December 20th, 2006
Hi Jonas here,
Today I’m going to tell you about our Aussie friends.
So far we have stayed or played with Joseph, Sofia, Christopher, Elliott, Mia, Aaron, Daniel, Issy, Alice, Camilla, Zoe, Cara and Jessica. Here are some pictures of them.
Joseph and Sofia in school uniforms
Back: Elliott, Jonas, Greta, Alice, Zoe, Camilla. Middle: Lena, Cara, Aaron. Front (sitting): Mia, Jessica
Sofia, Christopher and Joseph with their Mom and Dad
Tomorrow, we are staying with Martha and Toby. I’ll post some more pics later.
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December 17th, 2006
Hi everyone,
Greta, Jonas & Lena here,
On Friday we went to Jervis Bay which is three hours South of Sydney. Our house was 30 seconds from the beach. We could go down there by ourselves. We swam in the Tasman Sea and the water was mostly warm.
We went to the beach with the whitest sand in the world – Hyams Beach. On the bushwalk back, we saw two kookaburras and an echidna (in the wild). The echidna didn’t show us his beak because he was too scared.
For lunch yesterday we had fish and chips. It was a long time since we have had fish and chips!
A Scribbly Gum tree
Lena on Hyams Beach, Jervis Bay
Jervis Bay
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December 14th, 2006
Hi Jonas here,
Yesterday we went to Sydney FCs game at Aussie Stadium. Sydney FC was facing Perth Glory. Perth is a city on the west side of Australia. Sydney FC is a soccer club. In the first half a lot of exciting things happened. There was a professional foul and the captain – Mark Rudan – got sent off – he got a red card! That meant Sydney only had ten men. They took the free kick right outside of the penalty box. It was almost a goal but the Sydney keeper saved it. Perth must have gotten really angry because they fouled a Sydney guy and got a yellow card which means a warning.
In the second half, Perth was getting tired so Sydney broke free to Perth’s side of the field and they shot a lot but the keeper always blocked the goals. Ten minutes from the end Steve Corica crossed it to Alex Brosque and he headed it in for a goal. The crowd was screaming!
I thought the game was pretty good but a lot of players got injured and they had a lot of stoppage time.
[Dadministrator here: We are going to be away from a computer for the next few days so we'll post again and add pictures on Monday 18th.]
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December 14th, 2006
Hi Greta here,
Yesterday we went to the Taronga Zoo with Elliott, Cara, Jessica, Mia and Aaron (Elliott’s little brother). We saw a lot of cool animals including an echidna. An echidna is a little animal with spines and a long beak that waddles like a penguin! We also saw a platypus and wallabies. You can walk inside the wallaby enclosure. Inside were wallabies and one emu. When we were walking out, an emu tried to eat Aaron by pecking at his hat!
We also saw two shows – the first one was a seal show and the second one was an Australian bird show. They were both really interesting. When we were walking to the seal show it started to get really hot.
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December 13th, 2006
Hi everyone,
Greta here. Yesterday we went to the Blue Mountains. They are about 2 hours West from Sydney. We stayed in a hotel called Lillianfels. They had a swimming pool, a gym and a spa. They also had a billiards room and a reading room. We played snooker in the billiards room. It was a lot of fun.
When we left the hotel, the fog cleared up and we saw a lot of cool things. We saw Govett’s Leap which overlooks the Grose Valley. It had been burned by a bushfire. We also saw the Three Sisters. They are three bodies of rock that look the same (see pic).
The Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
We also went to the Megalong Valley and took a bushwalk. There were a lot of flies. They fly around your face and it gets so annoying! There were also lots of anthills. We also saw Lorikeets and a Kookaburra sitting on a wire. When we went to Govett’s Leap we also saw Lorikeets.
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December 10th, 2006
Greta here, we’re going to speak some Australian:
G’day, how youse goin’?
We’re havin’ a bonza time here in Sydney. We went down the beach yesterday and the water had a net to keep out the Noahs Arks. Our spunky host Tone wore his sluggos and thongs. We had a squiz at the tubes but fair dinkum, it was pretty flat. There were heaps of ankle biters on the beach and all of them had slipped, slopped and slapped and wore rashees. Tony built a sandcastle with the ankle biters while my Pommy Dad bludged on the stairs. We all scoffed a bacon sanger with sweet tomato sauce. Luckily there were no blowies.
Translation:
Hi, how are you?
We’re having a great time here in Sydney. We went to the beach yesterday and the water had a net to keep out the sharks. Our handsome host Tony wore his Speedo swimming trunks and flip flops. We checked out the waves but to be honest, there was no surf action. There were lots of kids on the beach, all covered in sun screen and wearing rash vests. Tony built a sandcastle with the kids while my British Dad lazed on the stairs. We all ate a bacon sandwich with sweet pickle. Fortunately, there were no blowflies.
Sofia, Christopher, Tony, Greta, Joseph, Jonas & Lena at the beach
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December 9th, 2006
Hi Jonas here,
Today we played Australian Football. It’s like American Football but it’s not as complicated. You try to kick the ball through these tall polls and if you get it through it’s six points. If you hit the post then it’s one point. There are two other goals and if you get it through those then it’s one point.
Also we went to a park and we saw a jumping castle and there was a market. We bought egg and bacon rolls with sweet chili sauce (yum!).
We went to Elliott’s house and we swam in a pool and watched a movie. We also had chocolate fondue and we dipped strawberries and bananas in it!
Elliott & Greta
Jonas
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