IF I FOUND A SET OF KEYS, WHAT WOULD THEY OPEN?
 
We found keys! Are they regular keys that look like our house and car keys OR are they magic keys that sparkling and covered in glitter?
 
Keep reading, these keys are about to open our entire imaginations!
 
​IF I FOUND A SET OF KEYS, WHAT WOULD THEY OPEN?
 
We found keys! Are they regular keys that look like our house and car keys OR are they magic keys that sparkling and covered in glitter?
 
Keep reading, these keys are about to open our entire imaginations!
 
Today’s blog is if I had a key to somewhere where would it open up to
If I had a magic set of keys the door would open to Disneyland in China because it's the happiest place on earth. I would go on rides, l'm not sure which ones yet... I'll have to wait until I'm there to see what ones I like. I would take photos with all my favourite characters like Mulan, Moana, Cinderella, Snow White, Belle, Elsa and so many more! There is a lot of yummy food at Disneyland and I would like to try new things and desserts like the ice cream in the shape of Mickey Mouse. I will wait until it's night time to watch the fireworks and light show, it will be so cool. Disney is my favourite so I would buy merchandise like jumpers, shirts, and Disney ears. Disneyland has shows running during the day and I would make sure I would go and watch all of them. I would take my family with me and we would have a fun day all together. I would use this key all the time to go to my favourite place.
See you next week, Claire.
 
If I found a set of key's and on those key's was a note attached saying "Finders Keepers", I would make a wish and it will come true.
My dream would be having V8's and the best racing cars ever made. I would build twenty car-pits where we would service the car tyres and make adjustments or repairs. I would employ twenty of the most professional drivers and have the best car track ever been built in the world.
The best thing about having this racing track is I could race and have my friends come and join me.
Nick
 
 
If I find a set of keys I would get a car and it would be an orange BMW car and still wait to save up money. I could then get a house with the keys, with an orange roof.  The house keys will also be orange.  Then I can wait to save up more money to build a house and make sure everything is good inside the house.  I can make it just a small house with a tv room and bedroom and kitchen. All the stuff, a shower and toilet too.
TJ
 
Hello and welcome to a key part of my week. If I could find a set of keys, I would use them to unlock any sporting or media event in the world. I would love to be able to access any radio station or sporting event in the world so I can unlock my full potential.

As readers would know I love my sport and media so this would be awesome. I would love to be a sports star by day and DJ by night. I’ve always had a passion for radio so being a DJ would be so cool. If people were to hire me as a DJ, I wouldn’t want to be paid in cash but be paid in alcohol. 

I would also use the keys to ensure that people had free use of any bottle shop in the world. I love this idea as a blog as it forces me to think as if I don’t have a disability. What would your keys unlock? How often would you use them? What would you do if your keys broke?
 
Keep being awesome and keep believing in yourself because your keys can unlock anything if you set your mind too. - Ben1
 
It was a summer night, I’m at the beach watching the sunset.
The sun booming down on the sea of water, everyone was packing up and heading home. I was the last person heading toward the car park, got my sandy sandals in my hands walking in the sand bare-foot. I took a step in the sand and dusk picked up and revealed a set of keys in the sand.  I picked them up, thinking I could catch the person who had dropped them at the car park. 
 
The car park was empty apart from my car, I gathered my thoughts on what to do with them, I kept them and took them home with me. I got home, patted Maggie and Banshee, placed my stuff on the ground and heard a cling dang. I looked down, the keys I found fell out of my bag,  I picked them up and placed them on the mantle above the fireplace. I went into the kitchen and made myself a tea, again I heard a cling dang.  I poked my head around the corner, the keys had fallen off the mantle, I went to go picked them up again and placed them up onto the mantle place again. Since it was summer the fireplace wasn’t on, but I saw a bit of glow coming from inside the fireplace. 
I ignored it, thinking it was my imagination. 
 
I went to bed that night, Maggie and Banshee didn’t come to bed, they were just sitting in front of the fireplace, which I found a bit odd. The following morning, I woke up, to the sight of Maggie and Banshee in front of the fireplace, still finding it rather odd, they only sat there in winter when the fire was blaring with warmth.
 
Midday has come and the cats were still acting particularly odd, so I had to investigate what their problem was.  I bent down to the fireplace and saw that glowing sight again, I placed my hand into the fireplace and my hand knocked some of the old ashy logs out of the way.  There was some sort of trap door with a keyhole. I touched the keyhole and as soon as I did that, the keys fell off the mantle place right next to me.  I thought to myself that was very odd, I picked up the keys and Banshee and Maggie both came running into the lounge room in front of the fireplace. I ponded “what if this key fits the lock”.

I started to unlock the lock door in the fireplace with the keys, I felt a tremble in my hands.  I saw an amber looking light behind the cracks of the door, the door itself cracked open. Banshee and Maggie barged right past me, and disappeared into the darkness, I had to follow them to get them back.
 
I walked for ages in the dark hollow hallway of some sort. It had candles lit in an arch window all the way down, the further I walk, the fire place trap door got smaller. I reached a door,  the cats were scratching and meowing at the door.  I turned the door knob, it was locked so I tried the second key to the door.  I heard the click of the door unlocking and the door crept open, I walked in and it was some sort of cat haven, Maggie and Banshee ran into the room.  I walked in behind them, and there was everything cat related.  anything that they could asked for, endless amount of toys,  they were in their happy place. 
 
 I sat there for ages watching them, Maggie rolling, I knew she was comfortable. Banshee sat with me for a while. Once he saw Maggie running and rolling around he took off.
I headed back home, I left the door open so Maggie and Banshee can get in and out whenever they wanted.  I sat down for dinner, and heard Banshee's bell come from the lounge room, he jumped onto the table and gave me a big head boop then took off back again to the cat haven.  – Haley
 
 
If I had a magic key to anywhere it would open a poodle mansion, which would be a mansion filled with poodles. I would open the door and cuddle and play with all the dogs. All the poodles already have names so I would try really hard to learn them all. I’d bring treats with me like ham and cheese to give to the dogs because I know they would love it! If the dogs needed, I would walk them around the gardens of the mansion. I would also take lots of photos of the dogs to show everyone once I got back home.  - This is Annie signing off.
 
The key that I find will open a 7/11 store. My very own. I would put in biscuits, lollies, drinks, snacks, more snacks, and chips.
I would have a lot of Slurpee’s and I would open it 24/7 and have chips too. Everything would be free especially for dogs. And all my favourite people. 
Ben C
 
What to do with random keys…
What if you were given a random set of keys, where would they lead you and what would they unlock? I used to imagine that I had imaginary random keys as a child and I would pretend that they opened the door to my cubby house. Just as well they were imaginary keys because the door to my cubby house was also imaginary. There was a cut out for an entry and I would pretend to unlock and open the imaginary door. It was like I was unlocking the door to a world of my own. It was wonderful that I had such a great imagination as a child.

