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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Australia

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21.6kkilometers traveled

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- Day 265
- Friday, September 22, 2023 at 11:29 AM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia Harrier Point -18.650987, 146.48615518°39’4” S 146°29’10” E
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Orpheus and Pelorus Island
September 22, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
It was our last day out on the boat, so we went and explored Orpheus and Pelorus Island.

On Orpheus Island, we went and explored Yanks Jetty. When we got there Mum got some bread out to feed the fish whileLachie and I were snorkelling. There were so many fish coming out from under the jetty that Lachie and I could barely see each other.

After a snorkel, we got told to go check out Pelores Island 🏝️ because it was good spearfishing. I wasted no time putting my spearfishing gear on and jumped straight in. Within five minutes I had shot my first fish, it was only a baby, but Dad kept it and cleaned it. I cooked it and ate it for lunch.

After three days on the boat and making it to 3 different islands and out to the Great Barrier Reef, sadly it was time to head back to Jared’s. Everyone can’t wait for our next adventure.Read more
TravelerWell done on spearing your first fish 🐟 👏
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Traveler Well done
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Traveler Hope it was tasty 😋
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- Day 267
- Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 8:41 AM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 19 m
- Australia Babinda Creek -17.324657, 145.9592917°19’29” S 145°57’33” E
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Big Day
September 24, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
What an action packed day.

It all started when I woke up to gunshots, so I quickly jumped out of bed and then saw Dad and uncle Ben dragging a deer 🦌. Once I saw they weren’t shooting any more deer I ran down and met them at uncle Ben’s caravan. Once Dad and uncle Ben got the deer up to Jared’s I got the excavator ready, and helped them string it up. After a very boring process of Dad and Jared butchering the front half of the deer, we had to move the excavator into the shade so that the meat didn’t get hot. After removing the guts, I helped Jared butcher some deer for Odie. After we were finished, butchering the deer Jared taught us how to use the excavator. after using the excavator for a bit, it was time to go and get some firewood so we could boil up the deer head. While we were going to get firewood, Jared let Lachie and I drive his 10t truck. Lachie drove it on the way there and I drove it on the way back, but I had to drive it on the road. While, we were driving, I pulled off the road to let some old people past, and they gave me and Jared the dirty face, so as I drove off I started chasing them in the truck.

We finished the day off with nice a relaxing swim in Jared’s secret swimming hole.Read more
Traveler Nice 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♂️
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TravelerVery busy day 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
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- Day 271
- Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:52 AM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 44 m
- Australia Edmonton -17.021022, 145.72665317°1’16” S 145°43’36” E
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Sugar World
September 28, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Mum took Lachie, Payton and I to Sugar World.

When we got there, we put our stuff down and went straight on the water slides. There were three different types of water slides, one that you raced on mates, one that you went down on tubes, and one that you went down on your body. After going on all of the slides, we decided to go play putt putt. The putt putt was a bit boring, so after one round, we went and played on the slides for the rest of the day. After about six hours of non-stop playing, it was time to head home.Read more
TravelerLooks like heaps of fun.
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Traveler Looks like the peacocks were very interested in your lunch. 😳
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- Day 277
- Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 10:52 AM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia Green Island -16.752062, 145.97386216°45’7” S 145°58’26” E
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Green Island
October 4, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
As we pulled up to Green Island, it was so beautiful that we immediately started to think that we might stay here instead of going to Fitzroy Island.

As we were dropping the anchor, Lachie and Dad spotted a giant fish. After the anchor was down we all put our masks on and jumped in straight away. When we saw the big fish, we realised it was a GT and it was over a metre long. After I saw the GT, I jumped out, but mum kept snorkelling and apparently saw five turtles.

We walked around the whole island!!! It was only 1.6k. After we explored the island some more we went and got some chips for lunch and went for a swim in the pool.

We spent the rest of the day playing on the air mattress and swimming around.Read more
Traveler Beautiful island
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- Day 278
- Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 12:08 PM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Australia Green Island -16.757738, 145.97203116°45’28” S 145°58’19” E
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#2 Green Island
October 5, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
On day two, Dad woke us up bright and early to go fishing on Arlington Reef. After fishing for about an hour, we caught absolutely nothing, so we decided to troll back to Green Island.

When we got back to Green Island, we put our wetsuits on and went out snorkelling. We snorkelled for about an hour and probably saw six or seven turtles, and they were all really friendly.

