Home. Hi, everyone! We have arrived back home, and our trip around (most of) Australia has come to an end. I had an absolute blast and I know my Mum, Dad, & BogDogJaz did too. In fact, Dad is very sad that we're not travelling anymore. But, it's been awesome being able to see people again, friends and family. I've returned to school, and I actually got the role as School Captain in 2023! It's also been great being back in our house again... it's been a while, eh? If you followed my blogs, or just checked out a few, I feel very happy that I was able to share my trip with you. I hope I made you laugh and have a good time, as I try to make my blogs enjoyable to read. It's nearing Christmas at the time of writing, and we've got the home decorated and ready. I'm not sure if anyone will even see this blog in time, but if you are reading this in the next 3 days, then Merry Christmas! Our trip may have come to an end, but why be sad that it ended when you

  And so, our time with Taylor and Shannon has ended... but the trip must go on! Yeesh, those titles are so dramatic. I will admit though, I am very sad that they're gone. It was good having some more people around. Anyway, after Hahndorf, where Taylor and Shannon drove away and left us, we headed to Charleston, which wasn't very far away, only about a 20 minute drive. Fun fact; one of our old friends lives here, so we stayed at their farm. Whew, their farm... Had more than a few vehicles. I estimate... 2 million utes, 5 thousand buggies, 3 hundred tractors, and... I'm kidding. But still, there was a lot of  motor-mayhem happening here. Besides the odd amount of vehicles, we had a good time, excluding Mum, who had terrible hayfever. Next stop, Victor Harbour! Since Coffin Bay, this is the first location where it was just us again. We stayed here for 3 days, and while Mum and Dad were chillin', I was working on a School Captain speech for when I get back to school, as I&

  Jetty. Fudge. Whyalla... wasn't much, to us anyway. We stayed for just one night, and our site was near the beach. There was a very cool jetty here, and was a shape kinda like this; ***************                                                                               *          *                  *           *                                      ... *************** ... it was two circles. ANYWAY we played Up & Down the River again, and then we left, we really didn't do much. At Hahndorf, however, Mum went on a shopping spree. Tay & Shannon were still with us, so we all explored the town. Mum bought a LOT of fudge, and some other sweet things. If you don't know, Hahndorf is a German town, and there are many, many, many sweet stores there. For dinner we went to... guess... a restaurant. Mum & Dad made the mistake of ordering a meat platter and they pulled me into it. It was literally a mountain of badly cooked meat with nothing else, no greens to wash