Holes in Apollo Bay

I was playing in the sand. I dug a big hole. At the bottom there was water. I was amazed when water appeared. I didn't think it would appear. It didn't think I would get deep enough. I showed my sisters. They started digging holes too.

by Squirrel.

Starfish collecting

by Tiger

Temperate rainforests in Australia

We went to explore temperate rain forests in Victoria. The canopy was quite dense. It smelt of wet trees. The ground was soft and springy. I saw ferns with really big leaves. Inside the rain forest it was a nice temperature. Outside it was hot. It was fun to go in and hide in the trees. The glow worms looked beautiful. We saw them at the edge of the forest.

If you look closely in this photo, you can see me.

by Shark

Koala up a gum tree

I was the first to see a koala. At first everyone thought I didn't see it. Then Squirrel and Shark started to look where the koala was. Everybody was very excited. Mummy took a picture.


by Tiger

Octopus pool

I was really excited to see an octopus straight from the ocean. It was in a big square rockpool. A fisherman had caught the octopus. He was going to let it go again. It changed colour surprisingly fast.

by Tiger

Glow worms

Glow worms are insect larvae. They look like little lights in the bushes. I saw them at the edge of a rainforest in Southern Australia. I felt a bit scared at first. Because we were heading into a rainforest and it was dark. It was wonderful.

This is a picture of us playing in the rainforest in the day.


by Squirrel.

The drive to Apollo Bay

We drove from Melbourne along the Great Ocean Road. The drive was long. We stopped at quite a few beaches and I can remember one of the shells I found. When we reached Apollo Bay we went to the beach and there was a sandy playground next to the beach.


by Tiger

Healesville animal sanctuary

Kookaburras are one of mummy's favourites. I like the kookaburras quite a lot too. They are a bit cheeky. They looked really pretty. They eat snakes. And snails. I don't like snails very much.


The wombat was quite slow. We saw him digging a hole in his enclosure.


Echidna looks a bit like a hedgehog. When we were driving some place an echidna crossed the road behind a big jeep. I didn't expect that. If the echidna had crossed sooner he would have been run over. Mummy tried to take a picture of the echidna.


Pelicans scared me. They are so big and they have big beaks. They kept walking towards us when we were sitting on the bench. Shark had a toy pelican. One of the pelicans kept going over to it.

by Tiger

Picnic and parrots

We went to a picnic area in Australia. We didn't have a very big picnic. We had sandwiches. The parrots came over to the picnic table. I didn't feel frightened. I liked to see their colours.

by Tiger

Campsite at Healesville, Australia

There was a really nice playground there. We were weaving ibis feathers into our hair and making a bridge across the creek to damn the water. Mummy forced us to have a shower.


The ibis would come into the playground. They frightened me a bit because of their long beaks. The pink ones were really hard to photograph.

by Tiger.