My reason at the moment not to have any work to do is:

I feel sick.

Not sick enough not to go to school tomorrow.

But sick enough not to want to do any work. 

Or clarinet practice. 

And if my tutor is reading this, be assured that I did it, which makes twice in about 3 months. 

Hailing

Its Hailing!!!!!!!

The last time it hailed, I was late for a ballet lesson, and we stopped, and pretended it was snow.

And then I was REALLY late for a ballet lesson.

And the time before that I got locked out, about 2 blocks from my house...in the hail.

Isn't it weird how I'm always excited about hail??

I GOT BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!

I went back to school today!!!!

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

When I got off the bus -which was about 1/2 an hour late- and Fish and I went up to the library -3 months without a library left me pretty desperate- we got there and the librarian told us year 6's couldn't borrow from today -not a very happy Hannah over here. But all my friends came up and screamed and we got kicked out of the library so we went and screamed in the playground instead.

I saw the rest of them when the bell rang and I was submerged in random hugs, questions and more screams. It was a long time before we calmed down enough to go to assembly.

It was great to see everybody, see how different everyone looked.

Major operations began at recess. And they sucked, and they always do. They pulled my shoe off and threw them at a group playing hand ball, they attacked me -and they are reading this, and hopefully feeling guilty.

It was wonderful. I am so glad I went 3 days earlier. It ROCKED!

O and Tiva, good game -also Radish.

Screaming

We are finally, finally at home!!! It was great!! We walked in the back door and the boys and I stared screaming. We walked in, ran to a different spot -bedrooms, studies, toilets -for some people- and screamed a little more!!!

It is amazing to get back!!! Its like on the first day at school after the summer holidays. A bit of you wanted the holidays to go longer, but most of you is so excited to see your friends - or in our case, possessions- It ROCKED.

Oh and Happy Birthday Kalani!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Almost Gone

Today we packed up for one of the last times. Dad filmed it. Suprisingly it didn't take very long. And todays drive was about a quater of our normal drives!!! Very, very excited Hannah over here!!!!!

AHHHHHHH!!!!

And we get to see Gran soon!!!!!

Isn't it weird, I'm not sad at all that our trip is almost over. Almost Gone.

See you soon!!

Pool

The pool we went swimming in is really nice, warm, indoor, and very, very clorinated.

Abro is trying butterfly, and he was actually really good - flippers do help. Sol and I went in the steam room together and it is boiling!!! AND it stinks!!!

Urgh.

Dad has a killer head ache -he also threw up- and Mum is looking after everyone. I just banged my head on the wall. :(

Harry Potter 7

Abro has finished Harry Potter 7!!!!!!

Hip, Hip, Hip, Hurray!!!!

He is "officially a good reader"

Yay!!!!

WHOOOOO!!!

Stopped

We've stopped briefly, got ourselves a spot at a caravan park, then gave up our spot, got our money back, gave back the key, went to the server station and restarted driving. We were quite surprised that the 3 school bus' had just over taken us. 

We quickly fixed that, and Abro began to read agian. 

Lost, Closed and Once a Month

We are in Hay, trying to find a church to go to.

Half of them are closed for 4 Sundays out of 5, others are unfindable,
and another is closed just for today -sorry for any inconvenience. We
finally found the Baptist church -have you ever got lost in Hay???-
and we have 35 mins to fill until it starts...starting to think we
should just listen to Mark Driscle again

Talking Toilet

Yesterday we met up with Cath and Otto again. Then we caught the tram into town, and wondered around. Just before we caught the tram home...we went to a toilet.

It talked!!

I totally freaked out, I closed the door and its like "Would you like to lock that??"

It took all my self control not to scream.

Don't got to the talking toilet in Adelaide...

Princess Hididious

Myspace Layouts

Hot

Its getting hot again...

I'm back in spaghetti tops and short-shorts.....

But nowhere near as hot as it has been...

The latest thing

Abro has managed to de-snot one of his toys, Sol has lost his football 3 times in a row, Dad has started watching the West Wing again, Mum has taken up paper-chain making in the car, and I am.....

Counting down the minuets until we get back home!!!!

