Legoland!

When I went to Legoland for 2 days, it was so fun. My best ride was the Jungle Coaster and the Driving School (where the car looks like a Lego piece). There was a maze and you had to find your way through it. It actually took 25 million pieces of Lego to build Legoland. On a ride called the Space Tower (see the picture above), I had to pull my weight plus the chair and my dad. It was hard! On the log shoot, I got soaked. Then I got to go to the best bit: the Miniland. You got to see some countries of the world (built in Lego). You also got to see the London Eye. Then I had to go home.

If you look at all the pictures below (and the spider in the photo above), you'll see that everything is made of Lego.

Foreign tooth fairies

Another tooth fell out while I was in England. Will my Australian tooth fairy find me? Or will an English tooth fairy have to do the job instead? Will I be paid in UK pounds sterling or Aussie dollars?

I put my tooth in an envelope and addressed it to the Australian tooth fairy, but when I woke up the next morning, nothing had happened. I was really upset. Then Grandma said that it was probably because of the time difference. So we waited until later on in the day when it was night time in Australia and then found the tooth fairy had left AUS$5!

Fishing on the River Cam and sightseeing in Cambridge

My Grandma and Grandad took me fishing on the River Cam at a village called Grantchester. We borrowed a fishing rod and stopped at a pet shop on the way to get hooks and maggots. The people in the pet shop helped us put the line in the rod, and put the float and hook on the line. The maggots were multi-coloured so you can see them when they are under water. When we got to the river bank, we threw some maggots in the water to attract the fish. Then we put a couple of maggots on the hook and put the line in the water. The fish were quite smart and could get the maggots without being hooked. But after some time, we managed to catch 2 fish. They were too small to eat so we put them back in the water.

The next day we went around Cambridge on a double decker bus. We learnt a lot about the colleges of the university, and how places got their name. Did you know that Vikings invaded England after the Romans, and settled in Cambridge in an area called Danishtown? It was also a settlement for Knights of the Crusade: they liked round things, like roundtables and round churches. And it was also a town where the Romans stopped when marching between the capital cities they established in Colchester (Essex) and somewhere up north.

London Eye: a big ferris wheel

When we went to the London Eye, it was very fun. We got to see the whole of London. The London Eye is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the largest ferris wheel in the world or something like that.

Going on safari

When we went to Woburn Safari Park we saw lots of animals like lions, tigers and lots more. Some monkeys jumped on our car. There was a bit where you can go in your car and bit where you can walk. One monkey jumped on my dad and pulled his ears. You can see that we got very close to some of them.



The lady at the gate asked if we would like any maps and timetables when we bought our tickets. I said "No, thank you, I would rather look at the animals than do MATHS and TIMETABLES."

My uncle lives near Harry Potter

We went to stay with my Uncle Kevin in Cheltenham for a week, where we visited a place where they filmed parts of Harry Potter. If you have seen Harry Potter, or played any of the computer games, you will recognise this courtyard and cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral which really look like the inside of Hogwarts.

We went to this place where they play a game called cheese rolling: someone throws a large roll of cheese down the hill, and people chase after it. Whoever catches it gets to keep it. When we got to the top we could see how steep it was. We saw a TV show which showed people running down the hill and they could not stop themselves and tumbled down instead.

We had a Sunday lunch in a Cotswold village. Chipping Campden is a place where they play a game called shin kicking. The aim of the game is to kick the other person's shin and push. The first one down loses.

We went to a village called Bourton-on-the-Water. They had a car museum, a brass band playing on the green, and a model village. The village is also where they play football in the water.

The model village is an actual scaled down version of the village, but one building was bigger than me. The shops had mini toys in there and other stuff. In the model village, we could also see a model of the model village. When we came out we saw some buildings that were in there.

Wall.E

I wrote a story about the film Wall.E. Click here to see it. And here is me with Wall.E at Hong Kong Disneyland.

The Stone of Royse

The town where my grandparents live is named after a rock! Here I am sitting on the stone of Royse (which means cross). So the stone is at the crossing of the two old main streets in the town.

London via Bangkok

We stopped off halfway to London, at Bangkok Airport. We had a little walk around. There was also this escalator thing but it didn't go up. It was cool. 10 minutes later we were on the next plane. Then I had a sleep until we got halfway from Bangkok to England. The next thing I knew, we were nearly at London. When we arrived, we waited at the airport for my Grandma and Grandad. Then I saw them and I was very happy.

Another new cousin

Remember my cousin Orlando who was born 2 years ago? Well, he now has a little sister called Skylar. I'm glad she arrived before I set off for England.

Tap happy

I have started tap dancing classes. I've done a few lessons and can already do my timestep. I am really inspired by Billy Elliot because I went to see the theatre show in Sydney, and Grandma and Grandad bought me the DVD of the movie.