As for today’s set of keys I think I’d like them to be keys to a secret garden where I can have my own quite piece of the world, with insects, animals and plants as companions. I have always loved the idea of a secret garden since I saw the movie The secret garden though I probably wouldn’t invite any friends to my garden as it would be my own place to go to unwind and just be. My ultimate dream to have a place all my own.

I have since read the book version of The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett and it’s up there as one of my favourites. I would have a garden library so that I could get some reading in and obviously I’d have The secret garden book in my secret garden library as well as many other titles. They would be able to be locked away to keep the books safe.

My secret garden would be a wonderful escape from a world that I don’t always understand and that doesn’t always understand me. I think everyone deserves a place to unwind, decompress and a place where all that’s expected of you is to just be you.
Thank you for reading my blog today beautiful friends,
Your friend always,
Shan.


If you had a set of keys it will open an abandoned mental asylum and I would not touch it for renovations because I do not want to disturb the spirits in there. I don’t want to be accused of painting the wrong colour so I would just leave it as the original colour.  I will make sure they’re at peace and make sure the ghost adventures do a tour in my mental asylum. 

I’ll be locking them up for 24 hours so they could explore the levels. I’m learning about this history to see if they catch anything on the video or on the EVP and when they get the evidence I’m willing for them to share their experiences on their social media including putting my mental asylum on the map so anyone can do a ghost tour of the asylum to pay their respects to the sprits. If they had their family members who would have been a patient or visiting their friends who were dying for yellow fever or tuberculosis Ash


Dear readers, this week’s topic is if you had keys to anywhere, where would it be. 
Let me start by telling you about if I had keys they would lead to heaven and when I got there, there would be big golden gates or that’s what I imagine in my head and I go straight to my dad and give him the biggest hug. While we are talking I would tell him how I love and miss him and about my life and why he is proud of me and also I would ask him for advice about life in general, and what life in heaven has been for him. 
Maybe he can show me where he has been living. 

I would hope these keys would give me a whole day with my dad.
What would you do if you had a random set of keys?
Written by Charlotte



Hi friends how are you? Today’s topic is if you had a random set of keys just handed to you what would it open and where would it lead you? I would open my own karaoke bar and it would be the biggest one in the world. To start with it would be in a huge warehouse that has two levels. The first level would be like a party room with multi coloured lights, disco balls and the biggest screen to read the words. The microphones would have diamonds on them and beautiful red carpet on the floor.

At the back of the room is a huge bar which serves every drink you could think of. Cocktails are our specialty and we would have all the latest soft drinks and coffee facilities as well as all different kinds of candy’s.

The top level will be called the “princess room” with beautiful furniture which would be covered in thick luscious rainbow faux fur. Above all the furniture there would be ten  chandeliers hanging from the ceiling sparkling in the distance.

My guest would be famous people from around the world and my beautiful friends and family and especially my support workers.

Signing off until next week as your karaoke princess Bethany


 
This week's blogging topic is one where I must use my imagination. The topic is if I have lots of keys what can I open with those keys. Firstly, if I have a key I want to use it to open the door of a shop that is in my imagination. The shop sells lots of cute merchandise, the shop is called "Lala". I already opened the door using my key and what I saw was a lot of cute stuffed animals such as: Disney, sanrio, different animals like zebra, monkey, sharks, fish too. Do you like stuffed animals ? 

Then there's a second door of Lala shop, I must use my key again or else I cannot see what's inside the other door. I opened the door and inside the second door there is more cute merchandise and the second door has stationary, lunchboxes, cute backpacks and cute cutlery too. It's such an amazing shop I love it already. I had a look at the cute stationary area and then I finished looking at the school supplies section.

There’s another door of Lala shop, I have to use my key again. When I opened it, it has gift stuff like: wrapping paper, gift bags, ribbon and greeting cards too. Isn't my shop cute ? Even though I had to use keys to open all the door for each section. 

Now I finished writing about Lala shop, I want to use my key for other thing. I want to use it to open a cupboard, the colour of the cupboard is light brown. Inside the cupboard it had lots of my favourite things. The first thing I saw has colouring books. There were mickey, zoo animals, underwater animals, unicorns, kids colouring books with various pictures. Then the second thing was my nostalgia stuff in there. I found my Barney DVD that I used to watched when I was a kid. It was a sing and dance Barney, outer space, round and round we go and you can be anything. Have you ever watch Barney?

I also found my childhood Disney nursery rhymes cassette. I had three Disney cassettes. It had a picture of Mickey ( volume 1), Pluto ( volume 2) and d
Donald  ( volume 3). Then the third is I found a pack of fabell castell pencils it had 100 colour pencils inside the pack. I can use heaps of different colours as you all know I enjoy colouring in. If only this cupboard was real, it would be cool if this is real. 

If you have keys what would you use it for ? Is it to open a shop or to open a cupboard with all your favourite things like me? 

Thanks for reading. I hope you all found my stories awesome. Love from: Jacinda (Miss Blogger)

What is your super power?
 
What would it be if you had one and how would you use it? Today our bloggers share with you what superpower they would love to have and how they would use it!

I’m not one for the normal superpowers,  from x-men or the avengers movies but I do have quite a few superpowers I would like. One would be to smell from the tv, smell-a-vision. It’s kind of like the Wonka TV where Mike gets transferred from the world to the tv, but instead it would be the smell from the TV. It would get transferred and I could smell. For example all those cooking shows, the chefs always say it smells amazing, but does it really?

At least with smell-a-vision power we would know. I would love to be able to know what other people are thinking while Looking at their art or writing their book. I think that would be amazing, but I wouldn’t like to read people minds all the time, that would get exhausting. 

There’s a syndrome called Sound-colour synsethia. This is when people listen to music they can see colours and they make art from seeing these colours. Ever since I watched Carrie, I would also love to be able to do telekinesis, but I wouldn’t use it for bad,  just for my lazy bum and move things toward me. It would help me with moving stuff within my reach as well. 

I don’t know what I would call this superpower if they were together but maybe, Wonka Colour synesthesia telekinesis power. 
That’s all from me. 
Signing off, Haley. 
 
