New bike

It was a Friday afternoon and me and my mum were heading to the bike shop to look for a new bike for me. I was so excited I knew exactly what I wanted. As I walked into the door one of the bikes caught my eye. It was blue and shiny and the best thing about it was it had 21 gears. I knew it was the one for me.

I asked the man if I could try ride it. He said “sure” so he took the bike off the stand and took it out into the carpark and put down the seat.

I got on the bike and ride it round the carpark. It was my third time and as I was just turning around a car pulled in and I nearly crashed. I started heading back and I was so embarrassed that I told my mum I wanted to leave now and get the bike.

So we asked the man if he could hold on to the bike he said, ”yes.” I got into the car and said to my mum,”That's the one.”

Hanmer Springs

It was a warm hot day in Hanmer Springs and my cousins and I were all getting ready to go on a new bike ride that I had never been on. I was excited and scared at the same time but I knew that I could do it. I put my helmet on got my biking gloves and set off to get my bike.

Once I had got my bike my dad put the bike on the car, I hopped in the car and we were gone. We were finally there. It was a very dusty track and the scent of pine cones went threw my nostrils. I got my bike and then my dad said, “it is mostly downhill,” so I was glad about that.

I started going down the big hill with my brakes on. The next minute I came to a stop with my cousin Bronte. We had lost everyone. I started panicking where were they. We were there for a moment until finally my superhero was here to save me. It was my dad. We carried on as I told him about my thoughts of where he was he said “I was trying to catch up with you”. So I was safe . 

Tahiti

Tahiti

I was in Tahiti and I was about to go whale watching. I couldn't wait. As I approached the boat, the captain said, “We are now heading off.” I was so tired that I had to go over to my mum and have a rest.

After about 35 minutes, I heard a loud voice saying, “Get your snorkelling gear on, we have seen a whale.”

I immediately woke up and then the captain said, “You are only allowed to go in the water if you are a good swimmer.”

I knew I was a good swimmer. When I got in the water I was so quiet I couldn't even make one splash. I hopped on my dad's back and put my head in the water. Then I realised it was a baby humpback whale. I slid off my dad’s back and it was just there. It was so cool to be there in the water with a whale. But the mum of the whale was scared of us so it was right at the bottom of the sea.

I was there for a while until a guy from another boat made a big splash and scared the whale off. The marine biologist, who was telling us all about the whales, asked if Oscar and I wanted to go back to the boat. I said yes so I hopped on his back.

Once we got on the boat I heard the marine biologist say to the captain, “We are going to see if we can find the whale.”

But when they came back they said they could not see it  so we headed back.