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Braxton Travels Australia 2023
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Braxton Travels Australia 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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    Devil’s Marbles

    May 12, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    It was our second time at Devil's Marbles, but it was a lot more fun this time, because Lachie and I had our bikes. We rode around the tracks all afternoon finding jumps to ride on. We went back to a marble that we found last year and it looked the exact same, we even walked around it at sunset like last time, and we re-enacted our photo from last year.Read more

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    Tennant Creek Cup

    May 13, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    On our way to the Daily Waters Pub we stopped at a place called Tennant Creek for breakfast, then we found out that the Tennant Creek cup was on, so we stayed in Tennant Creek for the day and watched the horse races. We bet on lots of horses but only two won, the names of the horses were Taipan Tommy and Angelious.Read more

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    Little Roper - Mataranka

    May 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    It was our second time at Mataranka but this time we stayed somewhere a little different, it was called Little Roper and it was lots of fun.

    We got up every morning and played with our friends while we were waiting for Johnny cakes and Billy tea. Des the camp owner makes Johnny cakes every morning for breakfast and they’re bit like doughnuts.

    After we have breakfast, Des rings a bell to let us know that the animal holding is starting, so we all run over. The first thing that he gets out are Blue Tongue Lizards, they’re all different sizes but my favourite are the really big ones. After the lizards he gets out Snappy Turtles and you have to hold them a certain way otherwise they snap at your fingers. My favourite was the snakes. I was a bit scared the first day so I didn’t hold them, but the next day I put on my big boy pants and held an Olive Python. They were really wrigley and it felt super weird in your hands. After the little snakes he brings out Parrot the really big snake, Parrot is named Parrot because it snuck out of its cage and ate their pet Parrot, but then it got stuck in the Parrot cage and couldn’t get out because it was too fat.

    After the animals, we organised to go to the hot springs with our friends. We like going to Bitter Springs because there’s lots of logs to swim under and there’s a tree jump at the end.

    I had lots of fun at the Little Roper because there was lots of kids and lots of activities to do.    Read more

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    What a Whopper

    May 20, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    It was our first day out fishing on the Daily River, and it could not have gone better.

    Dad landed the first Barra, but it was under size. After that we could not hook another one. We decided to troll through one last snag. On the first troll dad hooked a big one, but unfortunately it spat the hook. On the second troll I had the rod in my hand ready, as we trolled through I hit lots of timber with my lure, then my line started singing, I was on! At first dad thought I was snagged, but when we saw the flash of the fish, Lachie and I both swore as it was a monster.

    Once we got it into the boat, we measured it and it was a whopping 86cm. As boats drove by I held it up so they could see my catch.

    When we got back to camp, I carried my fish from the boat to the caravan and the camp to show Mum. It was so heavy, I felt like my arms were going to fall off. After I showed mum I had to help dad clean it, it was stinky but lots of people came over and had a look.

    I was 5cm off the biggest fish caught in camp this season.    Read more

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    Still beating Dad😂😂

    May 22, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    It was our third day at Lee and Jenny's bush camp, so Dad and I decided to do some cherabin fishing. We had two cherabin, so that meant one each. Dad cast my rod out and within minutes my bait was getting nibbles, I pulled back and hooked onto a big one. I fought it for around 30 seconds and then it took me into the snags and got off. Dad was a bit upset, but he let me use the second cherabin, but he probably shouldn’t have!. He cast my rod out again, and we waited. I wasn’t getting bites, so I slowly started to wind in and then my slack line started going underneath the boat and dad yelled out “pull up, your on!” and he was right I was hooked onto a big fish. I fought it for a while and when it finally came up to the boat Dad netted it. After we got the hooks out, we measured it and it was a whopping 80cm, I was stoked a 86cm and 80cm in three days, last year I couldn’t even get a keeper.

