We had another play at the waterpark in Townsville.
We camped at Murray Falls. The waterfall was beautiful and there was a lovely swimming hole. It rained during the night.
We camped at Davies Creek for our last night of the road trip. It was nice and sunny and everything dried out quickly on the hot flat rocks.
Varsha whittled a stick and Laxmi made a present sand pile. We all took turns finding our presents in the sand.
It was a long drive from Yeppoon to Bowen. We stopped for a swim and a sandwich at Sarina Pool. The pool was cool but only a few people were there.
We got to the Bowen caravan park just before dark. We swam in their pool and used their barbecue to make dinner. It was windy.
We went to the waterpark in the morning. The bucket and the slides were fun.
We got some delicious things to eat from the bakery.
We had a lovely campsite by the beach in Yeppoon. We used the travel glasses Erica gave us.
We swam in the afternoon and in the morning.
Varsha and Laxmi have been reading the encyclopaedia while we have been driving. I’ve been reading parts of Position Doubtful by Kim Mahood our loud. It’s about Central Australia and making art and life in Aboriginal Communities.
The volcanic landscape we drove through on our way out of Yeppoon was interesting.
We stayed the night with Uncle Stu and Stephanie and Katie at the Gold Coast. We had tacos for dinner. Stephanie had to leave for work early.
We went back to the art gallery and the museum in Brisbane for a couple of hours. We ate some food at the museum and looked at the dinosaur bones and did the kids activities at the art gallery.
We continued driving north. It was pretty hot. We stopped for a break at Miriam Vale that had a cool new playground.
We talked about the tallest building in the world.
We stopped in Gympie at the caravan park. We enjoyed the pool. The caravan park manager had Japanese dogs called Akitas.
We said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa and went north to Jen and Nic’s place. Katie came too.
They had lots of visitors and 4 dogs. Katie especially enjoyed playing with the dogs.
Varsha and Stella flew the kite. Everyone enjoyed the pool.
John admired Nic’s shed. I admired Jen’s studio.
We saw the big python that lives around the house.
We shared a delicious feast in the evening.
Varsha made a treasure hunt for Laxmi.
We went to the Mullumbimby Community Gardens and met Joel Orchard and talked about growing food.
Grandma and Laxmi made chocolate brownies while Varsha and I drove to Coraki to see my old school friend Sara. It rained a lot.
We went to visit Jo and Richard at Possum Creek. They have lots of wild roosters at their place. We made leaf art, played Cobra Paw and made pots and did asemic writing. Asemic writing is a contemporary poetry style where the writing has no meaning!
We went to Brisbane to visit Lisa and Hugo before they went to Japan. We also went to a games shop and Laxmi bought a chess set.
In the morning I went to look at a house grandma and grandpa are thinking about buying. Varsha and Laxmi and Hugo played a drawing game with dice and a timer. They also played chess.
In the afternoon we went to GOMA. We loved the Yayoi Kusama exhibition.
On our way home we stopped at Surfers Paradise to see Kia and Orin and Amanda and Mick. They were staying in a tall apartment block by the beach. We had Indian take away and played Jenga.
Varsha and I drove down to Byron Bay and caught the new solar train into town from the industrial area to avoid the traffic and parking hassle.
We went to the Rainbow shop for Varsha to spend her Christmas money. We got lots of rainbow things including a new pair of swimmers for her.
It was a perfect day for a swim in the ocean at Byron Bay.
