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Kew

  Bailey: We left and saw the gold guitar and drove 6 hours to get to Kew where we saw our grandparents and than like seeing us but they loved seeing my baby brother Alex and got dinner our at the pub and I got a beff burger and chip and went back to our van and went to sleep  Jacob: We woke up and went to the big golden guitar I got a hat pin then I got a flavoured milk and we left to go to  Kew it was a big drive over the mountains we got out of the mountains and we had a flat drive to Kew we went to the pub for dinner I got keno and I got a beef burger.

Tamworth

 Bailey: We left Lightning ridge and drove 6 hours to get to Tamworth. All we did all day was sit in the car  but our dad was able to drive to Tamworth and then went to bed later. Jacob:We left lightning ridge and we went to Tamworth it was 459 kilometres away from lightning ridge to a town just north of Tamworth and we set up and a dog came to our fire we played tip and went to our bed.

Lightning ridge

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Bailey:We left St George and drove 1 hour to Dirranbandi and then an another hour to Hebel Hotel me and my brother played pool and I got a ginger bear no Alcohol and he got a passionfruit drink and than got some hot chips than drove another hour to get to where we are staying today and tomorrow lighting rige. Jacob:we left St George and drove 79 kilometres to Dirranbandi and I got a chocolate slice then we drove another 79 kilometres to Heble we played pool and I got a passion fruit drink then we had hot chips we we’re going to stop at the nsw border but it was a boring sign so we kept on going to lightning ridge sign 

St George

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  Bailey:We left Charleville and drove 6 hours from Charleville to St George when I woke up and when I felt ready to get dressed and go out side and then waited for my dad to let me know when I could roll up the hose and electricity Cord after we left we had a very long drive and we are staying in a free camp for the night. Jacob: we left chaliville and 400 kilometres laterwas St George at St George we went to full up with diesel the. We    went back to the caravan park and Sighted in we went to the park across the road there was a man that was doing a 3D painting we had burgers for dinner.

Charleville day 2

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  Bailey:We woke up and went to the cosmos Sender it’s a space place and the World war 2 bunker and after we went back to our campsite we went on a bush walk and than kicked the footy and found a fire put but left it and after all of that we went and had a shower and payed in my bed in till I had to go to bed. Jacob:we woke up and went for a bush walk to see a wool shed then we went to the cosmos centre the The world war 2 secret base then the Bilby experience I got a shirt to help save the bilbys Alex got a bilby teddy.

Charleville day 1

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  Bailey:We left Tambo and drove 3 hours to get to Charleville we saw the giant meat eating ant and played at the skate park I tried to do a jump up a ramp and down the other one but I did not have a enough speed to get up and finish the trick once we got there we went in to town than came back and watch the panthers and dolphins play luckily panthers won Jacob:we left Tambo and drove 250 kilometres to a stop called Charleville Tourist Park it was a caravan park and kicked the foot ball then we went back into town to the IGA to get groceries for the next couple days I got a spray bottle to clean my opal then we went back to go near the bon fire the owners of the park made us damper. 8

Tambo

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  Bailey:We left long reach and drove about 5 hours from long reach to get to Tambo and watched the chicken races we wanted to put some money on the blue chicken but some person put $300 straight away and me and my brother only had $80 my pop gave me and my brother $60 to use and our mum and dad gave us $20   Jacob:we left Longreach to go to Tambo that was 400 kilometres from our last stop Longreach we went to Ben’s chicken races we wanted to see if we could go and buy a chicken to bid if it won.

Long reach day 3

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  Bailey: we woke up again and went to the quanta’s museum and there was a interactive table and there was photos on it and in the same room there was a flight simulator that you could not control cause you can’t see anything but the big plane was the best but we could not go on the wing walk. Jacob:we woke up and went to the quanta’s museum there was the last Boeing 340 in the world there was a flight simulator and. Museum you were aloud to go in 5 different planes like the quanta’s first plane to there mail plane to there privet jet and quanta’s first plane that had a lot of people in it the the last one was a Boeing 340 with Rolls Royce engine that you could walk in we got an Ice cream than went to the bird cage hotel for lunch.

Long reach day 2

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Bailey:We woke up had breakfast and then went to the stock man hall of fame our show was at 11:00am it’s was a funny show after that we did this phone thing we’re you had to find all the objects and I did it my mum helped me and my brother did some than quite. Jacob:we woke up at 7:00 and had breakfast ready for the stock man’s hall of fame were I got a milk shake and hat badge and a pocket knife that has my name and the stock man hall of fame in graved in it the stock man horse was being naughty so he got his other horse he sheep got chased by the dog we went to the museum and saw all of the old stock man and there whips.  

Long reach day 1

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  Bailey:We left Winton and drove 2 hours to get to Long Reach when we got there we set up our caravan and me and my brother were kicking the footy and we went over to the river to see if you could fish there my mum and Jacob wanted to and they did not catch anything. Jacob: we left Winton and drove175 km to Longreach to set up we went to the river and had a look at the river then we played with the footy and had a fire and watch the football the me and mum went fishing at the river.,

Winton

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Bailey:We left the Walk about hotel where Crocodile doned was filmed and it was about a 3 hour drive the people we were playing football with the other day we met agin and played some more football also we kicked the football just me and my brother before that we saw our friends there  Jacob :we left crocodile Dundee and headed to Winton we’re ur friends we’re we got a lemonade and I got opal we went back after the shops and played football with our friends 

Walk about hotel where Crocodile donee

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  Bailey: We left the side of the highway and drove on the highway to get to the walk about hotel it was a 5 hour drive and our tire exploded on the highway and then we did not realise that it was but luckily our granny saw it was popped and called us and told us Lucky we had a spare tire and my dad and pop fixed it than we went down the road and got a new tire and when we where there we went to the pub and I got a Jinger Bear no alcohol   Jacob:we left the rest area and we went to a bar we’re crocodile Dundee was filmed we went to the bar and we got a lemonade and pork crackle and beef jerky we played football outside.

