Braxton Travels Australia 2023

January - December 2023

This year is my final year of travelling Australia. I was 9 when we left and this year I turn 12. This is a year for exploring new places and revisiting some of our favourites. Read more

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- Jan 10, 2023
- Altitude: 10 m
- Australia New South Wales Wyong Deep Creek -33.296617, 151.418133°17’48” S 151°25’5” E
Day 10
Slam factory
January 10, 2023 in Australia
Slam factory is an indoor skate park. Taj, Lachie and I were going there, while we were home for the school holidays. We went to Slam for scooter camps, homeschool lessons, and sometimes even private lessons.

At Slam factory, I practised lots of tricks like tail whips, bar spins and 360s. We all fell over a lot and hurt ourselves, but we had lots of fun and made lots of friends.

I had lots of fun at Slam, all the teachers were really nice, and I can’t wait to go again.Read more
Traveler getting good 👍
2/20/23Reply
Traveler Wow 😱 You are getting so much height in your jumps.
2/22/23Reply
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- Feb 22, 2023
- 🌧 22 °C
- Altitude: 34 m
- Australia New South Wales Wyong Shire Erina Nunns Creek -33.437557, 151.39073233°26’15” S 151°23’27” E
Day 53
Mum’s birthday
February 22, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
We celebrated mum’s birthday by doing lots of fun things.

Firstly, we went out to Warne’s Cafe. Lachie and I got a crazy shake, which was ginormous, It had ice cream on top, two wafer sticks and chunks of kinder chocolate. Then Lachie and I went halves in a double bacon and egg roll. Mum had waffles with chocolate sauce, ice cream and an ice cream cone on top.

After breakfast we went iceskating. It was mine and Lachie’s first time ice skating, and it was so much fun. We were there for four hours and by the end of it, after lots of stacks, we finally got the hang of it and dad was going so fast.

For dinner, we went to Breakers pub and lots of people came. I had chicken nuggets and chips for dinner and some of mum's ribs and wings, they were delicious. All the kids were asking the parents for money so we could use the claw machines, we didn’t win any toys, but we did win some lollies, so it was a win.

It was a very fun day celebrating mum’s birthday and I think mum enjoyed it too.Read more
Traveler Wow you all had such yummy food . That milkshake looks yum 😋.
3/8/23Reply
Traveler Yummo
3/11/23Reply
Traveler I’m sure mum enjoyed her birthday as well as everyone else. 🥰
3/30/23Reply
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- Mar 2, 2023, 12:59pm
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Australia New South Wales Wyong Shire Shelly Beach Boat Harbour -33.378548, 151.48272733°22’43” S 151°28’58” E
Day 61
We are off again
March 2, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The car had to get a new motor, so we were at home for a bit longer than planned. We left on the second of March, once the car finally got out of the shop. Our first stop is Melbourne for the International Airshow.Read more
Traveler Have an awesome time
3/2/23Reply
Traveler have a great time Braxy . love you , don't grow too much !
3/2/23Reply
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- Mar 3, 2023
- Altitude: 19 m
- Australia Victoria Greater Geelong Avalon, Avalon Airport -38.030077, 144.46903138°1’48” S 144°28’9” E
Day 62
Airplane Facts
March 3, 2023 in Australia
The Wright brothers invented the first aeroplane in December 17th of 1903.

The fastest plane is the Lockhead SR-71 blackbird and it can go 3500km/ph.

Planes can fly different heights. Commercial planes can fly up to 45,000 feet, military planes can fly up to 50,000 feet and rocket powered planes can fly up to 100,000 feet.

Planes are used for transport, racing, sports, putting out fires, military, crop dusting and research.

Three differences between the first plane invented and modern day planes are: older aircraft lack the same fuel efficiency, have higher noise levels, and are not as environmentally friendly as newer aircraft.

The current Australian fighter jet is The F-35A Lightning 2.Read more
Traveler Very interesting facts , Brax 🙂
4/5/23Reply
Traveler Wow! Great facts
4/5/23Reply
Traveler Thanks for the facts. I learnt a lot
4/6/23Reply
Traveler That is some amazing information Brax.
4/22/23Reply
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- Mar 5, 2023, 9:38am
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Australia Victoria Greater Geelong Avalon, Avalon Airport -38.031368, 144.47366338°1’53” S 144°28’25” E
Day 64
There’s no show like the airshow🛫
March 5, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
On Friday and Sunday, we went to Avalon Airfield to watch the International Airshow, we watched planes do acrobatics and fly-bys, but the plane I was waiting for was the FA18F Super hornet.

At the airshow, we saw lots of planes and here are some of them, the FA18F Super Hornet, F35A Lightning2, Hercules, Air Force Roulette, Wedgetail, Poseidon, Globemaster 3, Wing Walkers, Black Eagles and my favourite the glider with a rocket engine on it.

My favourite aeroplane that we saw was F 18 super hornet. The F-18 is made for fighting in the military, it can go 1960 km/h and my favourite thing about it, it has bombs on the wings. At the airshow, I saw the F 18 displaying its manoeuvrability agility and raw power. When the F 18 came past we had to block our ears because it was so loud, then it would turn go straight up into the sky, dropping flares on the way.