Hello and welcome to a blog with a difference. Yes, my friends I’m blogging from home today. Today’s topic is if we had a superpower what would it be and why? I would love the ability to be in multiple places at once so I didn’t have to miss out on seeing my friends meanwhile doing a very important thing at home. I would love for everyone to be able to clone themselves so we can all be in two places at once and not have to worry about missing out. The advantages of technology means I don’t have to miss out on blogging this morning and I can still be a part of it even though I’m not physically there. I would also love the superpower to transport myself to any sporting event in the world without my disability being a factor. I would love the power to be anyone I wanted to be without any restrictions. What would your superpower be? Would you use it for good or bad?
Keep being your super selves. - Ben1
 
My superpower is to be able to teleport.
I would like to teleport because I would be able to go to Northern Ireland and go see my family. Annabel.


Dear readers, this week’s topic is if I would have a superpower and what would it be? Let me start by telling you that if I had a superpower it would be to have a freezing superpower so if anyone annoys me I would be able to freeze them in time and I would leave them there frozen. I am not unfreezing them.  

The positive side of my superpower would be that I would be able to make a winter wonderland and sell ice, snow cones, hot drinks, comfort food, and there would be an ice skating rink.  I would charge a decent amount of money for entry so that I would be rich and no one would complain about how much I charge.   
What would your superpower be and why?
Written by Charlotte.


My superpower would be to be able to fly and be invisible so people can’t find me anywhere. Being able to sleep easy and eat whatever I feel like and not put on any weight. I would love to make sure everyone is safe and healthy with positive wellbeing, making sure that everyone has no problems with their mental health and be illness free. I need another superpower and that’s to free the world of all wars and deaths and feed the children in war-torn countries. Thank you for reading my blog this week  Ash  
 
If I had a superpower it would be invisibility.  
I would use my superpower to prank people because I think it would be super funny. I would do things like moving peoples things around, tripping them, and knocking their stuff off the table. I essentially would act like a ghost and make people think they are haunted. I would do all my grocery shopping invisible and not pay for my items, I would get lots of cookies and chocolates, I might even empty the whole shop to make the workers think they're going crazy . This is Nick signing off
 
 
If you had a superpower, what would it be and how would you use it?
I would love to have the superpower understanding and healing animals and insects. I talk to animals and insects anyway, but it would be lovely to know that the conversation isn't one sided and I could make animal and insects friends for real. I think talking to and understanding and healing animals and insects as the one superpower would be wonderful. If I could heal animals/insects I could take away their pain without the added stresses of having to take them to strangers and new environments.

 It would help me know if my Scaley Breasted Lorikeet, Katut the angry bird is as angry as she sounds. Does she have any pressing issues that we need to address? Would she like to talk to someone about her anger if she is angry? Honestly, I just want to know what her deal is and how we can make her feel even more spoilt and loved than she already is. I love her so much and would love to be helpful to her.

I believe the conversations with our beautiful dog, Chopper the American Staffy, would be the most interesting and hilarious ever. He would really give me so much more to smile about. I already think he has a super great personality, and he is so beautiful and loving. I would love to help him if he has any problems or pains. We would need to have a conversation about how I could make bath time less scary to him and maybe we could work on a plan to make him feel more comfortable.

I would have the most amazing time talking to my magpie friends, sharing snacks with them and singing along to their beautiful songs. Honestly, I'd be chatting away to all my creature friends and do good in the animal/insect world.
Your animal/insect loving friend,
Shan.
 
If I had a superpower, what would it be? I would be a good swimmer because I like swimming. In the pool, I would do ten laps, and I would walk ten laps as well if I could. I would also open my every day people shop for all my friends to be apart of. Ben 2 
 
If I had a superpower it would be to be Superman to save people and make sure they are ok. I wish to dream to fly and be stronger and listen to other people, I try to be hero like other people try to be good and help them. TJ
 
 
Hey friends how are you? Today’s topic is if you have a superpower what would it be and how would you use it and why. The ability to talk to all animals and they talk back to me. I have lots of pets at home and they are called Sonny, Sasha, Leo, Girly, Silvia, Ripley, Tina and Sparkles. We have five cats, one dog and two fish.

Our conversation’s would be to plan their days instead of waiting for us to tell them what to do. They would be able to tell us where they want to go that day or for how long they want to go there.
They would tell us when they were upset with us and why.

I could ask them what is their favourite food was to eat and they could ask me as well.
We would have the most amazing loving conversations to share with and amongst ourselves.
Thank you for reading my blog this is Bethany with my superpowers, signing off.


This week’s topic is about superpowers.
I have researched a list of superpower on the internet. There's many to choose from such as invisibility, time travel, superhuman strength too. The reason why I researched it is because I don't really know much about superpowers and I am not fond of superhero movie like Batman, Supermen or Spiderman.

My chosen superpower is to be invisible. I chose to be invisible because it sounds like a cool superpower. According to Google the word "Invisible" means not able to be seen. I will use my invisible superpower when I am in public places like at the shopping centres when I see a familiar faces for example: If I bump into a friend from handmade or if I ever bump into a co worker that I know from work at the mall, because sometimes I don't feel like having a chitchat, if I don't have my Invisibility superpower they noticed me and say " Hi
How are you? What are you doing here? Did you buy anything?” I mean small talk is important in life, but sometimes I feel like I just want to be quiet and not say much. It will also be cool to be invisible when I am at a large party gathering, where there is a lot of people at the party. People wouldn't know if I am invisible and I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to hear loud music or loud people because I am invisible. Invisible in my ears too.

I want to have time travel superpower too. It means to travel into the past or future. As I mentioned in last week blog I really want a time machine where I can go back to a time when I was in kindergarten.

If I have a time travel power I want to revisit to a time when I went shopping with my dad when I was a kid just the two of us, mum and my brother were at home. I remembered dad and I went to the pharmacy and in the car I listened to Disney children nursery rhymes songs in the car, it still lifts my mood when I listened to it. It might sounds very simple but it's memorable, I still remembered that but I don't remember the date though.

If I have time travel I want to revisit when I went on safari with my family, this is also when I was small. I love seeing all the animals on the safari and then we usually ate KFC for lunch. We sat outside when the weather is nice, but if it's raining we ate inside. That's memorable too. I want to revisit to a time when Cindy's mum was still helping the handmade group because that's memorable too. Thanks for reading, I hope you all love my story. Love from: Jacinda

Announcement! – We have become inventors!
 
We are inventing the newest and most fabulous things and today, we would love to share them with you!
 
Dear readers this week’s topic is what would you like to invent?
Let me start by telling you about something that I would invent.  It would be something that would make my bed for me.  To be honest I’m a bit lazy when it comes to making my bed by myself and it would help me out especially when I’m busy during the week and don’t have time to it. By the time you read this blog I will be back at blogging and I can’t wait to be back at blogging. My mum said that if she was to invent something she would invent something that would fold all her clothes which I think is a good idea. 
Readers, I have a question what would you invent if you had the chance?
Written by Charlotte 
 
 
Hi, it’s blog time

If I could invent something I want to invent a time machine. I want to invent this because it would be cool to go back to my childhood days when things were carefree. If you could go to a past year what year would you go back to? 

