Yesterday afternoon we met two Aboriginal people. Their names were Delta and Nigel. They taught us that Aboriginals had there own totem. Nigel’s totem was an echidna and Delta’s was a dolphin. They also taught us how to throw a boomerang and how they would survive in the wild. After all that we went for a walk and we got to see a sea eagle dive down in the water to grab its’ food.

   
 

   
   

Here are more photos.

   
   

We have been on March break so we have not been blogging lately.

Here are some photos of what we have been doing.

   
   Thank you Jill (Non ;)) for helping make this happen.

Today we saw so many animals. The first animal that we saw was a cat that was laying down in a pot. The second time was when I saw a snake slowly slithering around our towels. The snake was about the size of Jack and had a big black head. The last animal that I saw was my kookaburra friend named Tim. I got to pet Tim and rub his furry tommy.

This is the cat that we saw.

 This is where the snake was.

 This is Tim. 

 

Yesterday afternoon we went to Watego beach. We went swimming for most of the day. When we were done swimming we went over to the rock pools to catch crabs. We managed to catch a crab the size of my hand but we didn’t get a picture. Then we came back and swam for a half hour then we left to go back home. I had great day at Watego beach. 

This is us finding big crabs.

 I also found this little guy.

  

Today we went to the Top Shop down the street. The Top Shop has been around for 8 years. The Top Shop is like a general store were you can buy food . The Top Shop is the second oldest continually running business because it started out as a milk bar in 1951. I think it is a good place because it is a great place to get food.

 

Tuesday afternoon we went to the beach. We went to a little pool that I found after the tide left. I started cutting rocks that were on the edge of the pool. I discovered that we could make paint with the clay rocks by cutting and mushing them. The colour of the clay was ochre. We started to get creative with the paint so we painted our legs and faces. The paint that we put on our faces was the paint the Aboriginal people wore.

 

Bread fruit is a type of fruit. It gets its name from the way it feels because when cooked it feels like a freshly cooked loaf of  bread. They used bread fruit to feed the slaves. Here is a story about bread fruit. There was a person named Bligh, he was asked to be captain of a ship that was to bring bread fruit to the slaves in the Caribbean. So they stayed in Tahiti for a month gathering plants and food. After that they started sailing to the Caribbean. Then there was mutiny with the sailors which meant they started acting like the boss and they threw Bligh on a long boat with his supporters and the ship went back to Tahiti. They stayed on that long boat for a hundred days till they reached the Caribbean but it was not a successful thing because the slaves refused to eat the bread fruit. And that is the story. 

This is a picture of bread fruit.

 This is our roommate Sticker. He is a baby geeko that we found in our room. We named him Sticker because he can pretty much stick anywhere. He eats all the mosquitos and flies.

 

Today we arrived in Byron Bay. We are staying in Byron Bay for the last 2 weeks that we are here in Australia, then we go home back to Canada. It is so beautiful here the water is warm and there is so much wildlife around you. I am so glad we chose to stay in Byron Bay for 2 weeks.

This is a kookaburra who came to dinner.

   
 We are the trolley taxi service.