Cape Byron Lighthouse
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I landed in Byron Bay after only a one hour plane ride from Sydney. On my first day there we walked up to the Cape Byron Lighthouse which is the Easternmost point on the whole continent of Australia. Meaning if I went any more east I would land in the ocean. At the lighthouse there was a swamp wallaby (it looks like a small kangaroo) which the aboriginals call "mani" . There were also magpies which seemed to be like cute little birds until my brother started feeding them. It turns out they are vicious. First I was eating a peanut butter granola bar when my parents wanted to take a picture so I put my bar down on top of my things. Then suddenly one of the magpies grabs the entire rest of my bar (which was about half, that is a lot for a small bird)! Then it ran away and bragged about it to the other birds. I was kind of disappointed about it all. But then my mom was eating a bar, holding it in her hand, about to take a bite when another magpie snatches it out of her hand! We thought these magpies were so mean and aggressive. My dad started to tell stories about when he was a kid riding his bike and a magpie dove down and pecked vigorously at his neck. We decided to get out of there as soon as possible. We hiked back down to our car and drove home.
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/historic-buildings-places/Cape-Byron-Lighthouse
Hola, mate!
I landed in Byron Bay after only a one hour plane ride from Sydney. On my first day there we walked up to the Cape Byron Lighthouse which is the Easternmost point on the whole continent of Australia. Meaning if I went any more east I would land in the ocean. At the lighthouse there was a swamp wallaby (it looks like a small kangaroo) which the aboriginals call "mani" . There were also magpies which seemed to be like cute little birds until my brother started feeding them. It turns out they are vicious. First I was eating a peanut butter granola bar when my parents wanted to take a picture so I put my bar down on top of my things. Then suddenly one of the magpies grabs the entire rest of my bar (which was about half, that is a lot for a small bird)! Then it ran away and bragged about it to the other birds. I was kind of disappointed about it all. But then my mom was eating a bar, holding it in her hand, about to take a bite when another magpie snatches it out of her hand! We thought these magpies were so mean and aggressive. My dad started to tell stories about when he was a kid riding his bike and a magpie dove down and pecked vigorously at his neck. We decided to get out of there as soon as possible. We hiked back down to our car and drove home.
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.
Protester Falls
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Today we had to drive a while to get to this place but it was definitely worth it. This place is called Protestor Falls because in 1989 logging industries wanted to turn the entire rainforest into logging (chopping down wood). Some people called protesters were against it, they wanted to keep it a rainforest. It is home to endangered frogs and other species. In many different ways the protesters helped save the rainforest such as staying over night, singing and holding hands at Protester Falls for many months. It was a very peaceful protest and it definitely worked. Now people like me and my family can come and hike here and it's just the same as it was millions of years ago, during the time of dinosaurs! According to the Lonely Planet guide, "In evolutionary terms it's a time capsule, representing ecosystems that have existed since before the breakup of Gondwana, the ancient super-continent that once included Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, South America, Africa and India. It's thought that Gondwana started to break up around 80 million years ago."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondwana
On our hike we saw a lot of wildlife like palm trees and rocks that had plants living on top of them there was also many prehistoric trees like the fern. When we finally got to the waterfall it was so big . My brother, my dad and myself hiked up behind the waterfall. It was so cool you could feel the droplets of water with so much power coming all the way down from the top. This was an amazing experience for me.
Hola, mate!
Today we had to drive a while to get to this place but it was definitely worth it. This place is called Protestor Falls because in 1989 logging industries wanted to turn the entire rainforest into logging (chopping down wood). Some people called protesters were against it, they wanted to keep it a rainforest. It is home to endangered frogs and other species. In many different ways the protesters helped save the rainforest such as staying over night, singing and holding hands at Protester Falls for many months. It was a very peaceful protest and it definitely worked. Now people like me and my family can come and hike here and it's just the same as it was millions of years ago, during the time of dinosaurs! According to the Lonely Planet guide, "In evolutionary terms it's a time capsule, representing ecosystems that have existed since before the breakup of Gondwana, the ancient super-continent that once included Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, South America, Africa and India. It's thought that Gondwana started to break up around 80 million years ago."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
On our hike we saw a lot of wildlife like palm trees and rocks that had plants living on top of them there was also many prehistoric trees like the fern. When we finally got to the waterfall it was so big . My brother, my dad and myself hiked up behind the waterfall. It was so cool you could feel the droplets of water with so much power coming all the way down from the top. This was an amazing experience for me.
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Today my family decided to hike up on a mountain. There was a lot of wildlife such as palm trees, biting ants, dangerous plants to look out for but there is also really cool cures for these things that grew close together. We thought it would be fun to go all the way to the top but it's hard when you have a 4 year old brother that needs his nap. So we decided to only go a little more than half of the way though it was still challenging and had an amazing view as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
After our hike we got some lunch. We got meat pies and cold drinks. My favorite meat pie was the one with beef and a egg and cheese (the one in the picture is potato flavor). They were really good. My brother was trying to get some ketchup for his and messed up and it went all over himself he looked like a ketchup monster. After that we drove home and went to the beach.
What an amazing adventure! Stay away from thise pesky magpies!
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