Aussie and I:part 2

Place:Our friends house, Sydney, Australia!!

Time: 7.00

Date: 19.12.09

I woke up in the blistering, frosty morning, groggy and angry. I set off to wash and change. At breakfast we planned out the day’s schedule. “Giana and I will go to Miranda’s” was the first thing I heard my mother say for the day. ‘Oh no, Here we go again!’. “ahh nanga and I can go to the … NATIONAL PARK!” Said  Uncle Steff who I eternally thank. ” A national park?, in Sydney?” I asked ” Yup, The oldest I think. Royal national park”.

After the discussion Aunty Giana, My mother and sister went like stampeding zebras towards the malls, armed with wallets, money and credit cards. Uncle Steff, my father and I went to the Royal National Park armed with parrot seed, binoculars, a book of birds of Aussie and hats.Royal national park, the most cleanest, oldest and coolest! National Park on earth. Now I came here to see the vast amount of bird life. Example:- Rosella’s, cokies (cockatoos), King parrots and the beautiful liar birds.Unfortunately the only thing we saw where cokies and a pair of  fat ducks that ate parrot seed.

We got back after picking our parents up (I think the trunk of the car is broken after their trip). I took a wash and excitedly paced the door. Then “ding, dong!” the sound of the door bell rang throughout the house. Finally Chubba has been summoned here to join me at this awesome, cool place. I opened the door to be greeted by Aunty Mano, Shiana and Chubba. Finally!For dinner we had BBQ! specially cooked by Uncle Steff.

After dinner Chubba and I went for a walk to see the Christmas decorations that lit up the houses and the dark night air. The house across us was.. was … made me speechless!. Lights covered every inch of the garden and house. Floats of Christmas kangaroos, santa’s little reindeer and sled dogs. One was a big float that was the shape of a house but for the front of the house was netting and inside the house was a merry-go-round and Santa, Rudolf and a small sled dog revolved on seats around a small pole. A huge float of a snow man highly excited Chubba and I. It’s tummy was an igloo, and its head would get submerged in its huge tummy then pop out. Chubba froze. Stared… and then ran towards the house screaming. I ran after her telling her that it was a stupid float and it’s not going to come alive(I’m sorry frosty, but you have to face the truth some day) After a quick toilet trip we proceeded our walk after I calmed Chubba down.

At least we made a bit more progress. let me tell you the exciting ethic on how Chubba and I got scared on the road and ran up like mad people. We walked down the road and peered into gardens. On our way we where telling each other ghost stories. Chubba mentioned about ghosts and so we started our conversation. Whilst Chubba was talking about a very interesting, scary story, we where going round the bend. A leaf blew past us. Chubba look at me, I looked at her “Ahhh!” Chubba hollered at the top of her voice, “Ahhh!” I followed. We ran faster than a cheetah on Gatorade( Gatorade is an energy drink). We arrived at the house white as the water of marble beach at Trincomalee, laughing and panting for air. After a long night of BBQ, Scares(umm, that was soo much more than a scare!) and T.V we all hit the sack at 1.30!

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Time: 7.30

Date:20.12.09

After a wash, Change and breakfast We piled our luggage and ourselves in Uncle Steffs car. Now you maybe wondering where we are going with our luggage? Maybe we are going back? Ahh don’t worry there are plenty more adventures, This trip isn’t over yet! We are now going to Canberra. The drive was three hours but I fell asleep through the whole thing except when we almost ran over an echidna where I was flung at the seat across me. All the echidna did was stare and itch his ear and walk off.

Finally we got to the hotel. I was grouchy and sleepy and pleading for more sleep. That was until I heard the word QuestAcon. QuestAcon is a science center for kids, and it is situated in Canberra. Fortunately I was right there. So we made our way to the land of my dreams(at last).At QuestAcon the first exhibit we went through was the dinosaur exhibit.It was very cool. The dinosaurs moved in their cages. A stegosaurus tail almost met my back if I didn’t jump out-of-the-way soon enough. Ok, next stop! This was the best from all the exhibits.It had so many stuff I can only tell you a few. One was where you stood behind a screen and on the other side and a colourful you will appear on the other side. Another one was where you went into a dark place with a greenish tinge to it. You had to stand behind another screen and then press the button on your right. Then the machine would count down and at the end you had to strike any pose that satisfies you. When you do so it would flash and your shadow would stick to the screen! Another was a hollow frame that looked like the mirrors that you would get in the changing rooms of celebrities. First you would have to select an instrument on the small screen at the bottom.For example, a piano. Then you wold just move your hand inside the frame. Hey presto instant music!