Recently I looked back to my photos when I was two years old, and I put those photos in a safe place. I looked so different and I cannot go back to when I was two right? But if I invented a time machine and say I want to go back to when I was two that would be awesome, I would be a little kid again. Maybe if I am not having a good day or anxious about something I could go back to my childhood days without worries or anxiety. Being a five year old is fun to go back to so that would be cool if I can go back to that age using the time machine. I am not sure if everyone will agree with me, but that's okay, we are all different. 

I could invent a machine that could bring dead people back to life again, because I know people feel gloomy when their loved ones pass away. It would be great if they have them back again. I know there's a lot of people out there that have already lost a friend or family member and that's very sad. 

I want to invent a printer for WhatsApp stickers and I can stick those stickers in my journal book.  So for those that have WhatsApp, you can download stickers through the Apple store or play store and another thing you can create is your own stickers too. You might ask how will you do that Jacinda? It's a piece of cake; you go to create and pick photos on your gallery then choose how you want your stickers to be and send it to that person. I don't just collect real stickers, I collect fun stickers on Whatsapp too. You can even create stickers of your favourite food and drinks, family photos, your favourite celebrity too so anything really as long as you save them on your gallery. I have stickers of KFC (my create own stickers) if I have my sticker printer invention I can print my KFC stickers and stick them in my journal and then if people in
Handmade ( a program a do with Umbrella) looked at my stickers they might be craving for KFC hahaha. 

I want to invent playground for adults including the elderly because some elderly like to be active like my nan on my mums side. 

Thank you so much for reading my blog. I always have fun blogging. Hope you all love my invention blog. Love from: Jacinda
 
 
My invention would be doing a travel machine to see what my future looks like and protect people from not getting sick. My time machine would take me into the future and would bring the cure for cancer and all other diseases. I would make sure people don’t have to do chemotherapy and radiation.  My invention would help people access free medication. This makes me think of the people who have been exposed to cancer and I want to make sure there would be a cure from all the diseases and make sure they don’t get sick again. I hope my invention helps people to live a normal life without cancer in their body. I’ll try my hardest to make sure it works and if it doesn’t, I’ll do my best to try the experiment again. - From Ash
 
Hi friends how are you? Today’s topic is if you were to invent something what would it be and why. I have chosen to write about my invention and it is a hair colour changing brush .
The steps to apply colour to your hair are very easy.
1: Simply choose your colour, I would have twenty colours you can choose from.
2: Brush your colour through your hair.
3: You can use multiple colours if you like 
4: Your hair dries instantly too with my invention.

It’s simple, perfect, beautiful and stunning.
Unfortunately when I goggled my brush, shock and horror, I found it on Temu. That was the end of my invention before it even began. I’m disappointed and shattered but if you do want to dye your hair with a colour brush look up Temu. 
This is Bethany signing off until next week.
 
 
If I could invent something, it would be a cloning machine to clone myself so that I can have endless amount of skin for all of my tattoos and piercings and all of the rebellious stuff, that the real Haley wouldn’t do on her own body. 

Firstly, I would get a tattoo of horror icons on the leg from the ankle to the thigh. My next leg would have Disney/ Pixar themes. I would get a full back tattoo, arms, chest area. Also another type of tattoo called scarification. Secondly the piercings I would get are almost unheard of. One would be a corset piercing, where they cris-cross the ribbon into the loops to form a corset design on the back. I would also get dimple piercings, also would get more dermals, which involves punching out a piece of skin then place an anchor into the hole then screw on the decorative jewellery,  one would be on the finger, on the hips and the chest area. 

Thirdly, because I have a fake eye, I could get a funky eye, even glitter eye. There are so many cool designs that human Haley wouldn’t dream of having. My invention clone would just walk around without the eye. 

Then I would make the clone, stretchy so I can go on rides, and tall enough to get on to the pub chairs without clicking or jumping down.  Also tall enough to go to concerts into the mosh pits without smelling peoples arm pits. Also, I would dye my hair all kinds of colours that the real Haley wouldn’t dare to do.  Even though Haley has done black and red, purple, red.

The clone Haley would have so many animals that she can’t have, she would have ferrets, chinchilla, more cats, probably any animals you could think of. Well that’s my invention. A clone of myself so my alter ego can come out without and do all of the things I wouldn’t dare to do personally. Human Haley may have tattoos and did have piercings and dermals,  just not to the visible eye. 
Thank you for reading, - The real human Haley.
 
My invention this week.
First I’m going to sell my two Xbox and my ps4 and I’m going to get a ps5. It’s going to be fun with Daz, Alannah and with Ash playing games.  
I’m going to look after myself so that maybe I can get a car and learn to drive. I will need something to help me steer so I need to invent a special steering wheel. I would also need an extra foot pedal thing. Maybe my steering wheel has a handle and buttons for cruise control and indicators. If my levels are good every day of every week of every year I can get a license.  - From TJ
 
 
We are the inventers today...
Hello friends and fellow brilliant minds, today’s topic is ‘If we could invent something what would we invent?’ the minute I heard this was our topic, my brain went into overdrive, and I was a little bit excited to come up with an invention that would be new and exciting. Then a little thought popped in my head and the irrational thoughts won. Sorry readers, you might not be on board with my idea but since it’s completely fictional at this stage, I believe it’ll be ok.

So here is the idea, a bracelet that will shock you if you are unkind or cruel to another living being. Not a little shock either, like a whole out of body experience kind of shock and I say living being because I feel that you should be kind also to animals as well and it’s important to mention that this will be a court ordered accessory, there would be no ifs or buts. If you commit the crime you wear the bracelet. The shock will keep getting more powerful until you stop being unkind or cruel or until it knocks you right out and you need medical assistance. It will also alert the appropriate authorities of your location, and they will come for you.

The bracelet can only be removed two ways, by a designated law enforcement officer or if you die. So, to have it removed the person must change their behaviour or you wear it for life.  Each bracelet is made to last and survive all kinds of conditions as it may well outlive the wearer. Like with a criminal conviction you must disclose to everyone that you are wearing the bracelet, and you also will have to check in with your assigned law enforcement officer, a psychiatrist and your G.P.
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Obviously, the bracelet would need to meet rules and regulations of all kinds, but I believe it could make our world better if given the chance.
Anyway, just a thought
Your friend, Shan.
 
