Here are some articles about the Olympics:
This site has a countdown to the Olympics. Keep checking this site for an update for how long to go and then you can celebrate!
Women with thick ankles have to wear darker stockings to hide their imperfections!!!! No garlic allowed!!!! Men are not allowed to wear white socks with black shoes!!!! Women are not allowed to wear long velvet skirts!!!!
Have fun checking out this 3D animation of the olympic torch – loads of facts.
Oops, I wrote this post on 15 June but forgot to publish it!
This Weekend my Best Friend came over for a sleep-over. We had so much fun, and this is what we did. We Watched a movie first, it was called Lemoney Snicket, the next thing we did we got the toy dinosaurs and started kicking them over (the dinos said ”ow!!”) Then we talked all night long, and boy were we tired!! The next thing we did was strange, we made a funny sort of porridge it was made out of funny sort of sutff like saw-dust, leaves, flowers, grass….ETC.
We had to get up at 4:30am as we were leaving at 5:30am to get to Brisbane airport by 7:30am. The plane was meant to leave at 9:30am but it was delayed until 10am. We had some breakfast in the food court with Elaine and David before going through the departure gates – mum and Elaine cried! The flight back was a bit boring as we didn’t have our own TV screens but I read my book Charlotte and the Starlit and played my Nintendo. Dad picked us up at Auckland Airport then later on we picked up Harry from his holiday programme at Onehunga.
My holiday was a fantastic experience and I would love to go back again. Next time I want to go to Wet ‘n’ Wild and I will force my mum to go on all the rides and get really, really wet! This time I had saved up $200 to take with me but next time I will save heaps more – maybe $800 if I can?!!!???
We gave Elaine her birthday present in bed then David cooked us all omelette for breakfast. We had a quick look around at The Pines shopping centre next to Elaine’s house and I got a new REALLY COOL black dress. I tried it on when we got home and it looks brilliant with my new silver shoes. We also had a look around a $2 shop and I bought a box with my last coin. In the afternoon we packed up our bags then that night we had a roast dinner for Elaine’s birthday. Ollie, Lauren and Brooke came over. We had a pavlova for the birthday cake and sang Happy Birthday!
Elaine drove me and Mum to the shopping centre at Robina to spend the last of our money! We had lunch at Red Rooster. I bought a Kim Possible game for my Nintendo DS Lite and mum bought some cases for my games. She also bought me a Hannah Montana pencil that locks. While I was buying that mum sneaked next door to buy Elaine’s birthday present so it would be a surpise.
This was a quiet day. We had a cooked breakfast outside – a pelican came to visit and I had a paddle in the lake. Later Elaine, David, Mum and I drove to Coolangatta Market. I bought a necklace with my name (Georgia) and the man in the stall made it for me. I also bought a door hanger for my room. Then I went for a swim at the beach – the others just watched me! I wasn’t happy when I got changed because my towel was all sandy from when mum and Elaine sat on it at the beach! I had a shower when I got home then Elaine cooked pancakes for dinner! Mum and Elaine went to see Mamma Mia at the cinema in Coollangatta and I stayed home with David.
Lauren took me and Brooke around to Elaine’s then David drove me, Mum, Elaine and Brooke to Sea World for the day. The first thing we did was put our togs in the lockers then we went on the Skyway across to the other side. Me, Mum and Elaine went on the Bermuda Triangle and it was awesome even though it was sometimes scary and we got wet at the end! We went on a second time but Brooke still wouldn’t come on.
The Flume and the Water Park (which we really wanted to go on) were both closed for maintenance. Me, mum and Elaine went on the Pirate Ship – Elaine and Mum sat in the middle because they were scared. They didn’t like it so I went on the second time by myself! In this photo you can see me in the back row on the right hand side.
I was also able to go on the Seal Safari. I got my photo taken with Friday the seal (he was the seal in Nim’s Island). We also got to feed the seals and Friday also painted a picture of his girlfriend on the beach! She looked like a splodge.
We had lunch at the café in the Sesame Street Beach area. After that we had a ride on the train and went to the Planet SOS in 4D show. We had to queue up for ages and it was a really boring show except for the when the monkeys were fruit fighting in the trees. Lastly, I made mum come on The Corkscrew Rollercoaster with me which was the scariest ride of them all. We both kept our eyes closed the whole time but it was such cool fun we went on it again. It was the last ride of the day as Sea World was closing but mum wouldn’t come in the front row with me so another girl did. Mum sat behind me. This time we both kept our eyes open the whole time and it was brilliant! I wish we could have gone on it again.
I bought a toy dolphin (it broke on the way home) and two dolphin trinket boxes – one for me and one for Bethany my best friend.
