MICHAEL’S PAGE

yo dudes wass up in home land

after esprence it was travelling for a few days untill we got to albany. in albanywe went on a river cruise and saw loads of eagles and birds it was cool. then our scotish cousin marian arived. we also went to a place called whale world that is where they used to turn whales into oil. then we went to denmark which is where the valley of the giants is. we also went to a alpaca stud where the where loads of animals there was also a shed where there where some ferrts. one of them went down joises top. then we went to this place where there was a really tall tree called the gloster tree which you could climb up it was 62 m. we have just left margret river which is where they are holding a pro surfing comp and we surfed there it was sweet. now we are staying at a place called busselton. thats what we have been doing now please tell me what you all have been doing chow for now M

tuesday 2nd march

hello everyone!  we have finished crossing the Nullabor - at last  After Eucla we went to a bird observatory where you can stay the night. they had some tiny little possums in some mattresses - they were about 5cm big.  After there it was more and more desert but it is not sandy it is more like savannah . Then we got to norseman which is at the western end of the Nullabor.  In Norsemaan there was a lady with lots of animals in her house - these included hundreds of budgies, 7 baby kangaroos, some chichihuahuas and a small orphaned wattle bird named burgle who was very hungry. I had the job of feeding him - he was very noisey and climbed up onto my shoulder.  Then it was onto Esperance where we are still now.  We went out on a boat in the Archipelego which is a marine park full of hundreds and undreds pf islands. We went out to Woody Island where there is a visitor centre and we went on a glass bottom boat - it was really fun.  The next day we went on a 4 wheel drive tour.  We went up to some sand dunes where we did sand boarding which is a bit like snow boarding or skateboarding except on sand - it was really cool. Dad flew back to England on Saturday so we are here until Thursday, then we are going on to perth. There is a really huge pier here which I went and jumped off - it was about 8 foot above the water level - it was so fun.  We maybe going on a journey out into the outback in a 4WD up to Alice Springs and Ayers Rock - that will take about 3 weeks but we need to wait fo Dad to come back. Hope everyone at home is well - talk to you soon - Michael - ps ten weeks to go before coming home.

friday 20 febuary

bonjour my petite pals back in the home land how is every thing at home? i have been verey busy. after dad got back we went to a place called coffin bay (the guy that found it was called matthew flinders and he named it after his friend sir isaac coffin). on the way there we stopped at a place called port pirie where some one had caught a 5 meter long great white shark. while in coffin bay we went on a 4 wheel drive tour which was really fun we saw eagles, snakes and kangroos. after there we went to barids bay where we got to go out on a boat to see some seals and dolphins and you got in the water with them. it was so cool. after there we went to fowlers bay where there where some really big sand dunes. now we are at eucla. we are actually crossing the nulabor (latin for no trees even thow there are). bye for now.

mick

thuresday 12 febuary

yeah dad is back in oz yipe

wednesday 11 febuary

we are now in adelaide. we have traveled from jindabyne to ebden. from ebden we went to have a look at a town called beachworth where ned kelly lived (look him up) then we stayed at a place called albry. after that we went to echca. then we went to moama. it was 43oc and on the way we saw a crash where a lorry (3 trailers carrying goats) had tipped on to its side. there were a lot of dead goats. while we were there we went to  a gem shop which had loads of gems and a really hard maze. after that we went to adelaide and are waiting for dad to getback talk to you all soon mick

tuesday 4 febuary

hello all

we have been rather busy. after three weeks at the northen beaches we went to a place called umina close to woy woy (i got a skate board there). while we where there i went fishing with some friends (we only caught a small sting ray which we hat to throw back. now we are in the sonweys with our friends the jacksons it is great fun. talk to all you guys soon mick

Sunday 11 January

this is my first report for years we have been so busy. after the wine place it was on to adelaide. in adelaide we went to see where my great grandmother used to live and where she went to the church that she went to and that her father had been a warden. after that we went to and art musem that my grandfather had donated some art work found in my great grandmothers stuff. at the musem there was a skate bored exhibit. we also saw some friend called sara. after that it was off to kangroo island. we went on a really cool night tour there where thosends on walabies (the driver hit one by acedent when it ran out in frunt of the van). also went to some caves first we did the usal tour then we went adventur caving just me jo and dad did this. it was really cool. for christmas i got manly clothes. they where really cool clothes. after that we had a 1400km drive from adelaide to syndey for the new year. the fire works where really cool. after new year dad flew home he is still there. right now we are staing on the northen beachs where there are really good waves. me and jo have been taking surf school. its really cool.

please send info on whats up back home chow oz man

Saterday 13th december

this is a logue family news update. we are very tired because we have had some really late nights. after the house boat we went to a place called halls gap in the gampians. me and dad went on a 7km walk to the top of a mountain. it was really loud because of these bugs called cicadas. we also went on a four wheel  drive tour on the tour we saw a red bellied black snake (which is poisonous), a blue tonge lizard, a shingle back lizard, emus and kangeroos. it was really cool. after that we went to a place called port fairy to see some birds. then we went to cape bridgewater to see some seals. while we were there we did loads of body boarding which was great. we also went to some cool caves and a lake called the blue lake. now we are in a cottage in the area that all of oz’s wine comes from.