Hello and welcome to another inventive blog. If I could invent anything in the world, I would invent a system where people who don’t have a disability get shot out of a cannon if they park in disabled spots. Once they get blown out of the car the car blows up so the person can’t leave where they are. I would also make sure that public transport is banned so that these people can experience how hard it is for people with a disability to function without these spaces. I would also invent a tie dye only rule so that wearing one colour clothing would be banned. Playing a sport would also be compulsory. What would you invent and why? How would it affect your quality of life?
Keep being awesome – Ben 1
 
Today’s blog is if you could invent something what would it be. If I could invent something it would be a mega diesel ship with an exhaust that’s submerged in the water and heats the water. The water will be used for hot showers, in the kitchen and galley, for taps and for heating the pool.
This will help by not needing any hot water systems, the water will come from the ocean but first it goes through a machine to remove the salt, making it useable.
The tanks will be stored on the bottom of the ship to make it stable. I would also put a pipe around the top of the ship to catch rainwater, this will need to be located where there are no access for people. I would make the pipes insulated to make it more efficient at heating.
This is Nick signing off, see you next week.
 
 
I would invent some shoes for my everyday people shop. Some shoes will be colourful or you could have plain white or black.
These shoes are special as they can help people to stand up.
I wish I could make these shoes happen
Ben 2 

Today’s blog is a fun one as we are choosing our own adventure but with a twist! Haley suggested we incorporate the word “Pair or Pear” in our blogs…THIS should be interesting!
 
Last week on Thursday, I spent a lot of time on-line to get a pair of AC/DC tickets.  I could never believe that I’m seeing AC/DC in November with my old man.  I have a pair of things to look forward to, the AC/DC concert, I’m five rows from the front. And what socks I may wear. There will be lots of lights on the front and the back of the stage so people don’t get lost. They are so many fans going to the same place as I am and I need to make sure I'm going to wear a pair of socks at the show.  What that pair is going to look like might be odd socks or one big or one small sock I don’t know, they might be a pair of or a different style of clothing that AC/DC will be wearing.  - Ash.
 
Our blog today is using the word pair, meaning two things that are related or meant to be the same. In my wardrobe I have many shoes and clothes that I have two of. l go shopping with mum and we are always looking for a pair of shoes for me and mum.
My favourite pair of shoes are pink and green and mums favourite colour is white and brown, we go there once a week or fortnight to shop and have lunch.

I also have pairs of love heart earrings which I am wearing today. I like having double of most things because if I damage like tear or stain I have another outfit the same to wear.
Having double things not only makes me realise that I am very lucky and that I need to maybe clean my wardrobe and take what I don't use anymore to the Salvo's and share my outfits to people who would wear and need them and it makes me happy because I am sharing. - Claire
 

I have chosen to write a topic about birthdays because everyone here likes birthdays. Most people like to have a big celebration, they like to have cake, candles. Usually, their loved ones will light a candle for the person celebrating and they all sing happy birthday songs to them. How do you feel when people sing happy birthday? Do you smile or do you find it uncomfortable like me? Then after the songs finished the people will shout " Hip hip hooray!" Then the person will blow the candles.


After blowing the candles, the person who is celebrating their birthday will pare their birthday cake, that is, cut the edges.  In this case cut their cake. Kids like to have a cute cake like Frozen, Hello Kitty, Winnie the Pooh. Then the celebrant and their families will eat the cake. They might eat snacks too. Some foods that you can have at a party are: chocolate, cookies, chips. If you want to have healthy food you can have a pear.

After the family and the celebrant are full from eating the birthday food, the celebrant will open the presents. Some ideas that you can give for a birthday presents are: A pair of socks, a pair of pyjamas.

I want to tell everyone what I prefer to do on my special day. I like to have a quiet day on my special day, I don't like it when people sing the birthday song to me and bring me cake. I like to keep it private. Instead I usually like to listen to music on my phone using a pair of earbuds, even though I don't like to make a big deal on my birthday I still receive wishes from my family. Most of my aunts like to send me GIF on my special day, I really love that because it doesn't make any noise . For example: A sticker of stitch holding a birthday cake. I also like to eat dinner at home. My favourite foods are: Spaghetti, chicken kiev and chips. I will use a pair of spoon and fork to eat my dinner, but back in my childhood days I really liked to celebrate with cakes and candles just like lots of people do, it's just after I reach adult age I don't like to have loud celebrations anymore.  I had a celebration at school when I was a kid in Indonesia, but I didn't have a cake I just gave all my classmates and my teacher goody bags. Then in the evening I pare a cake at home with my family.

My opinion about birthdays is just to do what makes you happy, you don't have to blow out candles or have a cake if you don't want to. If you want to just relax at home that's okay too or you can go on a fun adventure, like a holiday.

Thank you for reading my blog about birthday. I hope you all like it.
Love from: Jacinda
 
 
Walking along the footpath heading towards an Art Gallery on an Autumn day, the leaves are falling to the ground. I entered the art gallery, not too many people around.
I went anti-clockwise, as many people went the other way. I like to aimlessly roam around, I’ve got all the time in the day for me. I entered the statue exhibition which had about thirty different statues, full bodies and bust ones.  The artists who made them were incredible, capturing every detail. I wandered around for a while, then I entered a room themed with Greek mythology fruit. There was a column statue with a golden fruit basket on the angle, it was filled to the brim with fruit, bananas, apples, but there was also golden fruit on the wall with little notes beside each of them.
 
I walked around the room to see the different golden fruits there was a pear, the note says “In Ancient Greek mythology, the golden Pear was used by Prometheus for a distraction” I saw a golden apple, the note read: “In Greek mythology, the Hesperides guarded a garden full of golden apples that granted people immortality".
 
There were grapes on a vine. I read the note about them “Golden grapes are not really a distinct item, but the grapevine is somewhat associated with a Greek God called Dionysus, the God of wine".
 
I managed to see the whole exhibition before closing time. I quickly grabbed a hot chocolate from the cafe, walked outside and started my walk back home.  It was dusk, and still the leaves were falling, the wind had a cold breeze and the street lights flickered on. - Haley. 
 
 
Dear readers, this week’s topic is choose your own adventure.
Let me start by telling you about something I'm looking forward to, which is me going to the hairdresser to get my hair done. By the time you are reading this it will already be done with a stunning purple colour in it. I’m feeling really excited and happy to be getting my hair done and to get it coloured purple since purple is my favourite colour.

Recently I made spiced apple and pear and it was so yummy.
I love cooking, especially in the winter as I can make soup, stews and my favourite desserts. What do you like to cook? What are you looking forward to? Is it soon or far away still?  Written by Charlotte
 
 
Hi friends, how are you? Today’s topic is choose your own adventure and we were given a word which was "pear" or "pair" to use in our blog today. Haley suggested our topic today, and what I have chosen to write about is:- I have no idea what to write as I always find choosing your own adventure the hardest topic to write about.