Next Stop.Weather report. We came into a room where a big dark glass room was situated onto the right. Next to it was a small screen. “count down for lightning’ it said. Eight agonizing minutes more!. But we could do a lot till that. We went to look around and every moment I would put a look at The screen and see how much more time was left. Five minutes. Long time more. So my parents, my sister and I set off across the room and stumbled across and ‘Earth Quake House’ The line was open as we came and some we where the first to go. Apparently this room was supposed to simulate an earth quake. My family and many more piled up into a small square with a railing to protect us from I.F.O (Identifiable Flying Objects). Around us was a cozy Australian kitchen. One of the people from QuestAcon came and pressed a button. The T.V in front flickered into life. This in today an earthquake measured on the Richter scale at nine … Then suddenly the ground would start to quiver (partly from my excitement). Then a cupboard flew open packets of cereal and other junk fell out of it. The lights that began to flicker completely died out. Another cupboard sprang open more I.F.O’s where sprinting across the room. The fridge door was brought to life and opened by the earthquake hand (“Feel my wrath” is what it would say if an earthquake could talk). You could hear power lines being broken and sparks of electricity flew out towards us from every corners. Only the railings could protect us from ending up like a turkey on a thanks giving table. then comes the big finally… Crack!… CREEK then the wall on the right was split open like a real turkey on the thanksgiving table (now I know what the stuffing feels life). The lights came on and the wall was back to normal. We ran out  of the room and checked the lightning count down. Just in time… 6,5,4,3,2,1 … Zing!!!! A Great, Dazzling lights danced across the room, lighting it up with splendor.After the great lightning show it was time to leave my house of dreams. Noooooo… I will miss you immensely dear QuestAcon.

We made our way to a small shop here we bought tickets to some strange thing. We opened the shop back door and went speechless almost immediately. Small toy houses with small people. I know you must be thinking “uuurrmm… I don’t think that’s very entertaining, let alone making me speechless”. Well let me tell you what made me go speechless. Churches, Rugger matches house holds with gardens with children playing cricket, castles from different nationalities, piers with boats of all kinds, ferries, ships and even the Stonehenge. We walked round and round the world of miniature marvels. The castles where around two feet and had amazing details from almost every country. And from rooftop to roof top the cable cars slid slowly and sluggishly at the touch of the red button on the side.

After a tiring day of sight-seeing we retired to the hotel and fell a sleep only to be woken up again to get ready to go for dinner. We ordered a taxi and set off to Uncle Steffs friends house. On our way my eyes where showered in delight as Rosella and Galah’s (Eolophus roseicapilla) flew past us and over our heads. Dinner was nice then we got back to the hotel and put a nice, good sleep .

Place: Some Hotel, Canberra

Time:7.30

Date: 22.12.09

That morning I woke up surprised and a bit disappointed. surprised because I didn’t wake up groggy and temper activated , but then again disappointed because we where leaving Canberra. I took a wash and change and gathered my ‘worldly goods’ (taken from Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery). We went down stairs and got to the car. I fell asleep again only to be woken up two times. One to see the road kill kangaroo and to get down at McDonald’s cafe or Mc cafe for breakfast.

As I got home I changed into a pair of shorts and an Everglades t-shirts that lit up in sunlight. The fact I wore this t-shirt is because there was plenty of sun to light it up. Not to mention the sweltering summer air that explains the reason  for wearing shorts. We gather camera, camcorders and other thingamabobs and got back into the car. A five minute drive later and we arrived at Symbio Zoo. first we got to the counter and got two small white bags fresh, green “GRASS?” My sister asked. I had an idea of what would happen.

And so we proceeded. First the birds. A sulfur crested cockatoo caught my eye. I used to have one called Pappy who could say a few words. I wondered up to the cockatoo. “hello, hello, hello” was shrieked repeatedly in my ear to my horror as I clutched my left ear in pain. Rainbow lorikeets dazzled the place with their  multicoloured feathers. A strange faced frog mouth bird peered from its perch as if suspicious of some one. Then every thing goes quiet. An amazing, stupendous, fantastic and most of all beautiful albino pea cock strutted past me, head high feathers up and all. And then the silence was ruined “HELLO”. I had forgotten about the cockatoo I was standing next to. Apparently it grew really impatient for a reply.

Later we fond the kangaroos. I took out one bag of grass and put some in my hand. An old mother Kanga with her lovable little(actually big)baby in her pouch hopped up to me and dove straight into the food without missing a beat. I saw my sister too enjoying the company of these greedy guzzlers. They are extremely greedy and one almost ran off with the bag stuck on her snout.  We walked around and saw the koalas. The only way to describe them is, Over Weight Victoria Secret Fashion Models. The poses they put on show even any model can’t strut! After a short reptile show we went back. And you probably know the rest…

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