Travelog for: Miily

It was time to say goodbye to Carlisle and PinkyHH.

We all were very sad,





especially PinkyHH and I, because we are both bears and had a lot to talk about.



Gute Reise Euch Beiden ! (my German gets better every day !)

We visited a new town today - it is called Bad Oldesloe - and Rike went to school here.

It has some lovely places.







Behind the fountain is the Townhall.

In the afternoon - a new ToyVoyager arrived.

He is called Murph and really funny. He talked a lot -
and we had a nice evening, talking about all our adventures.

Hi Mum,

today I have to leave. I will come home to you Mum, and talk about my first trip. I really loved it.

And then I will go to my next host. It is nice to be a ToyVoyager.

We had to say goodbye. Maybe I will meet one of my new friends in the future again !



Greetings
Miily

I'm back at home from my first journey ( : It's so good to be at home.I met also Jelle and she also goes to travel like me !
Next I'm going to Australia.
Here I go !

I've finally arrived in Australia. :-) Not much to do today it's very overcast outside... which Sara seems to think is nice but apparently it's been very sunny, and after a very sunny and hot Summer she's finally ready to see some Autumn and Winter... oh well! I've met two other toyvoyagers, and a stay-at-home toyvoyager Sara has... well I'm going to rest for a while I'll update again soon! Miss you mom!

We all took another trip to Bathurst today and we were able to spot some kangaroos... sadly we couldn't see them very well... see how far away they are? You can just see one between the tree and the bush in the photo I'm in...


...and here is a close up of the kangaroo in the above photo... obviously he didn't want to face the camera for the photos... maybe he's a bit camera shy?


...what you're missing is Sara making noise to try to get him to turn around for the photos... finally she got him to look in our direction, sadly it didn't last long...


...on the way back to the car Sara spotted two others, behind a chain link fence, so not that great of photos... but here are two others. The one on the left side is very noticeable and Sara has seen many times... he's got odd eyes... but he's quite cute isn't he? The second photo is a close up of him...



Well that was that... Sara's going to Bathurst again soon so hopefully we can see a bit more of the city next time... write again soon!

We've been driving a lot lately going out of town... and what seems like going everywhere around New South Wales for job's and a bit extra money here and there... well today we took a road trip as far South as Yasswhich is just above of the Australian capital territory... Sara's only been to this area of New South Wales a couple times...

Sadly since we were on a very tight schedule we couldn't do any sight seeing today... here are some photos of us on the main street...



Finally we found what we wanted... the Westpac bank... time to go!


Write again soon... at our next stop!

Next stop was an even smaller town called Cootamundra... again we couldn't get any photos in the main bit of town, it was a very quick stop... even quicker than the stop at Yass but we had to get back on the road... here are some photos while in Cootamundra driving around...




Write again soon! :-)

Next stop we were given a bit more time to sight see... we got to see the big sign welcoming us to the town... we are now in Young! The cherry capital of Australia, hence the very large cherries you see in the photo...


...here's a better and more straight on photo of the sign...


...and here's some photos of us in the main street of the city:



...and lastly we got to pay our respects at the local war memorial... can you see us?


...how about now?


...well here's an even closer photo of us... it was very very very windy... so a few of us took flight and Sara had to catch us and put us back on there to get our photo taken...


If you want to read what the plaque says here you go...


...and here are all the names... amazing isn't it?



Lastly there was this really nice plaque on the ground, it was very pretty... it says Lest We Forget...


Well that was it... we also made a stop off at Cowra which was our last stop before heading back home... sadly no photos were taken but here's a photo of us on the highway heading South towards Canberra...


That was a big day! Write again soon! :-)

Today is Sara's son's 3rd birthday... so we helped out in making the cake... for being allergy free (no gluten) it's actually really yummy!

One of the big reasons Sara hasn't been taking us out lately and doing updates is she's been very busy, and the change of seasons (aka a drastic change in temperature) has caused Sara to get a bit sick... along with everyone else in the area... this hasn't changed much though she's still got to be up every day, cleaning, and taking care of her husband and her son... so we've not been doing much... hoping we can do something soon...

Although in the mean time, Sara looked outside tonight, and noticed something on her car... not much by any means but what is that?


Snow in June? Seriously?! It still surprises Sara (since she's from Washington - safely in the NORTHERN hemisphere) haha... really early even yet for any snow... it was August before we got any snow last year. Not much though, obviously it's no blizzard, but a big thing this early in the year... it's been raining HEAPS lately! Lots of wind and rain... it's been crazy!

It's definitely been cooling down, and it'll be a cold winter in Orange I think!

Today we visited Bathurst... this time it was a bit more rushed than normal, but we still checked out one of the biggest reasons people drive all the way out West... for the Mount Panorama race track, which holds the famous Bathurst 1000 which stops the nation every October, and makes everyone in the Central West quiver with fear as there are SO many people that come from all over just to see the races... it's a mad house in October...

I got to see the now famous Peter Brock statue that was unveiled last year at the races. He died a day or two after the famous Steve Irwin died... he's famous for winning the most races at this track... he's won 9 races at this track. Tragically he died in a qualifying a few days before a race, not at this track though thankfully... although there have been a few deaths on this track sadly... and some, not human...


...Sara took us up to an over pass section just near the entrance of the track to take some photos up there... Sara's not great with heights but she did it anyways, here I am looking at the starting gate of the track... quite fancy yes?


...and of course I can't visit Mount Panorama without seeing the famous 'Mount Panorama' sign on the side of the mountain... apparently when they were making this sign in the 70's someone messed with the rocks that used to make up the sign and made it say a bad word... which they then published in a newspaper, quickly realizing their mistake, had to gather all the newspapers which had already been delivered before the morning. Kind of a funny story none the less... haha...


Sara found this a bit funny... when she got up there there was a tractor on the track...


Finally, we got to take a ride on the track itself... if you look at the ad's on the side you can see some accidents that would have happened. Towards the end of the photos, you can see a blue sign that says "Falken" it's got a huge gash in the cement... that happened last year in a non fatal accident thankfully... and when you see the 'Holden' signs and then the drop, that's the top of the mountain that you can see from the Mount Panorama sign photo that I'm in if you look closely... :-) Anyways, here's the photos:






















So now you've seen the track up close and personal, it doesn't look like much but I can promise you at the speeds they go it would be kind of scary! Especially that drop, it's quite a tight turn after the drop as well... pretty exciting... now many V8 tracks you can drive on. Funny enough, sometimes people have to drive on part of the track to get to their houses, and there's a TAFE (community college) right next to the track as well. Not to mention quite a lot of vineyards...

Sadly since the kangaroo view area that we go to is close by this area, sometimes there are kangaroos that are hit on the track while the race is going on... pretty crazy, quite a few near misses as well! Poor things!

Sadly this time we didn't see any kangaroos when we went and searched for them! Ah well! Write again soon mom! Miss you!

Well... that was the last of my trip to Australia! I'm on my way to China - hopefully it wont' take too long to get there... at least I have some company... Rob Dyrduck and I can talk the whole way there! Write again when I get to China mom! Miss you!

Unfortunately it looks like I've been lost! :-( I hope to go home soon! :-(