So now it’s time to think. Readers, what do you do when you can't think about what to write, or do? I asked the other bloggers what to write about and I still don’t know what to write. Someone suggested Google but I got no help there. So now I'm sitting here thinking of what to write. Sitting right in front of me is a beautiful pear so I think I will just go ahead and eat it. I hope you have a lot of fun reading our blogs this week. This is bubbly Bethany signing off until next week.
 
 
Today’s blog is choose your own adventure.
I’m going to be writing about the 747 shuttle carrier which is what NASA uses to transport space shuttle orbiters. In 1986, a space shuttle exploded seventy-three seconds after lift off, sadly killing seven astronauts.  This was due to a failure in a seal which allowed gas to leak out and cause the explosion. This was just one, imagine if it was a pair of them, that would have been even more catastrophic.
This is Nick signing off
 
 
One day Sam had lost a pair of shoes and also lost his clothes. He was swimming in the pool and someone took off with his items.
He had to report it to the owner of the pool centre and they replaced them with a pair of pants and shoes so he could get home.
Ben 2
 
Hello and welcome to another weekly blog. Before I started this blog I needed a pair of cookies to inspire me today. Recently I was looking at multiple pairs of tye dye shoes which I absolutely love. I also needed to buy a pair of tickets for the cricket which is really exciting. I also love the fruit pear as it's really juicy and refreshing. Did you know that a pair can never be the same due to the DNA of the person and the uniqueness of things. I love wearing a pair of gloves when I play football as it keeps my hands clean. I feel like when I lose a glove or one of something, I have to throw the other one away. 
 
Anyway, writers block has hit this week so keep being awesome.
 
Keep being awesome
Ben1
 
It’s a choose your own adventure kind of day... 
What goes into a choose your own adventure blog? I'm so excited that you asked, because you did technically ask while reading that sentence, ha-ha I got you and you love it, I'm sure. Every blog has a tremendous amount of thought and brain power that goes into it and honestly, it’s both infuriating and therapeutic for me because writer's block can strike at any time. More so when we do a choose your own adventure. It’s therapeutic because I love the writing process, it gets things off my chest and off my mind. Just like a brain dump and we love a good brain dump.  

A choose your own adventure starts with all of us deciding if we all would like to do a choose your own adventure blog, we all like to agree on a topic and it's the same when we do a choose your own adventure, we like to agree on it as a group or a team. The only difference between a normal blog day and a choose your own adventure blog day is we write about different things. That’s part of the magic of the adventure of writing our blogs, we can shake it up a bit every now and then.  

Choosing a topic for a choose your own adventure blog is something that can be tricky because it comes from your own brain and you might come up blank, this is why I enjoy being in a group setting for blogging. You get to bounce ideas off each other and really double down on the whole teamwork thing. 
It’s helpful that we have so much inspiration in our lives for our blogs too. I find it’s great to take a break and have a little snack while writing our blogs and give ourselves a brain break.  

When we have finished our blogs, we get them edited or checked over for a bit of quality control as I like to call it. Did I mention we only do a choose your own adventure blog once a month? Our blogs are always awesome, so we read them out to the group and have a bit of a read though before we finish off with some lunch. Speaking of lunch, how does everyone feel about pear? I’m not a fan at all but I appreciate those who love them. I’m truly happy for you.  
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I hope that this was a helpful explanation of how we get our choose your own adventure blogs going. Have a wonderful and peaceful week my friends.  
You friend always, 
Shan.
 
I like apple the best but they taste like apple juice.  It’s so yummy but something I do like is the apple cider like a beer. Some of them are dark juice or light juice some are different types of apple.  I like apple better than pears.
 
Pears are not really my favourite, but taste like something weird. They taste like pears but different from apple, they are my favourite type but pears taste very weird for me. 
 
TJ

​MY ACHEIVEMENTS SO FAR THIS YEAR
 
Can you believe we are six months into the year? Have a think back to the start of the year and all the wonderful achievements you have made in this time.
 
Today, our bloggers share with you the awesomeness (is that a word?) that they have created this year so far…
 
Today I am writing about the first 6 months of the year. 
 
 
This year I have already done so much, I have gone on a holiday, learnt new moves at dancing, watched lots of movies and heaps more! For my holiday I went to Canada and LA with my family for 6 weeks. I went to Disneyland and bought some jumpers, went on some rides, enjoyed the characters, watched the shows, and ate yummy food. They had the best hot dogs ever... I saw the snow in Canada. It was freezing cold, so I liked to stay inside with a hot chocolate and warm food. I saw bears on my trip which was a bit scary, but I did take photos. I had the best time on my holiday. It's one of my favourite things to do. This year I have also been dancing on Wednesday nights, and this is where I learnt my new moves that I love to show everyone. I learnt a dance to a Shrek 2 song, I love the movie Shrek and I can't wait until Shrek 5 comes out so I can watch it. This year l've gone to the movies with my friend Krystle on Saturday's and we have watched so many movies, my favourites have been How to train your dragon, Lilo and Stitch and Snow White. I'm looking forward to watching the Karate Kid and the Smurf's movies when they come out. I've also achieved a lot this year with Umbrella Support, I have been bowling without bumpers, done blogging, enjoyed Hellow Media and interviewing people, and have been making lots of cool things at handmade on Mondays. - Claire.
 
At the start of the year, I wrote down  a few goals for myself for 2025, and I’m very happy with how I'm going with my goals this year. I've had a few holidays within the first six months.  Firstly Hamilton Island, Coffs Harbour, Coffs harbour didn’t go to plan but we managed to rearrange our trip. 
 
 My most recent holiday was to China, and I just got back on Tuesday night. 
China was amazing, I went with my dad on a tour with a group of thirty-five other people, which was the first for me to do a trip like that. It was non-stop, there were many first times for me.  My first time going on a speed bullet train, the first time I saw the Great Wall of China, I unfortunately couldn’t make it up there, but my dad made it up to the top of the fourth building.  The food was amazing, I wasn’t brave to try anything adventurous but I did try a few new things. 
 
I also did my first ever Foam marathon in February, which was great, it was near Belgrave and was a long day that’s for sure.  There was a bouncy castle with foam, I did a flip into it and bounced my way out of it.  I also got a permanent reminder of the marathon, I tell you it wasn’t even from any obstacle, it was from a stick that fling up and scratched my leg. 
 