    Dad and I have been fishing every day since we got here and we both have landed two keepers, my two keepers were 86cm and 80cm and dad’s are were only 55cm and 65cm, so mine were a lot bigger😂😂😂.    Read more

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    Waterpark

    June 7, 2023 in Australia

    While we were in Darwin we went to the free water slides at Leanyer.

    When we got there I was feeling nervous about going down the waterslide. Mum convinced me to go down and then Lachlie and I kept on going down over and over again.

    My favourite water slide was the one that you went down a tube, because the slide was rainbow and you went superfast.

    At the waterpark there was also a splash pad, pool, playground and skate park.

    At the end of the day we were very tired after walking up stairs all day.    Read more

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    Julia creek

    June 11, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    My family and I camped on Julia Creek for two nights, so we can try and catch red claw.

    Just before we put our pots out we met some locals that gave us a couple of tips to catch red claw.

    After we put the pots in Lachie and I decided to make a potty mullet trap so we can catch some live bait. We put it in and while we were waiting we made some hand lines.
    We used our live bait to catch Catfish, we caught about seven.

    After catching our catfish we decided it was time to go check the pots. It was a muddy walk to our pots, but on the way Dad scooped two on the way so we were pretty happy.
    All up we got seven red claw and we were stoked. The next day we got nine red claw.

    The next day', we pulled up at a gravel pit for the night so we decided to cook up the red claw for dinner. Dad cooked them in boiling water, but Lachie and I didn’t like them.    Read more

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    Age of the Dinosaurs Muesum

    June 12, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    On our way to Jared’s we stopped at a place called Winton to do the Age of Dinosaurs tour. The tour went for four hours and we did three different tours.

    Our first tour, was a Fossil Laboratory, which is where they store dinosaur fossils in plaster until they are ready to be cleaned. They find fossils in black soil, because the ground cracks and the dirt on top falls down, and it repeats that until the fossils are pushed up to the surface. We also got to see people working on fossils which was pretty cool. They had one fossil of a sauropod that they were cleaning up, so far they have been working on it for 6 years.

    Next stop was Dinosaur Canyon, we caught a mini train down to the stampede room. The stampede room had dinosaur footprints all in it. They found the footprints down at a river so they had to move it all up to where it is now, it took them three years and there was only three girls moving it, and apparently it was like a big puzzle. There were Crocodile, Lungfish and Saropod footprints.

    The last tour we did was the collection room. The collection room is where they have all their one of one dinosaur bones. They also had two different dinosaurs that they dug up together, which is apparently a bit weird, there story is that they got stuck in the mud and died there.

    I had lots of fun.    Read more

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    Sapphire

    June 14, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    While we were at Julia Creek, we decided to go to Sapphire where Nan and pop were waiting for us. We stayed at Graves Hill campground for one week.

    The first thing we did when we got there was jump out of the car swerve past Nan and give pop a hug. While nan, dad and Mum were out fossicking pop, Lachie and I would play poker, and sometimes there was a little bit of swearing involved. Every morning, while we were sitting by the fire, a rainbow lorikeet would come down and land on one of our chairs, and we would feed it apple. At night, we were feeding a bettong carrot, a bettong is basically a mini kangaroo.

    While we were out there, I couldn’t find a single sapphire, so we decided to buy a bag of wash from in town and we found heaps of gems. I liked buying bags because they had a willoughby which is basically a sieve on a spring that makes it go up and down easier.

    Once again, it was sadly time to leave the old people again🥳.    Read more

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    Quail eggs

    June 20, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    When we were at the markets in Sapphire, Mum and Dad saw some quail eggs so we had to try them. We cut up the bread into four slices and put one egg on each and they tasted exactly like a normal egg.

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    Magnetic Island

    June 25, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    My family and I bought a Stejcraft to go camping on islands in Queensland. We took it straight to the boat ramp for our first trip out to Magnetic Island. We stayed out there for three days, Lachie and I slept in the nose and mum and dad had a mattress out the back.