We drove to Movie World – me, Mum, Elaine and Brooke. We saw the Superman Escape Rollercoaster from the front gate and we said to ourselves we were too scared to go on that! We went to the Shrek 4D Adventure show which was in 3D, the seats moved to the show and we got showered in water when the dragon sneezed! It was loads of fun and all four of us liked it. We went to shop called Dancing Heads. We watched some kids performing an Elvis song and when it was our turn me and Brooke chose ‘Barbie Girl’. We had to wear green capes and sit on stools next to a green background. We could see ourselves on the TV wearing cool dress-ups and dancing. It was really funny because of the dance movements! Then mum and Elaine did one called ‘The Hula’ and they were surfing on sharks wearing bikinis! Next me and Brooke got a braid in our hair. We went to the Kids WB Fun Zone and me, Mum and Elaine went on the Road Runner Rollercoaster and was scary at first but really fun. Mum screamed heaps and everyone stared at us so she tried to blame Elaine! Brooke came on it with us later for another two rides. We also went on the River Ride which was fun but not scary at all – it was even a bit boring to be honest. Next we went on Batman Adventure but Brooke didn’t come. It was in 3D, the whole room moved as we flew over the top of the skyscrapers. We had a look at the Leathal Weapon ride but it looked too scary so we didn’t go on it. The scariest ride of the whole day was the Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster – mum screamed her head off the whole way through. One part was in the dark and we were up really high and it was going so far around loads of corners. It was so fun I wanted to go on it again but there was such a big queue. Afterwards we went home, quickly packed my bag then went to the RSL club for dinner – me, Mum, Elaine, David, Lauren, Ollie and Brooke. I went home with Brooke for a sleepover that night.
Mum, Elaine and David went for a walk around the lake in the morning but I stayed home and watched TV. The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is only a few minutes away from Elaine’s place and we took Brooke with us. There were lots of birds there so I was afraid I would get pooped on like I did at school last term. We had lunch in the café and the ibis birds ate the food off our table when we left! The first thing we did was to go and see the koala’s – we were allowed to have a photo taken holding the koala’s and it pooped in mum’s hand.
We caught the train around to the other side of the sanctuary then I went for a ride on a camel which was loads of fun. We had to lean back when it stood up or sat down because it was very bumpy and we could have fallen off if we didn’t hold on tight too.
We were going to go to a show but it was full so we carried onto the kangaroos which were not so far ahead. We fed them from our hands and they slobbered all over us. There were some mum kangaroos with joeys in their pouches which was cute. We weren’t allowed to feed the kangaroos if they had their front paws on you as they might knock you over.
Lastly, we went to the adventure park and it was not an ordinary park!!!! We had to watch a training video about to use a harness and what to do, how to read the signs etc. The lady clipped me into the harness and we walked up the hill towards the treetops. Only two people were allowed on each platform so I had to wait a while for my turn. The first thing we had to do was clip onto the red strip on the wire and then walk across the tight rope – there’s a wire at the top to hold onto too. The second one was harder as it was like a flat ladder you had to walk across – Brooke only got this far and decided to go back. The third one was even harder as the planks of wood were loose and like swings when you stepped on them. I was so scared I was saying I couldn’t do it but I did do it. I was still scared afterwards because it was so high up. The next one was another tight rope but there were also dangling ropes to avoid. After that came I had to clip on the pulley as well as the clips and pull myself backwards across the rope towards the last platform. When I got there I had to wait a while because the person on the rope was stuck half way and had to pull himself across to the otherside really slowly. When it came to my turn I was screaming at the top of my voice that I couldn’t do it. I felt really scared as I could see the alligators underneath the flying fox but eventually I let go and flew down the rope really fast – it was AMAZING. I felt so stunned at the other end I could hardly talk or move but I felt really proud of myself for doing it! It was dark by then so we had one last pat with the kangaroos and went home.
Me and mum caught the bus with Elaine and went to the shopping centre called Pacific Fair. Mum bought me a pair of silver shoes with high heels that go clink, clonk when I walk in them. I also bought myself a pair of black ankle high heeled boots which I wore out of the shop! Elaine bought me an early birthday present – Tigerz for my Nintendo DS Lite. I bought a birthday present for my friend Franchesca – a pencil case, pen, friend pebble and an ‘F’ for her pencil case zip. We caught the bus back home and cut through the shopping centre next to Elaine’s place when I saw another pair of shoes that I ended up buying. They are black strappy sandals but not high heeled. I played my new Tigerz game on the bus on the way home. We had a BBQ for dinner – Lauren, Brooke and Ollie came over as well.