Also the boys are obsessed about fishing and Mum is similarly preoccupied with patience.....

Adelaide

We are driving into Adelaide!!!

We are -apparently- going to stay at The Best Caravan Park in Australia..wish us luck!

And we're having Cath and Otto over to show off our caravan......But we might have to set it up first.....

Rain on the Plain

I'm in the car...without internet....fiddling around. Although we've
been in the car almost all day -there was a bit while we were fishing-
I am wishing the car would slow down...It's raining, and gone are the
days when -straight from the desert- we celebrated every drop of rain.
Now all I'm painfully aware of is that we might have to pack up the
caravan in the rain, and if we don't, it'll be cold, windy, and soggy.

I am looking forward to the day when we don't have to pack up -takes 2
hours- and set up -takes half an hour- every morning............

Bird Nests and Footballs

The boys are still mad about fishing. They have rods, lines, sinkers,
floats -aren't they opposites??- bait, birds n over a ests, and big
ambitions.

A bird nest is apparently a type of knot that is very, very easy to
accidently tie in your line..."Even Hannah could do it!"

I have started to let Sol teach me how to kick a football....which I
am not very good at. Although I can catch ok. And yesterday Sol kicked
it over the wall, then up the tree twice. I am very lucky it wasn;t
me...I would've been in trouble....big trouble.

14 days, 1678 k's and 19 hours of driving!!!

Its 2 weeks today until I go back to school!!!! 14 days, 1678 k's, 19
hours of continous driving!!!
I am getting very, very excited.

We've been driving across the Nullarbor, which has to be the most
boring drive I've ever done. Made worse by the lack of net....

The Nullarbor is a plain, flat area of land in WA and SA. It has
barley any trees, bushes, shrubs, animals or anything really.

And I just wanted to say thank you to Rebecca and Anna, for looking
out for what I'm missing and telling me about it.....So Thankyou!

Norseman the horse

Norseman was pawing the ground and found a gold nugget here. So they
called the town Norseman.

I jumped off the tallest tree in Australia!!!!

Today we went to the tallest tree in Australia!! And, after a quick
debate about why we should, we did.

It was 69m into the air....

Climable is a very loose word. Every step was on metal poles drilled
into tree. It was a long climb, made harder by the wind and also the
knowledge, that every step put you back under the person infront of you.

About half way up, Dads phone rang -of all the obscure places to have
phone reception- he answered it and I heard him say.."Hello, yes this
is Dominic Steele, have you heard of tree Gloucester tree?? Anyway,
its the tallest tree in Australia, and I'm about half way through
climbing it, could you give me, about half an hour??? Thanks". It was
the NRMA.

When we were on the first landing, Dad decided only Mum, he and I
could finish the climb.

When I got to the top, we were higher than the trunk, giving the
landing an unsteadiness. I crawled over to the edge, and saw how far
it was down. I stayed seated the whole while up there, afraid that a
sudden move could send me tumbling over the edge.

As I began the climb down, I pulled a hair tie from my wrist -always
keep a few handy- and tied it at the top of the tree, a momento that I
had been there.

When I finally got to the bottom, I jumped the last few rungs, so that
I could say "I've jumped off the tallest tree in Australia"

The Decleration

I just read the weirdest book. It was 140 years in the future.
Longevity had been discovered. Global warming had happened. The
Decleration was something everyone had to say if they wanted Longevity
drugs...promising not to have children, a life for a life. So if you
had a kid...you had to kill yourself, and then your kid would be
legal. There wasn't enough energy or room for people to have kids. All
the old people were scared on kids. Kids born were taken to
prison.....they were called Surplus. Two kids escaped -Anna and Peter.
They found their parents....then the catchers found them...their
parents killed themselves so that they might be legal and safe.

It was very, very scary.....Don't let that happen to our world.

Ever.

Fishing

We are at Augusta....The boys got up at 6ish....made me get up.....and
found all their stinky fishing gear that I never, ever want to see
again. They went fishing AGAIN!!!! And this time they didn't even have
bait.

The boys just came back, telling tales of wind, coldness, and no fish..

And they stink.