I also had a goal of a photo a day for 52 weeks, but I only made it up to about week 12, and that’s okay, at least I gave it ago.  I also tried doing a new Facebook page where I would do jigsaw puzzles and watch a movie of the same theme, for example a Disney puzzle, I would watch Disney movies.  If there was a run down building, I would watch abandoned buildings. It was a good idea, because I would watch movies that I never watched before, like session 9 and Dead Game.
 
All up, I’m pretty happy with how the first six months of 2025 is going and I’m hoping the next six months of 2025 is as great as the first six months.  Maybe I should write more mini goals for the rest of the year and at the end of the year I’ll see how many goals I’ve achieved. 
 
I prefer to do mini goals, so if I don’t achieve them, it’s not a big deal.
I hope everyone has a good first half of 2025, I hope everyone has a great second half of 2025. - Haley 
 
In February this year I went to Sydney to see Bryan Adams with my dad and the highlight was going to the wax museum seeing all different famous people like from Ned Kelly to Steve Irwin. It was so interesting seeing Sydney and I absolutely loved walking around with my dad and meeting some friendly people in Sydney.   The public transportation was a pain because you had to use your bank card to tap on and tap off and it was so frustrating because there were so many different train lines and lots of people were in the rush and pushing in as well. The highlight was seeing James Arthur and Bryan Adams. It was a great concert and my favourite songs are "Everything I do, I do it for you" and "Please forgive me" and "Summer of 69" and "All of one, All for love".  I absolutely loved seeing Bryan Adams because my father saw him in the eighties and again in the early nineties. 
I came home with bad vertigo and I was in the hospital with vertigo and it was not fun at all.  Now I’m all better from having vertigo and now I don’t have vertigo that often so for the next six months I will focus on myself to lose weight and feel comfortable with my body again. - Ash
 
 
Hello and welcome to my midyear blog. Yes, it's midyear already. How quickly time flies. I feel like I’ve achieved a lot in the last six months but at the same time its hard to put it all into words. I’ve definitely improved my footy skills. Work has been good too and I've been super busy which has been good as I love being busy. For those that don’t know I work for a well known disability organisation.  I love working in the media as I feel like my disability disappears.  I have continued to improve my independent living skills which has been good. I have planned a couple holidays for the back half of the year which I’m really looking forward to. I’m always looking to improve myself to be the best version I can be for my family and friends. I’m looking forward to saving up for my holidays as it gives me something to look forward to. What have you achieved in the last six months and what are you looking forward to in the next six months?  Keep being awesome – Ben V
 
 
 
My first six months of the year.  
Every Monday I go to Umbrella and Tuesday I go to work with Krystle and Wednesdays I go to bowling with my friends.   Sometimes on the weekend I hang out with my good friend.  Anyway, every Thursday I come here and Friday I go to work same thing every week.  Sundays are a rest day.  On June 27th there is a new movie coming out on Netflix.  I am saving up my money for a Play Station 5 and a new controller with the Joker on it in gold and orange colour.   TJ
 
 
Dear readers, this week’s topic is something you have achieved in the past six months.
Let me start by telling you in the past six months I have achieved so many things. I started the new program at Umbrella Support called Hellow Media, which is an afternoon program and I feel excited every week when I come to the media group I get to see all my friends. I have realised that I've been more confident and I've started to step out of my comfort zone. I have learnt new skills like using the cameras, the clapper, learnt to set up the equipment, asking leading questions from someone's response.
 
I've learnt to come up with interesting questions to ask the person being interviewed and how to ask them with confidence. I’ve grown a lot from doing Hellow Media so far and I want to continue improving and learning new skills for the rest of the year.
Written by Charlotte



What I have achieved in the last six months is that I have finished my book.  I have been at Umbrella for the last six months, and I would like to keep working with Rechelle (My support worker).
For the next six months, I would like to keep going to do my job for Down Syndrome Australia. and help build a Instagram page for them.  I like to work with the people and I want to make it bigger with some merchandise and I would like to write it.  
 Thank you Ben C
 
 
I have a very inquisitive mind and love working with my hands.
In the early start of the year I went to work and found some parts for my next project, I put together a motor from a mobility scooter and made a cart, it had many different parts which I had in my shed. I like to keep a lot of my tools and equipment in stock so I can always have them ready to use when needed. My main interests are lawn mowers where I take them apart and use the parts for other projects.
My projects can take awhile to do as I am always looking for spare parts on eBay or spare parts shops.

I have a good friend that when we get together we are always thinking of inventions that we can come up with. We put a lawn mower together with a new gear box and when we started it up, it took off and crashed into my big standing black tool box and dented it.


For the next 6 months I hope to find more interesting objects to pull apart and put back together with my friend. From Nick
 
Morning friends. How are you?

I have achieved something huge this year, and that is blogging from home every Thursday morning. I have decided not to come to do it onsite because it's nice and quiet doing it from home and I have work every Wednesday afternoon.  I will be too exhausted but lucky Krystle always remembers to send me the topic that the team has chosen and I can call the Umbrella Support staff if I am really stuck on what to write.

How do I feel about blogging? Firstly, I was feeling apprehensive because it's a new program, but I had a one on one meeting with Cindy. She said that there is nothing to be anxious about and she gave me some topic ideas like: family, special occasions, happiness and more. Then after I had a meeting with Cindy I started to blog on that Thursday. The topic when I first started was "what makes you happy".  

Another thing I have achieved is trying new food on my break in May. I tried souvlaki with chips, eating outside even though cockatoos were on our table, I also tried babycino, a drink at McDonalds. On holidays I have to deal with being out of routine. Lunch times are often a different time for example but I managed.

I also watched the J-hope livestream concert twice at the cinemas with mum. Mum likes his songs very much, I am proud of that because I usually love to watch children's movies but the J-hope concert was fantastic, very lively and a lot of dancing. A lot of teenagers and young adults like it, but anyone can like his music. You don't need to be young to listen to his music.

Thank you everyone for reading my blog. Stay warm and I hope you like reading my blog
 
Jacinda

This isn’t a time travelling blog this week, but rather an opportunity to chat to our future and past selves. 
Our writers have delved into some self-reflection and creative writing this week, writing a letter to themselves from the past or the future. It is so interesting!

