
and get outside with the rest. So he held on the door then slowly stepped outside.
After awhile the rest (including Alex) rushed in and smash into the wall. At
least we were safe. We stayed there until the ship calmed down. My Dad comes
and tells us to try to find a seat, then my knee started to hurt again (I had
to deal with it). We could not find a seat so all of us sat down leaning against
the bar. It was over.
Good story! Now for the last day we went
to a zoo.
Me, my Mom, sister, and little bother saw a crocodile,
bird, and snake show there.
If you think about it, Australia is really lucky because it has the 12 most
poisonous snakes in the world. Also the most poisonous sea snake, jellyfish,
and octopus in the world. Along with dangerous crocodiles, sharks, and spiders!
But also cool animals like the platypus, the koala, and the kangaroo, frilled
lizard, and echidna.
Now I am not saying that the dangerous animals like the crocodile and the snake
are not cool, I am only saying they are dangerous!
We get back to Sydney and Tish our Nanny is here for a visit as planned! The only new thing we did was go to the ……….. gardens and have cockatoos on our arms! This is how it started…
We went to the gardens to show our Nanny
the cockatoos.
Then a guy gave me a peace of bread and a cockatoo went for my arm but instead
scratched me. After we fed the bread to the birds he gave us more, and more,
and more. Also he showed us how to get a cockatoo on us! We had to hold bread
out so they could see, then they would fly all over us!
Tish now left and I hope for the next two days to do something new.
See the last two days on Australia on the China journal page!