Cairns: Day Twenty-Seven - Afternoon (15 November)

We caught the sky rail back to Cairns. It goes right over the rainforest and we stopped and had a ranger walk on the way. The ranger showed us some of the rainforest food that people can survive on, including a witchity grub, which is a bit like a fat white worm. I decided my ice cream was enough to keep me going until we had fish and chips for dinner at Miss Berry’s.

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Cairns: Day Twenty-Seven - Morning (15 November)

Out on a trip today! We took the steam train to Kuranda, a village in the mountains above Cairns. The line was built by a Mr Robb and takes one and a half hours. On the way the train slows down so people can take photos of Stoney Creek Falls and Barron Falls.

After lunch, we visited Koala Gardens, which is a small wildlife park with wombats and wallabies as well as koalas (and freshwater crocodiles, lizards and a turtle though I wasn’t so keen on seeing those). When we got there the koalas and wombats were asleep (they do that a lot) so we had an ice cream before going back. They were very cute, especially the 10 month old baby who was climbing everywhere just like a human toddler.

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Darwin: Day Twenty-Two (10 November)

Our last day in the Northern Territory! We visited a local war memorial and went swimming in three different croc-free places - Florence Falls, Buley Rockholes and Wangi Falls – and enjoyed a nice walk along Shady Creek which lived up to its name: hurrah. (As my profile says, I love sunbathing but 46 degrees Celcius is a bit too warm for someone as furry as me, especially when it’s humid too).

Our final stop was at the Banyan Tree before we began the long drive back to Darwin, showers without cane toads and air conditioning. Heaven!

We went out for pizza with some of the people from our trip and then went to bed as we flew to Cairns in the morning to visit Miss Berry, who used to teach at Claremont.


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South Africa: Day One (20 October)

Our first stop was Johannesburg in South Africa. We flew overnight from London on a double decker plane!

The South African Rugby team (the Springboks) had just won the Rugby World Cup. (They beat England). All the South Africans on the plane were very happy.

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Where in the World is Barnaby?

Question: Where in the World am I?

Answer: Year 2, Claremont Primary School

But this time last year I was somewhere very different. I had a special Round the World ticket that took me to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and (the United States of) America. (Thank you Mr Sutton Smith for letting me have time off).

This blog is the story of my Big Adventure one year on. Now read on ...


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