    Day one, we had a bit of a late start but we finally got the boat in and the first thing we did was troll. After trolling and getting absolutely nothing we went to our camp for the night, but first we had to get some hot chippies for dinner and they were delicious. Lachie and I set up our bed for the night while mum and dad chilled.

    The next day, we woke up and headed out to the snorkel trail at Jeffrey Bay. At Jeffrey Bay, there is a crashed World War II aircraft in the water, but we couldn’t find it anywhere. After the snorkel trail, we trolled all the way to a place called Florence Bay, and on the way we caught two sharks, but they were too little too eat. Florence Bay was my favourite, because there were hundreds of fish and even two ginormous cod. We even got in and snorkelled with them, while snorkelling, we fed the cod dad‘s prawns. After swimming with the cod we went back to Horshoe Bay to sleep the night.

    It was our final day, on the boat at Magnetic Island so we decided to have breakfast at Alma Bay for something different. After mum and dad got out of the boat went for a walk we drove straight back to Florence Bay. Once we dropped anchor, we jumped straight back in to go for a swim with the cod, after we swam for a bit, we decided to have some lunch. While we were eating our noodles for lunch, Lachie started hand feeding the fish his at lunch. So we all quickly finished, and jumped in for a snorkel, and there were fish everywhere, it was so much fun, but unfortunately it was time to head back in. It was a bit rough, but the boat handled it. After we pulled the boat out, we washed it and took it back to the campground.

    For our first trip, I think it went pretty well, but I can’t wait to go out again.    Read more

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    New motorbike🤙

    June 26, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    On the way back from Townsville, we stopped in a town called Ingham, right out the front of the wrong dirt bike store because Dad was so excited to surprise Lachie and I with a brand new KLX 110RL. Lachie and I were so excited because we had been asking for a dirtbike since before we got to Jared’s. To get it back Jared’s we had to put it in the boat. Just before we left we saw that the army was training right in the middle of the town.

    Once we got back, Dad taught us how to ride our new dirt bike, and once we got the hang of it, Dad left and Lachie and I rode till sundown.    Read more

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    Shot a deer

    July 1, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Classic Dad and Jared went to the pub for dinner without us, and on the way back they saw deer. So they quickly drove up and got the rifle so we could shoot it. After we shot it, it ran down and swam across a croc infected river. But Jared wasn’t letting it get away that easy, so he swam across and brought the deer back. Once we got it on the back of the car, we took it back and butchered the whole thing, but I wasn’t there to see it butchered.Read more

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    Jared’s week one and two

    July 4, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    After about three or four days of riding the motorbike, we had to wash it and put it in the shed because rain was coming. After raining for two or three days, we decided to go for a walk and see if we could get a deer, and we did. Then we had it for dinner a couple of nights later. It finally cleared up so we decided to go into Cairns to get some food and go for a swim. After the swim we went on a really cool playground it was built around a fig tree, so you could climb on the fig tree and on the playground. We also started using Jared’s, bow after a couple days we got pretty good, so we decided to make our own bows out of bamboo.

    After nearly two weeks of raining, hopefully we can get out to the islands.    Read more

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    Week 3 and 4 at Jared’s

    July 4, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    This fortnight, we
    : cooked up dear ribs
    : sited in the rifle
    : used Jared’s bow
    : went to Cairns
    : drove the excavator
    : went for a walk in the rainforest.

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    Camping trip to Innot

    July 11, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    We took four days to drive down and see Nan and pop, while escaping the rain.

    The first day we drove three hours to Windin and Falls which was a waterfall walk.
    On the way we stopped at lots of different fruits stalls and got lots of yummy fruit. The walk that we did was a bit boring and it felt like it went forever. Once we got to the end it was fun playing with our finger surfboards in the little river. That night we had rissoles for dinner and slept at Archer Creek.