Go to Jail

Then -following on from last post- we went to jail. 

On the way to jail we visited Grandfathers old house. And we stood infont of it  taking photos. Then we went to jail. 

In the jail there were lots of really, really small rooms, lots of big yards, and the biggest kitchen with the least supplies I have ever seen- and that includes the ones at beach mission...The 2 things that freaked me out were the exucution chambers, and the flogging post. It was legal in WA to flog people until 93.....thats only 3 years before I was born..

More later, I have practiacally been ordered of the computer by my loving father. 

Free Chocolate

Today did our last 'tourist' of Perth. First we went to Abro's Bell Tower. Which was better than I thought it would be. But we didn't get to ring the bells though. Then went to Fremantle. 

Which is my favourite team in the AFL...Second to the swans....Fremantle wins because 

a) its the purple team -really my fav colour is blue, but I don't like any of the blue teams..

b) it symbolises freedom.....

And we went to a chocolate factory!!! Most everyone knows that I am 'alergic' to chocolate...but today I decided to remind myself why I don't eat chocolate....And since I had decided to pig out, I decided to do it properly and have ice cream as well. I am now suffering from my brief moment of weakness.........

Y X 4 9 2 7

Remember this for me...

It is the code to the toilet, and I keep forgetting and getting locked out. 

And it is embarrassing asking someone what it is...

Long, boring read ahead

Today we did the 'tourist'. Perth is alot better than I last wrote. Its like a city only smaller. 

Anyway, after leaving our car to get serviced we caught a Red Cat -bizarre transperth system that they have- and wandered randomly around. 

We saw them 'pour' gold. In which they heated a bar of gold up to 1300 degrees -and I thought 44 was hot- then poured it into a vase. IT rocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We also spent a lot of time wondering around in Perth...but we didn't go to the bell tower -hahahahhahahahah Abro!!!

Gotta go -being hustled into bed...

O and Dad bought me a new book, but he wouldn't let me read it until I finished his one...Frown. 

Have you ever cart wheeled onto a bee?

Cause that would be perfection of bee stings...........-You can guess I've done that but whatever. 

Yesterday I got a bee sting!!! I managed to step on it!!! Perfection!!! What an aim!! Anyway, today we walked, and walked and walked and I was kind of hobbling, trying not to step on my right foot....and it really, really hurt . 

Now my once arched foot has swollen magnificently -if I do say so myself- so that I have one flat foot and one with an arch. Enough about my feet...

EVERYTHING in Perth is closed!!!! EVERYTHING!!!!! Don't go to Perth, even their Maccdonalds closes early. It was sad. 

Fwd: Happy Birthday

I am just trying something

	Happy Birthday, Abraham!!!!        Happy Birthday Abro!!! Have a Gr8 day!!! Se onr sverdar sitja hvass May your swords stay sharp

Out of Aussi

Finally I've been out of Australia!!! We drove 15, 000ks, went in 4
different states -I waited 12 years- before I finally went out of
Australia.

We went to a little place called Hut Province....

We met Princess Shirley -Prince Leonard was at hospital. And she
showed us there own currancy -which you could bye- also there own
post office, church, throne...

So, SO, SOOOOO weird.

Thing is, we didn't go over seas...we just drove past a sign that said
"You are now in the principality of Hutt"

<(*:*)>

I found another thing on the net......an alien...

<(*:*)>

Chopsticks

Does anyone else have trouble using chopsticks or is it just me???

My fav cafe

We came out to dinner -twice in 2 days- and this cafe rocks!!!! Han-
then spell it backwards- nah s. Hannah s. Smile.

Perth, Pinnacles and Grave Stones

We are driving into Perth!!!!

And Perth has 3g internet..Which rocks!!!!!

We drove almost all day, except when we stopped at the
Pinnacles....Which is another collection of rocks -Australia has alot
of those- which Abro describes as "Its like their
gravestones......theres enough room for every body". I agree......Why
the Pinnacles are a tourist attraction, I have no idea.....but it was
nice to stop...

And -shock horror- its becoming to cool to wear singlet tops.......