bye for now me

p.s. i am going on the sking trip

Saturday 29th November

hi me here we have had a very bissuy 2 week. after the platapus place we went to a place called appolo bay we staed in a cabin. in apolo bay we went to a path in the tree tops of a rain forest. it was realy cool. we also got some canos and went out to see some seals and boy did they stink. after that we went to a lighthouse and riding along the beach. it was great fun. we went see some rocks called the 12 apostles. after that we went to a place called balarat. in balarat there was a place called sovren hill which was a town made to look like a gold mining town in was cool. now we agre on a house boat on the murrey river its great fun i have been fishing but have not caught any thing. bye me

saterday15th november

g’day

we are at a place called forest. we have been so busy. since i last updated this we have been to see penguins in Philip island , friends in Melbourne, we have been to the races gone swimming in a river and driver miles.and we are hardly started. to night we are going to see some plate pus its going to be so cool.

talk to you all soon your friend down under.

Thursday 6th November

Hello

sorry that i haven’t up dated this for a while i have been really busy. i now that most of you think that oz is all sun and beachs well it’s not i have been up in to the national park to go tobogganing and the snow was knee deep in most places (only me and some friend went to the snow to go tabooing. it was great. a day later we went to a place called threbdo where we got a chair lift up in to the mountains and had great fun (see the photo page). now we are in Melbourne waiting for daddy to get in at 2am. then we are going to Philip island to see the penguins. then we are heading towards Uluru (ayres rock)

by for now me

Wednesday 29th October

We are now back at Jackos and are staying here until Daddy gets back from England where he has got some work to do.  We have been very busy - we have been horseriding, helping out on the farm and have had to spray all of the cattle.  Tomorrow we are going riding again but before we go I have to feed the two calves who don’t have mothers, check up on all the cattle and bring some wood in for the fires - its looks like I have got my work cut out for me.  The phone lines are down out here so we can’t really send emails at the moment although mummy is hoping to go to a  friend’s house to use her phone tomorrow.

On the way here we went to a wild life park called Yellow Pinch where we got to stroke snakes and lizards. I got one round my neck. I also stroked some tame dingoes, went into the koala area and the wombat area. There were also kangaroos roaming around and a very smart cockatoo who could talk.

When Daddy gets back we are heading towards Melbourne to see the quarter finals of the rugby world cup.  Please keep in touch and send me some emails.  Thanks Michael

Monday 20th October

We have been so busy, I haven’t had time to write. We have been to a nature reserve called Murramarang near Wasp Island. It was right on the shoreline. There were a lot of kangaroos wandering around.  Some of them even came up to us when we were eating. We stayed there for one night then went to Michael Jack sons - our friend Michael Jackson not the other one.

At Jackos we went out quad-biking and helped him feed his calf.  She was called Paris. We stayed at Jackos for three nights then we came to Pambula Beach where we are now - three hours away. Daddy went home yesterday because he had some work to do.  We are staying here until Thursday when we are going back to Jackos.  Here it is basically the same as at Murramarang except better - there are still kangaroos and birds roaming around.

Today we went out whalewatching. We saw loads of whales but didn’t stay for the whole trip because I began to feel a bit seasick - I wasn’t the only one on the boat!. Then we went shopping in Merimbula.  Bye for now Mick

Tuesday 14th October

We now have a campervan. We call him Charlie. We have been really busy getting everything ready.  On Sunday we went to Hillsongs again and then went to Newcastle to get the van.  Once we had the van we went to a campsite in Sydney for just one night and then we headed towards Michael Jackson’s. We are now camping at Murramarang which is near Bateman’s Bay.  I am sleeping in a bunk which is very close to the ceiling so I bump my head on average 5 times a day. Tomorrow we are going to head on towards Jindabyne where Jacko lives. It is about a three hour drive but we are stopping at some beaches on the way. Today we have been two beaches and at one of them we paddled and at the other we played in the surf and got soaking wet. It was great fun.

 Bye for now, everyone!

Friday 10th October

yesterday we went to Taronga Zoo.  My mum used to work there so we got in free.  We met up with some friends and then went all around the park. We went to a bird show and saw lots of different kinds of animals - most of them which you find in Australia.

Today we are going to the opening Ceremony in the Rugby World Cup and a match between Australia and Argentina. it is going to be great although I am going to wear my England shirt!

Bye for now

Tuesday 7th October

g’day to all

we are on our way to Newcastle. no we are not back in England we are still in oz there is a Newcastle here too. We are going yo new castle because we are looking at some more campervans. we have been very busy. we have seen loads of friends, been to a hill songs church(which was huge)and we went to darling harbour where we rock climbed and went on paddle boats and its only been week 2.  we are going to be so tired.

thats all for now

M

Wednesday 1st October

HI Dudes

we are waiting at JFK international airport. Soon we are going to bored a plane a to to oz via San Francisco. I hope you are all ok. we have been on the circle line boat, up the empire states building on a simulator of the city and to a concert called stomp which was very loud. please send me some e-mails. Asta la vista for now

you now who

Monday 29th September

Hi everybody

I am in new york. It is so cool here we have been to the natural history museum where we saw a show in the planetarium. we are going to see the empire states building tomorrow. today we are going to visit some cousins in down town Manhattan we are staying in a apartment on 85th street not that far from central park. Write to you soon

mick

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