Daniel's Big Australian Holiday!

  Day 138 - Sunday - 4/10/2026 The final pack up of the trip was today. We got in the car at 8:40 and drove the remaining 476km home stopping at Cowra for lunch. With just 2 hours remaking towns were becoming more familiar. We crossed the border into the ACT at 3:30 and parked the van out the front of our house. We walked through the doors into our house which now felt huge unpacked and unminded. We had finally made it home after our amazing trip through the Northen Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and finally home. I hope that everyone who has read my blog and got to the end enjoyed reading about me and my family’s amazing holiday around Australia. I would like to thank everyone who made it this far and I look forward to seeing some of you later on. Thanks for reading! Us at home in front of the caravan

Day 135 - Thursday - 1/10/2026 NSW 8:34 Today we said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa as there were only a few days left on the trip and they were going home a different way to us. Then we left Toowoomba and drove to a caravan park half an hour out of Girraween National Park in a nice caravan park that had lots of birdlife. We set up the vans and then drove into the National park where we went on a 4km walk to the top of the Pyramid. It started of slowly heading up the mountain through the scrub until we reached the very steep climb up the slippery granite peak.  Climbing to the peak of the Pyramid There was nothing to hold on to other than rocks and some points of the climb where a bit scary. Once we reached the top, we had a spectacular view of all the mountain ranges around us.  Us on top of the Pyramid There were also heaps of Cunningham's Skinks at the top, they were quite big! These guys were everywhere. The climb back down was much less tiring but a bit more difficult as...

 Day 133 - Tuesday - 29/9/2026 Today we packed up the van in the rain and the drove to Toowoomba. Day 134 - Wednesday - - 30/9/2026 Today we went to the Toowoomba Flower Festival where we saw some impressive flower art. At first, we were down the bottom next to some flowers but then we went to a lookout where we saw the pictures the flowers were making.  A dog from bottom view The top view There were also some topiaries of animals and stuff like that all around the place.  An elephant  After seeing the flowers at Queens Park, we went back to the vans to have lunch and then drove to a lookout at Picnic Point where we had a very good view. Once we got back to the vans we went for a short walk around a nearby creek where we saw a male Satin Bowerbird.  A male Satin Bowerbird His Bower 

Day 131 - Tuesday - 29/9/2026 Today we left Dingo and drove to Cania Gorge where at 4pm we were given some seeds to feed the hundreds of Rainbow Lorikeets and King Parrots at the caravan park, they would even jump on your arms to try get some sunflower seeds.  Lorikeets fighting on my arm The Rainbow Lorokeets Feeding the Kings at our van At dinner we had a fire, burned some sticks and toasted marshmallows. Day 132 - Monday - 28/9/2026 Today we went on some walks at Cania Gorge, the first of which being a short 1.8km walk to the two-storey cave. We first walked into the King Orchid Chasm where there were a bunch of orchids growing on the wall except, they were looking a bit sad because the area was practically in drought.  Soon after we reached the two-storey cave which we went inside and then we climbed up to the second storey and saw some bats and also a had a good view.  Me and Seb in the two storey cave Then we went on a walk through the gorge where we headed to the d...

Day 129 - Friday - 27/9/2026 Today we left 1770 and drove to Dingo where we set up camp and there was what we think was the first thunderstorm on the trip. Day 130 - Saturday - 26/9/2026 Today we drove into the Blackdown Tablelands where we first went on a 100m walk to a lookout where we had a spectacular view of all the mountain ranges around. After that we went on a 3.6km walk to 2-mile creek which was a small waterfall with some lush vegetation around.  2 Mile Creek A random bug that dad photographed that turned out to be the super rare Sandstone Ochre! Next we drove to Rainbow Waters where we walked 2km and over 240 steps down to the falls where we saw some big skinks.  Rainbow Waters Nobbi Dragon Although the falls didn’t have much water coming over it there was still a big pool of water at the bottom with trees surrounding it. Then we walked back up to the stairs to some circular rock pools at the top of the falls where we had a swim and jumped of the rocks into the deep...

Day 127 - Wednesday - 23/9/2026 Today, we walked down to the beach and paddled around in the water before heading back to the vans for lunch. At 2:00 PM, we hopped onto the LARC which stands for Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo  and drove straight into the ocean!  The guide taught us about how 1770 got its name for when Captain Cook landed there. Us in front of the LARC Because it can travel on both land and water, we easily propelled our way across the bay.  The LARC in the water When we reached the other side, we drove right up out of the water and onto the sand, where we spotted some amazing birds.  A young Crested Tern After the LARC we went on a very short walk to the Bustard Bay lookout, it was windy but the views were good. The view at the lookout. Day 128 - Thursday - 24/9/2026 Today we stayed at the caravan park where we did schoolwork and for dinner we went to a restaurant at the marina called Barraca by the Sea which was one of the best meals we had on...

Day 126 - Tuesday - 22/9/2026 This morning we woke up at 5:45 because Grandma and Grandpa had to move their caravan and we all had to get ready to go to Lady Musgrave Island. We boarded the boat for our tour with 1770 Reefs and then cruised over the calm but still bumpy ocean for 1 hour and 30 minutes until we hit the lagoon where the water was still. We split up into three groups, and our group went on a glass bottom boat to the island first. Once we got on the boat, we drove around looking at fish and coral until we reached the island which we walked around. We started off the walk through the Pisonia forest where we saw hundreds of Black Noddys in their nests, and some Buff Banded Rails.  Walking through the Pisonia Forest Black Noddy Buff-banded Rail Soon we cleared through the trees onto the beach where we walked along the shore until we got back to the glass bottom boat and headed back to the main big boat.  The beach Lady Musgrave was a small island similar size to the ...