And, I heard that a few days ago it was 36 degrees in Sydney.....Mwah
ha ha ha!!!! On that day it was 19......

VICTORIOUS!!!!!

Happy Birthday 2 U

Its Abro's birthday!!! He got about twice what Sol got....because,
every time Mum though of their birthdays she thought
I bought Sol two saxaphones, I better get something for Abro..

He took advantage of this.

But the best present he got was when he went fishing, he on his first
cast he caught a fish. It was a bit small -don't tell anyone. But Mum
let him keep it, gut it, scale it, cook it and eat it, because it was
his birthday and his first fish.

It was also the best present because he knew everything else was
coming.

Dolphins have us well trained

Today we went to do the 'tourist'. And can I just say, touristing full
time is hard work.

We got up at 6:30, dressed, debated leaving, decided it was too much
work, and went to the beach to watch the dolphin feeding. Of course,
most* skilled people managed to fit in eating breakfast, finding
shoes, grabbing cameras...one even got a shower.

We waited, ankle deep in freezing water, for about half an hour,
before someone who seemed to be running things turned up. She talked
about dolphins and sharks and Shark Bay in general, before picking up
her radio** and asking "Have you defrosted the fish yet??"

After they defrosted the fish, we got to feed the dolphins. Sol was
the first chosen, Abro was about in the middle, Dad filmed both of
them. He didn't expect that I would get to go last, so he didn't film
me. The dolphins were really, really fussy. We had to hold it exactly
level with their snout, be exactly in the right spot, and not make any
noise. They had us well trained

*I say most, but not all
**No mobile phone reception

Bungle Bungles -I can't remember if I published this

Today we got up at 7:30 -Sydney time. Unfortunetly, where we are....it
was 4:30. We dragged ourselves out of bed. Mum and Dad packed up the
trailer while we wished we were back in bed. Car sleeping has never
come easy to any of us.

Mum organised food, and clothes...Dad wound down the campervan...the
kids moaned in the car..Soon we were moving, we drove and drove and
drove and drove and had been driving for 5 hours by 9:30. We had just
reached the turn of for the Bungles.

On the way we passed several towns..including Dead Horse Springs
andTurkey Creek.

The sun was beating down on us, and our shadows had almost
disappeared, when we got to the 2 hour walk we were going to try.

We walked and walked and walked and walked and finally we were at the
end...now all we had to do was go back. In the "Cathedral Gorge" was a
giant gorge -like its name- in the shape of a sphere. The echoes were
the best!!! The walk back was shorter than the walk there....even the
signs agreed, although it took the same amount of time.

When we got back we each had an ice block, and suddenly all the times
the fridge had broke didn't seem to matter....

Happy Birthday 2 you

Happy Birthday Sol!!!!!!!

We lit his candles...and the fire alarm went off...

Admittedly the candles were sparklers.....but we still weren't
expecting that.

I suck at Scuba Diving

We went on a glass bottom boat, and we got to see a lot of coral, fish
and otherwise murky looking things. Then......we got to go scuba
diving!!!!!

And....its really hard.

You can't breathe through your nose....and when you do the mask gets
stuck on your face in a bad way...

That wasn't my main problem though, my problem was that I kept having
to come up to breathe......Which kind of defeats the point of wearing
the weird mask.

But it was freezing!!! I can't remember the last time I said that,
usually I am complaining about the heat, but it was bad.

The coral made it worth it, it was better than the great barrier reef,
a lot better.

Monkey MIa

We just made it into Monkey Mia!!!!!

And Monkey Mia has internet!!! Or it would...if we could find the soap-
on-a-rope.

We had to pay just to get onto the road....because it is world
heritage....and you may as well take advantage of those tourists!!!!

Just tried internet....and it didn't work...

Coral Bay

The first cold place!!!!

Monkey Nets

We've arrived at Monkey Mia!!!! When we get more net I will post more,
but.....we went on a boat onto shark bay......and in the middle of the
bay there was internet reception. How come it's not in the caravan
park but is on the boat??

The boat rocked, it had nets which we could hang on, chairs lots of
sunglassess, a no shoes rule, and Internet. What more could you want????