Los Angeles

We arrived very late, so we grabbed a subway and hopped in to bed as we will be going to disney in the next couple of days.

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I was so excited I could barely eat! We walked to disney and went in the adventure park. The first ride we went on was soarin' over California. As we have been to this disney before, some rides bring back old memories. Afterwards we went on a ride that got us soaking wet!! We then went on California screaming! I had a GREAT time!












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We went to the actual disney today! We went on lots of different rides. My favourite was space mountain! Aoife saw " Mickey Mouse " and " Pluto ".

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Today we left Los Angeles to go to Orlando. The airport was a shambles!

Hawaii

We left our hotel for Nadi airport in the evening for an overnight flight to Hawaii. We had a good sleep on the plane before arriving in Honolulu. But there was a twist, we arrived a whole day before we took off! So basically, we time travelled! We hired a car for two days while on the island of Oahu. Our hotel was on Waikiki beach! 

We drove up to a volcanic crater and did a long walk. The view over the sea and the city was amazing! Afterwards we took a scenic drive around the eastern side of the island. I now see how Hawaii is so famous for its Volcanoes.

 We walked along the beach at sunset and Riona spotted two turtles! Also there were people of all ages out surfing. What I found quite funny was that people we walking down the main street with surfboards in their hands! Also there were houses built on the side of the volcano! 

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Today we flew to Maui, another island in Hawaii. When we hired our car and we drove to our hotel, I already saw in the landscapes that I preferred Maui. 

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We drove to the north of the island where there's nothing but rainforest. We went on a walk up to a waterfall. We walked through a bamboo jungle! It fell dark very quickly so we walked really fast! Personally, I don't think the long walk was worth it. 

Fiji

When we went through Bio-security and a guy gave me a high five! The Fijian people are so friendly and kind! We were driven to our hotel on the other side of island. The food is REALLY nice!

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We went in for a swim after breakfast and stayed in there all day!  In the evening Some. Australian people came to the bar and we tried Kava. It looks like muddy water - plus it tasted like it too (not that I've drank from a puddle though!)

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Mum, Riona and I went horse riding along the beach, it was amazing! My horse was called Mike Tyson. For the rest of the day we relaxed by the pool.

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In the morning we met some Fijian people who are the Nieces of the barmaid. They took us to a waterfall where we swam. On the way back they showed us their house and it only had two rooms and they eat on the floor. It made me realise how lucky we are.

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Today is our last day in Fiji! I really liked it here! We leave at half past ten tonight! 

The barmaids sister and her nieces brought a traditional lunch to our hotel! We had great fun in the swimming pool.

 

Queensland..... AGAIN!!

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Today we drove to Julia creek where there was a festival called Dust 'n Dirt. First we saw the horse racing, then a man came over in a helicopter and dropped sweets for us to catch! Afterwards we went to a rodeo! At one point I thought a bull was going to knock over the fence and run at me!

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Today was Mum's birthday! We drove all day before having a tyre blowout! We had to wait for a truck to change our tyre. Basically we stayed the night in a layby!

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We drove to a place called Undara where we saw ancient lava tubes! They're 190,000 years old. Nearly as old as Dad! We walked in the dark and saw micro-bats!

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Today we drove to Atherton we met my Grandads' cousin called Tom. He took us to a cheese and chocolate factory! For lunch we had cheese, scones, and milkshakes! What a great lunch! 

Later, Tom cooked a BBQ for us! Tom was such a nice man!

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We drove to Port Douglas where we went on a rainforest walk. It was SO humid! 

We carried on and travelled to Cairns. When we arrived there, I found out there was a bunjee jump! Mum said I couldn't do it because it was too expensive!

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We travelled to Hervey bay. We had an early night because we were going to Fraser island the next day! Fraser Island is completely made of sand.

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We woke up at 6:30AM to go to Fraser Island. We took a bus to the harbour to get on a boat which took us to Fraser Island. When we arrived at the harbour on Fraser Island we had a bus waiting for us! Our guide took us on a tour of the resort before dropping us off beside the pool. 

Three quarters of an hour later, we went on a Bush tucker and medicines tour. We tried berries that gave us energy and tasted of cinnamon! We found leaves that work as mosquito repellent and smelt of lemon. It was great fun!

We then went on a canoe tour of the mangroves. Our guide told us that once he came out on a tour with some girls, and two were kayaking under an arch when the guide realised there was a carpet python hanging down from the tree! A girl turned around and it was an inch away from her face! When we got off the beach, we saw a funnel-web spider!

We left Fraser Island feeling very happy.

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This was our last full day in Australia! 

We woke up early to drive to Brisbane. I was excited to leave Australia but I will miss it too. We arrived in Brisbane in a campsite to start packing our bags.

After cleaning up, we had spaghetti bolignaise. It was wonderful!

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We woke up at 6:00AM to start getting ready to leave. You could guess the excitement when we were driving to the motorhome hire office! The man at the office drove us to the airport. It was time to say goodbye to our motorhome!

We realised our plane had been delayed by an hour!  We met a guy who stayed in Cornwall! We finally departed Australia for Fiji.