Friday was different to Sunday, because there was a night show, there was parachuters with flares on their feet, a rocket powered glider with flares and fireworks shooting off it, planes with lights and lasers and my favourite the great wall of fire. The commentators said it was the biggest wall of fire they’ve had since 1992, we could feel the heat from where we were sitting.

On Sunday, we spent more time walking around and looking at displays, then we found out you can collect a free set of pins. There was a pin for each Australian aircraft and even some other cool pins. There was a couple different planes to Friday, but my favourite was the wing walkers. The wing walkers are two ladies that perform stunts on a plane while it’s flying.

It was freezing on Friday, boiling on Sunday, I am nearly deaf from the Jets, but it was still lots of fun.Read more
Traveler Looks like an incredible few days 😀
4/6/23Reply
Traveler Wow looks awesome I wanna go now! Bet you boys loved it.
4/6/23Reply
Traveler Wow wow wow what a show AMAZING!
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- Mar 7, 2023, 9:55am
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- Australia Victoria Melbourne Braybrook -37.791252, 144.86088637°47’29” S 144°51’39” E
Day 66
RampFest
March 7, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I was really excited to go to RampFest which is an indoor skate park in Melbourne. I wanted to go to RampFest because it had a massive foam pit. A foam pit is a big box full of square foam blocks, and a ramp going up one side of the box. Then you go as fast as you can up the ramp and practice lots of different tricks, into the foam pit.

It was as good as I hoped and maybe we can come back next time.Read more
Traveler looks fun . 😀
3/12/23Reply
Traveler I could hardly see you among the foam 🤣🤣
3/17/23Reply
Traveler Great scootering. I hope the foam is nice and soft.
3/30/23Reply
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- Mar 7, 2023, 8:25pm
- 🌬 19 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Australia Victoria Bass Coast Summerland Penguin Rookery Reserve -38.510632, 145.15005538°30’38” S 145°9’0” E
Day 66
Penguin Parade
March 7, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
We sat on the sand waiting for sunset, so we could watch the penguin parade on Phillip Island.

It was freezing, but we got there a bit early so we could get close to the fence to see the penguins, because they’re only 30 cm tall. The penguins are dark blue on their back and white on their stomach, so they camouflage with the water, making it hard for us to see when they are swimming. Once they’re on the beach, they hide in the seaweed until it is safe to quickly waddle up the beach. Some of the penguins were so fat they could barely waddle up the beach because they have been eating small fish, squid and krill for two weeks. The penguins can dive up 60 m, 80,000 times a day for its food. They spend this long eating because they are getting ready to moult for three weeks.

After we watched the penguin parade, we went for a walk along the boardwalk, we saw some penguin burrows, moulting penguins and even some babies getting fed.

On the night we went to see the penguins, 2121 penguins waddled up to their borrows. Little penguins only live in Australia and New Zealand, Phillip Island is one of the only places you can see little penguins in Australia.Read more
Traveler they are cute, chubby little things 😍
3/8/23Reply
Traveler What a great thing to see
3/11/23Reply
Traveler Such a amazing experience for you all. They are so cute 😍
3/30/23Reply
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- Mar 8, 2023, 10:01am
- 🌬 14 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- Australia Victoria Bass Coast Phillip Island McGregor Hill -38.506741, 145.23051538°30’24” S 145°13’50” E
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Day 67
Amaze’n’Things
March 8, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
My family and I went to Amaze’n’Things on Phillip Island because mum and dad have been there before and they said it was lots of fun. We spent the whole day at Amaze’n’ Things and we did all of the activities: illusions, giant mazes, magic, putt putt, and even a jump scare room.

My favourite thing was the maze because I love mazes. In the maze, there was four flags to collect, so Lachie and I raced mum and dad around the maze and collected all the flags, we won easily.Read more
Traveler where is your body ? 😳
3/21/23Reply
Traveler well done on beating Mum and Dad 😀
3/21/23Reply
Traveler Looks amazing 🤣🤣
3/24/23Reply
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- Mar 10, 2023, 7:12am
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Australia Victoria Surf Coast Eastern View -38.471943, 144.04473938°28’19” S 144°2’41” E
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Day 69
Great Ocean Road
March 10, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Yesterday we drove along the Great Ocean Road, which is along the southern ocean and is 243 km long. We saw lots of views along the way.

We drove along the Great Ocean Road to see all the attractions, we saw: The Apostles, Gibson Steps, London Bridge, Razorback, The Grotto and my favourite the Titty rocks.Read more
Traveler What a lovely photo!! 😍
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- Mar 12, 2023, 5:10pm
- Altitude: 7 m
- Australia South Australia Grant Allendale East -38.004902, 140.70779438°0’18” S 140°42’28” E
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Day 71
Rob’s place
March 12, 2023 in Australia
We pulled into Rob’s house. Rob is someone we met at Cactus, he lives at Port McDonald. While we were at Rob’s house, he took us to the Cray factory that he works at, we even got to hold a crayfish!

In 2021 we visited Ewen Ponds, but we did not go in, because none of us had a wet suit. This year, we all had wetsuits, so we went and snorkelled the ponds with Rob and Andy. The ponds were very cold, I felt like I was going to freeze, but the water was crystal clear, and we found lots of Spiky Crayfish.Read more
Traveler That's a beauty
5/5/23Reply
Traveler 😍😍
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Traveler Awww cute 😍
5/5/23Reply
Traveler Evans is soo clear ,glad you got to go in this time 😀
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