    The next day, we went Innot Hot Springs caravan park, the first day we didn’t really do anything we just laid in the hot pools all day. The next day, mum dad and Nan went fossicking for Topaz, but Lachie, pop and I stayed and played in the pools. For lunch, pop, Lachie and I tried to boil eggs in the natural spring which was around 70°. Unfortunately after waiting for a bit under an hour we got impatient decided to take them back and see if they were done. I cracked mine open first and it definitely wasn’t done, so we put a little bit of tape on the hole and just used the stove. A bit after lunch we heard Dad’s car and we thought it was a bit early for them to come back, but unfortunately nan had fallen over and hit her head on a tree.

    It was our last day staying in Innot Hot Springs, so we woke up and went for an early swim before we had to leave. After we had a relaxing swim mum and dad made Lachie and come fossicking with them. After some torturous fossicking😢😢 we stayed the night at Archer River once again.

    The next day, we had planned to go and see some waterfalls with Nan and pop but unfortunately it was raining too much to go, so we just went and had a cuppa at Nan and pop’s caravan. On the way back to Jared’s we stopped at all the fruit stalls and loaded up some buckets with fruit.

    I had lots of fun with nan and pop, I can’t wait to see them again.    Read more

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    New bow

    July 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    We used Jared’s bow so much that when we left to see Nan and pop Jared bought us a compound bow, they were a bit smaller and only 20LBS which makes it a bit easier to draw back. We went straight out to use it and it was heaps of fun, a little bit later when Lachie was playing his video game and the boys had had a couple beers I shot a flaming arrow. It was a little bit scary, but once I shot it, it wasn’t that bad.

    The next day, Jared put some spaces in our bows to make them a bit harder to pull back, which also makes it shoot faster and further. Jared also helped me sight my bow in, so I can aim.    Read more

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    #2 Franklin Islands

    July 23, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    After month of non-stop rain we finally got a gap to go out in the boat.

    The first day out on the boat we left a little bit late, by the time we got out there the wind has already picked up, so it was a bit of a bumpy ride out. Once we got out there, we anchored not too far from the beach so we could use the air mattress to get us in and out. Once it started to get dark we moved out to a bouy to stay the night, but then mum and I got really sick. So, Dad decided to move back into the bay where it was a bit calmer.

    In the morning, I woke up to dad quickly pulling up the anchor and driving out to sea. He had spotted a whale, we got so close. It was playing around, it even opened its mouth right at the end. After that we pulled back up in the bay to play around for little bit. We were just about to we go for a spearfish, when Dad spotted some splashing on the other side of the bay, so we quickly sped over there to find what they were. They were Manta rays. As we were chasing them around Mum decided that she wanted to go in with them, so we dropped mum in and followed her around, dad quickly told me to drive the boat so he could put up the drone, after getting some awesome drone footage we anchored up and all went for a spearfish. After having a snorkel, we all went out for a fish, but Lachie was the only one to catch a fish, it was called a bat fish and we didn’t eat it. After doing so much we decided to go in and anchor up in bay and watch a movie.

    The next day there was only 5 km winds, so we decided to go out to the Great Barrier Reef. Once we got out there we had a quick fish, but once again Lachie was the only one to catch a fish, this time he caught a baby Coral Trout. Once we were done fishing we headed in to where it was a bit shallower so we could have a snorkel, the water was crystal clear and we couldn’t wait to get in. Once we got in there were fish everywhere and the coral was so alive. After we snorkeled we got out to have some lunch which was prepared by the best chef, mum and it was bacon and egg McMuffins. It was time to head home before it got too dark, we were all a bit sad, but it was meant to get really windy the next day. We checked the coconut spot on the way back, but unfortunately without a professional tree climber like Jared we could only get one coconut.

    Once we pulled the boat out we washed it and then went home and had some noodles for dinner which were delicious.