We pulled in on a highway

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Bailey:We left Barkley homestead and went to some place on a highway for the night. We met some really nice kids and played footy we played for so long that we had to get our torches so we could see cause it was to dark. We also saw the marbles they were big and we did a starfish in the middle of 2 rocks. Jacob:we left Barkly homestead to head to camweal    we were going to stay in camweal but in stead we stayed in a rest area on the side of a road we’re we    made some friends and we played football together we had kebaes .

Barkley homestead

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  Bailey:We left Devil’s marbles and it was a long drive I am not sure about how long we traveled but there was a pool and we played some games where you have to throw the ball over the pool and if it went in the pool you had to get it or if you did a bad throw and my mum and dad were the referees saying if it was a bad throw Jacob:we left devil S marbles and headed to Barkley homestead it was a four hour drive from devil S marbles we went to the pool and played a game we’re if you threw the ball and it went in the pool you would jump in after I got a hat and lemonade

Devil’s marbles

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  Bailey:We left Alice Springs for the last time, and got the Patel carts for 1 hour from 9:00am to 10:00am and came to Devil’s marbles. went in the freezing cold pool and my mum and dad told me that if I want all the way under for 1 second than I could get a Fanta and I did it it was worth it. Jacob: I had my milk and then went to jack and allira we got go carts at 9:00 to 10:00 then we headed to devils marbles motel we went to the pool and it was really cold but my mum and dad said if I jumped in the pool I could get a lemonade so I did and it was worth.it I would do that and day of the week. My pop got me a devils marbles hat pin from the motel we went back and played football we had a fire with tacos then we tried to watch the footy on the tv but it did not work.I went to bed on the bottom bunk ind used my scratch animal.

Back to Alice Springs

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  Bailey:We went back to Alice Springs to drop our auntie and uncle and cousins. That flew down to be with us for a couple of days .Than we went to the jumping pillow for a little, and with a kid we met, and then went to the games room to play and the arcade machine to win a afl ball my brother got it but it cause he went first and I gave him the money so we shared the ball. Jacob: we went back to Alice Springs and went to the pool and jumping pillow we played football with a person we met and then we went to the games room and I won a afl ball.

Kings canyon

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Bailey:We woke up at 5:00am to go to Kings canyon and when we got there and saw the hill we had to climb up it a very steep hill and we got a bit puffed out but we made it to the top of the first hill but he got up that high and I couldn’t look down I felt sick and so did my dad so we went down but we did not miss out on the sunrise cause there was none it was cloudy but than after we did the lake walk  Jacob: I woke up at 5:00 am in the morning I had my milk and got dressed and went to jack Allira motorhome. The canyon was huge I walked it up and I got to the top of the canyon. and down with my uncle we went back down to the bottom river that we walked it was cool but sombody stole a lizard.

The day we saw Uluru

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  Bailey:We woke up in the morning ready for our walk around Uluru but first we did some aboriginal painting I made a kangaroo and a lizard and koala they all had happy faces then we went to the souvenir shop and I got a mini Uluru rock in side of a globe and there was sand that fell side to side if you flipped it after that we got ready to see Uluru when we got there we walked 1 kilometre  around one side and then 4 kilometres on the other side it was Really big I new it was big I did not know it was that big  Jacob:I woke up at six thirty and had my milk and went over to granny and pop. then we went aboriginal painting I got a akidna kangaroo emu gala I painted and scratched it. then we went to Uluru and the ogres Uluru was a big walk it was 5 kilometres away from the car there was a cool pond called billbong it was a hudge water fall from the top of Uluru . at the ogres we got to walk in it middle of two huge rocks then we went home and had a fire.

Uluru campground

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Bailey:We left Alice Springs and drove about 6 hours to come to Uluru campground and thought we saw Uluru but it was a fake one it was a mountain that looked like Uluru when we got to the campground we did not have a long enough power cord to get to the power box but my pop have a extension one that he is letting us use it gets cold at night here  Jacob:I woke up at six o’clock and had my milk ready to go see jack it was very cold at Alice Springs. it got warmer as we drove we stoped for a break and lunch and Alex wanted a bottle and a stretch I had Mac and cheese. The next thing we saw was a mountain called mount Conner after that it was Uluru. Then we arrived at Uluru campground we had a bit of trouble getting checked in but when we did get In we walked around the place and we found a poop near a chess board. You could walk up a big sandy hill that you could see Uluru from and the ogres.

Alice springs

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  Bailey:we left our last stop and we drove 5 hours to Alice Springs. we played at the park and the jumping pillow we tried to get the push carts but they were closed for the day. and then the next day we went to the school of the air ,the plane museum ,the truck museum and then came but and had dinner at the camp kitchen and played on the park. Jacob I left Kulgera at 6:30 and arrived at Alice Springs at 10:00 I went to the airport to get Steve and jack. then we got home and we went to the jumping pillow and park for dinner we went to the camp kitchen had dinner and played at the park before going to bed.