After snorkelling, we blew up the air mattress and played on it for the rest of the day, and had lots of fun playing in the surges.Read more
TravelerLooks soo beautiful there Brax 😍
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TravelerGood day
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Traveler I like this shot
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- Day 279
- Friday, October 6, 2023 at 10:06 AM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Australia Green Island -27.42538, 153.2369227°25’31” S 153°14’13” E
#3 Green island
October 6, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
After we woke up we had some breakfast and Mum, dad and I decided to go for a snorkel underneath the jetty. We jumped off the end of the jetty and straight away there was a massive school of fish. After snorkelling back to the boat, and seeing some turtles on the way, we decided to go into Marine World.

As we walked through Marine World to see the crocodiles, we walked past, the anemones enclosures with all the incy wincy clownfish. After looking at all the crocs, we finally saw Cassius, the largest crocodile in captivity. Cassius was 5 1/2 m long and super fat.

After having some chips, it was time to head back. We were all a bit nervous because it was really rough, but we made it home safe and sound.Read more
TravelerWould have loved to go , oh well maybe another time ?
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- Day 282
- Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:13 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Australia Red Peak -16.844954, 145.69465616°50’42” S 145°41’41” E
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Dad‘s birthday🥳
October 9, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Lachie and I woke up bright and early and gave Dad his birthday hug, and then he surprised us by telling us that we’re going to the cable park.

When we got to the cable park, we got our gear and raced over to the start. Because we were beginners the lady told me and Lachie to start off on the knee board . After going around a couple of times, we swapped over to beginner boards, which are basically wake boards, but they only had straps over your toes. After falling off a lot and only making it around the full loop twice our time was up.

On the way back, we stopped to get some Vietnamese pork rolls for dad‘s birthday dinner. The next day, Dad was super sore and didn’t want to go wake boarding for another week.Read more
TravelerPop and I saw the ski park from the cable car 🚡
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Traveler No candles ? 🤣🤣🤣
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- Day 286
- Friday, October 13, 2023 at 2:34 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 215 m
- Australia Yarrabah -17.351854, 145.85511817°21’7” S 145°51’18” E
Hidden Falls
October 13, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
One day, Mum and Dad surprised us by taking us to the hidden waterfall. We thought it was only going to be an hour there and an hour back, but it ended up being three hours to get to the top. While we were walking there, the only way you knew you were going in the right direction was because there was pink ribbons, but we got lost a couple of times.

When we got to the bottom of a large waterfall Lachie and I thought we were finally there, but you had to walk up a really steep hill to get to the real waterfall. While Mum and Dad walked up to the top of the waterfall, Lachie and I stayed down the bottom and played.

On the walk back, it was a lot quicker because we knew where we were going. When we got back to the car we went for a nice refreshing swim.Read more
TravelerWhat a hike . Nice swim at the end though 👌
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TravelerBig walk
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- Day 286
- Friday, October 13, 2023 at 7:15 PM
- 🌙 22 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Australia Wright Creek -17.002209, 145.76670817°0’8” S 145°46’0” E
Sprint Cars
October 13, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
One day we were sitting at Jared’s when Blaze offered to take Lachie and I to the Sprint cars with Peyton.

As we pulled up, we jumped out of the car and found our spot. After we were done setting up and watching the first few races Peyton, Lachie and I decided to go and play on a slippery hill. After rolling around and playing we watched the fireworks and then Blaze dropped Lachie, Peyton and I at our caravan for a sleepover.Read more
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- Day 288
- Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 8:41 AM
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 36 m
- Australia Silky Oak Creek -17.9601, 145.93452517°57’36” S 145°56’4” E
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Franklin Islands Day One
October 15, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We stayed on the Franklin Islands for three days. Lachie and I were excited because we got to bring our friend Peyton.

When we got there, Lachie, Peyton and I blew up the air mattress and went onto the island to build cubby houses. We built a cubby houses out of driftwood that we found on the beach and made the floor out of flat pieces of coral.

In the afternoon, we went over to Normandy Island where we snorkelled with turtles. Peyton was really excited to snorkel with turtles, because she had never swam with turtles before.

After having a long day, we watched a movie and went to bed, excited for the next day.Read more
TravelerThat was nice your friends went along 😃
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Traveler Great photo
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Traveler Cozy
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