    A great couple days on the boat, I can’t wait to go out to a different island and explore some more.    Read more

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    Our Second Month at Jared’s

    July 29, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    It was still raining a lot, but we got out to do a few things
    : nan and pop came to visit
    : visited Clyde
    : took nan and pop to Babinda Boulders
    : took nan and pop to Josephine Falls
    : went to lunch at the tavern
    : explored the rainforest
    : left the head to the NT    Read more

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    Karate

    August 3, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    While we were at Jared’s mum found out that we could do karate. I wasn’t very keen so only Lachie did the first session, but when he got back he said it was lots of fun so I had to go next time. When we walked in, there was a kid around the same age as me, so we basically partnered up the whole time. After saying some Korean words to some flags, we started learning some punches and kicks, and I had lots of fun and I can’t wait to go again.Read more

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    To Darwin

    August 5, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    After 10 days of rain and very long hot showers we decided to go to Darwin, because it’s hot and sunny and we can go Barra fishing. Darwin is only 26 hours drive from Babinda.

    The first day, we woke up bright and early hit the road. By the time we stoped for the night we had done around 1000 k’s. We stayed at Cloncurry because the rodeo was on. Once we had some dinner we went in, and we’re just in time to see the the bucking horses and bulls competitions. We also saw steer wrestling and lassoing. My favourite was the bull riding, i’ve only seen it once before. It was exciting to watch, the riders tied themselves to the bull and they had to try and stay on well the bull bucks.

    On the second day, we drove 1200 k’s. We ended up getting a spot at the Daily Waters Pub for the night. While we were there mum and I saw a Longhorn, and you wouldn’t believe it, it’s horns were really long.

    On our third day, and we only had 600 k’s to go, but we had to stop in go for a swim at Bitter Springs. While we were swimming we spotted some snakes going for a swim as well. After a swim, we had a quick bite to eat and jumped in the car, and because we were so close it felt like the drive went for ages.

    It was a really long drive but it’s all gonna be worth it when we are reeling in Barra.    Read more

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    Daily River

    August 11, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    After a very long drive we finally made it to Daily River, to go Barra fishing.

    The second we pulled in to the Daly River we drove straight out the back and got the boat. After getting the boat out, we set up camp and chilled by the pool for the rest of the day.

    On the second day, Dad woke up bright and early and got the boat ready for his first fishing day. Lachie and I decided not to go because Dad never gets fish on the first day. While we were swimming in the pool we saw Dad walking up with the esky, he caught one fish and it was only just legal.

    One afternoon, Dad and I went out for a late arvo fish. When we got to our spot, and on our first troll dad got a fish and it was just legal. After about 15 minutes of catching undersize fish, Dad caught a 62. After catching to legal fish, we started to head back, but I told Dad that we should try our lucky spot on the way back. It was our second troll I hooked onto 61, and I was spewing because I was one cm off beating Dad.

    While we were at the Daly River Lachie wanted to beat his pb, and he smashed it and caught a 90 cm Barra, but he couldn’t have done it without Dad and I.

    It was our last day and we were looking forward to pizza but dad got really sick and we had to take him to the hospital in Darwin. All of us were pretty grumpy because we didn’t get pizza, but Mum, Lachie and I dropped Dad at the hospital and went and got Hungry Jacks and ice cream.

    Other than missing pizza night we all had a very good time at the Daly River and all were drooling over Lachie’s 90 cm barra.    Read more

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    Mud Crab Madness

    August 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Last time we were in Darwin, dad and Joel went out to a secret mud crabbing spot, and now that we’re back in Darwin, we’re going to go out and try it again.

    We drove through a dusty four-wheel-drive track, then along a beach until we finally pulled up at a little creek on the end of the beach. The second we got there we dropped the boat in and headed up the river to drop the pots in. That day we got one monster crab which we cooked up for dinner.

    The next morning, we got two more crabs, but unfortunately we had to go because we wanted to check out another spot.

    We had lots of fun driving up and down the river and the crabs were delicious 😋.    Read more

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