JuliaE

=**First Day**= arrived by bus - approx. 2 1/2 hrs - went through guidelines etc Kim kept us strung out, of course! found out whose wardli's we're in, i'm with Mimi; Zara; Sophie; Catherine; Madeline; Georgia; and i'm sharing a room with Catherine. chill out was good, great view of ocean, comfortable backrest and good books. feeling rather sleepy but certainly not going to bed until the brownies sitting opposite me are given out! have found my spot for my sewing machine and am enjoying looking at my fabric! looking forward to tomorrow but certainly i hope i fit in a good sleep! hope ur well! lots of love Julia <3

=**Second Day**= we went food shopping and were under budget by $70, hope we have enough food. enjoyed tandoori chicken and salad for dinner, compliments of mimi! baked some scones and they were very well received! love Julia

=**Third Day**= we went on an excursion today and visited some museums, we also had to buy some historical clothing from a op shop; which was great fun. we had a few grannies in nighties by the end of it. great lunch of chicken wraps and had a BBQ dinner. also baked scones, brownies and cookies. hope alls well at home. love always Julia

=Fourth and Fifth Days= stayed at innes national park, helped out the rangers by pulling up weeds(polygalas) and picking up rubbish, went on a night walk and saw tamar wallabies. enjoyed some georgous views and saw a salt lake with sea monkeys or brine shrimp, really lovely with the sunset in the background. had a good time even though there was a lot of hard work and became rather tired. love and prayers Julia

=Sixth Day= went food shopping and was still under budget with $170 to spare! also played beach games in the afternoon and went for a swim, was rather nice! haven't had a chance to fish yet but hopefully soon! love Julia

=Seventh Day= sleep in! went snorkellling in the morning saw mother of pearl, starfish an sea urchins, as realy beautiful, especially how all the seaweed swayed with the waves! did some work this afternoon and had a lamb roast for dinner, we didn't do a too bad of a job! tired and looking forward to tomorrow! love you Julia

=Eighth Day= today we were going to go to hardwick bay but since it was really windy we stayed at Wambana instead. we had some time during the morning to do class work and in the afternoon we had a bakeoff! we dicided to make a beach for our cake and it looked really good. we used meringues for the wave breaks and added some cocoa to make the brown caves along the cliff. we used a chocalte cake for the base and had vanilla cupcakes for the back of the cliff, it looked so cool! the other groups had other ideas, one of them made a rainbow cake with a starfish on the top, another a beach with brownie people on it representing indigenous and white people getting along, a hand with each finger respresenting something different and the teachers made a lemon curd layer cake, we sure were full! hope ur well Julia

=Ninth Day= this morning we went snorkelling which was fun but cold and then we went to the indigenous school for reception to year 2's. the kids were all really shy at first but then they warmed up to us and we had a great time. we had lunch with them and then made jewellery. we also gave them piggy back rides and played footy with them. they were all really cute and we had heaps of fun, wish we could have stayed longer! love Julia

=Tenth Day= today we went snorkelling at some really cool rock pools, we went to one where there was really big swells and it was a bit bigger than a swimming pool, we saw heaps of fish and then left to go to another beach, there we saw a dead fish and lots of different coloured corral, and Sophie and Georgia got stuck in a rip but managed to make it out fine. had a great time if a bit cold! love always Julia

=Eleventh Day= today we had some time to do classwork and then shovelled manure around the fruit trees in the orchard. we also had some extra free time so i got some sewing done, making the dress with the green and cream curtain fabric! hope ur well! love Julia

=Twelfth Day= today was really busy as we had to go food shopping, we bought heaps of fruit and veg but was still under budget! we then did mosaics on one of the benches around the fire pit but we didn't finish, it's looking good though! lots of love Julia

=Thirteenth Day= Today was Em's birthday so we sung happy birthday, made her a card and cupcakes! We also continued the mosaic and planted some more trees. We then had tournament of the minds which our wardli won! We had a great time and we are now in possession of the couch! Love Julia

=Fourteenth Day= Today we had a sleep in! We then had a scavenger hunt which my group tied first we won a bakery treat! Love Julia

=Fifteenth Day= today was the day we finally went ot Hardwick Bay, we helped the community by clearing sections of weeds and planting native plants. we were then given a BBQ lunch and then went and weeded the Wildy Garden, which the girls had done last year. Love always Julia

=Sixteenth Day= our first day of surfing! in the norning we had some classroom work to do and then in the afternoon we went surfing but i decided that i was too exhausted to do it today since we were also doing it tomorrow, but there were dolphins out in the water; about 200m out! it was a nice afternoon and a great day! Love Julia

=Seventeenth Day= today we were going to go surfing for the whole day but due to the high winds we only went in the morning, but still had a great time! i managed to stand up quite a few times and again we saw dolphins. finally after an hour or two of surfing i was getting rather tired and had to stop, however it was a great day and i really enjoyed it! in the afternoon we did some watched the movie Blue Crush classroom work, finishing off things and then had some dinner, it had been a busy day! Lots of Love Julia

=Eighteenth Day= today there were high winds but we decided to try a sheltered cove, it took us and hour and a half to reach it and unfortunately it was too sheltered, there were barely any waves, if any! however we received hots chips to share so there weren't too many complaints on the 1 1/2 hr trip back! we then watched Finding Nemo and did some work and then the teachers cooked up a great meal out of leftovers! including dessert! Love Julia