Morning friends, I hope you are all coping in winter. 
Looking back, I have been achieving a lot of things, facing challenges, doing things that I thought I can't do it but now I can. Firstly congrats to me for finishing school, I am very proud of that. Although I have mixed emotions finishing school, I am proud and sad. I am sad because I will miss my friends and my lovely teacher aide. I am proud because finishing school is a happy moment and not everyone got to finished  year twelve. My teachers aide she has been supporting me since the start of year seven. I am also happy that I get to live in Australia, because I got lots of opportunities. I had an opportunity to do work experience at Coles when I was in year eleven, it was hard because it was my first time working in retail but you know what? I gave it a go, and always tried my best by listening to instructions. If I was still living in Indonesia, I am not sure if I would have had great opportunities like doing work placements. Life is much better in Australia compared to Indonesia. You all might be wondering how did I get to do placement at Coles? That time I attended a work skills course every Thursday at Box Hill. 
Another thing that was challenging for me was losing a job. I thought I got a job at an egg packaging place but I didn't end up getting the job, because they don't have enough eggs for me to pack. I was upset and I remembered that night I cannot sleep well because of losing a job. I spoke to my employment coach at my disability service how sad I was losing a job. She said "It's okay Jacinda, your job is not over". She just saying that so I don't keep overthink about it. A few days later, I got another opportunity to do placements at Woolworths. I was there from July until October I think, how do I feel ? I felt nervous and scared because of new situations, new people and a new job. Then I got the paid job in November, I was so happy about that and I got a Woolworths uniform because I am part of the Woolworths team now. Guess what? I am still there guys and it's going hunky dory. You see, even I experienced losing a job and a big change I am still happy and doing really well. 


In the future, I still want to keep going with Woolworths, doing handmade on Monday and blogging from home. I don't want to change activities because I am happy with my current activities. In the future I also would love to go travelling with my parents somewhere that I have not been before because I like going on a holiday. I am not sure where yet but surely a fun place. Well done Jacinda.
Your happy friend, Jacinda. 


Dear future myself,
You will be famous at a tv show and Dylan is my fan.  We know each other for a long time, you need to stay strong and be good and you need to work hard.  
You need to work hard for money for bowling and Monday for lunch.  You love to hangout with your good friends, sometimes with other programs too. You shouldn’t do too much gaming anymore. But every Monday you come to Balla Balla.
From TJ



To my future self, 
I would like to see you travel to England, Scotland, Ireland and New Zealand.  You want to have a family and work in the mines. I can see my future kids and them having kids too. I will be an amazing wife to my future husband and grandmother to my grandkids. 
I want my future self to make sure she has lots of holidays with my future in-laws and buy a big house for my family. I hope they can have horses, motorbikes and lots of space to grow up. 
I am passionate about mental health and I would love to have a mental hospital on my property for sick patients and they will receive all the care they need. 
I can see myself being on a new Titanic, but this time it would be built as an unsinkable and of course, I’ll be in first class.  
From Ash



What do I say to my future self?
I would say to myself that having some more friends in future is a goal. I have only one good friend called Brianna, but I would like for more friends . That is why I come to Umbrella Support, and I am happy to make friends there.
So this is how I will achieve this goal, my goal of making more friends.
I want my future self to know you are doing awesome, and you should be proud.
Ben2


Dear readers, this week's topic is a letter to your future or past self.
Let me start by writing this letter to future me.
Dear future Charlotte,
Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone more and don't forget to achieve your dreams and goals. I know you will enjoy your
life in the future and you will travel around the world and see new places. I hope you are fully licensed and safe driving around with your parents and driving yourself to programs. You will be so independant and it will feel great.
Just a reminder never to forget to put yourself first. Never also forget to help
your friends and family too.
I also hope you have achieved your dream of being a chef and I hope you own your own restaurant. I know you will work hard towards that goal.
Presently, I have learned so much, like media skills and I'm still learning how to drive and have made great friends.
Blogging is going very well, I am enjoying it very much and I have achieved so much. You will continue to achieve throughout your life.
Written by Charlotte


You will keep kicking goals, you will achieve many things.  You will get your licence and grow independence and you will be happy.
To achieve your goals you will need to follow steps, so that you don’t lose track.
Step one, get my hearing aids fitted. That is happening really quickly and I am excited.  This will help you in your day to day, communication and in being a good listener. 
Step two, you will keep working hard towards getting your drivers licence. To learn the rules for driving on the road. 
Step three, you will get a great job that you love. 
Step four, you will keep having fun every day, because that is important.
I want my future self to keep being you, don’t change for anybody. You are amazing just as you are. 

Signing off, your bubbly friend, Beth



A letter to myself and adventuring into the future.
I would like to one day make a hovercraft big enough for two people. I have interests in putting machinery together.
It would probably take me
a year to finish the craft but I have friends that will help me and make it easier and quicker.
A hovercraft, according to Google, is also known as an air-cushion vehicle is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice and various other surfaces. A hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull.
Once this is done and I have achieved my goals, I will once again have to look into another project. This one will take me into the future, and building something that hasn't been thought of but will benefit the future generations. 
This will be exciting times for me and my friends and the fun we could have together.
Nick


Dear little Claire
I'd like to let you know that we still love Disney and will go on many adventures to the movies and the Disney cruise. I want to remind you to be positive, happy and always be yourself, we are amazing!! I still love to dance and I have a lot of new moves, you will have the best time learning them at dance class. Make sure you keep dancing because it makes you happy. I love holidays and you can look forward to seeing places like Canada, America and Hong Kong. Keep going on holidays and enjoy your time with your family and exploring all the different cultures. I want to ask you to try new things like clothes, food, and shows because you never know you just might love them. When you grow up you will go to Umbrella Support and have the best time, you will work on skills like blogging and media and hang out with some great friends. I love to style my hair, do my nails, wear Disney clothes and be girly. Be happy, keep smiling and enjoy yourself.
Love from future Claire, also known as Princess Claire. 



Dear Ben.
I think it’s time to focus on sport media before its too late. You are almost 30 and you are ready to explore your options. Focus on the now and get some tunnel vision. Yes, there are other things that you could focus on but this is something you have always wanted to achieve in life so this should be your priority.  Stop being stubborn and allow others to help you on your journey. I know you can do some things but be honest with yourself and know your limitations and ask for help when needed. Another thing that I know is frustrating you is your lack of a partner. I know you are the only one without a partner in your family but be patient and it will happen. You have a few holidays coming up which is exciting as I know you like to travel but can’t do it as easy because of your disability, but that’s ok. Don’t take life so seriously either. Relax and enjoy every moment as it comes. The best advice I could give you is to slow down and be patient. Don’t let the outside world influence your thinking and ideas. Be yourself and be as unique as you can because no one is like you. 
From your future self. 
Ben1


A letter to my future self...
Hello my friends,
We could choose to write to our past self or our future self, which is a great idea for a blog topic and I'm excited about it. I have chosen to write to my future self because I've seen the movies about time travel, and we are going to leave my past self alone and not mess with time. I'm not about to mess up anyone's timeline or end up in an alternate dimension. With all that said, Let’s get going.

Dear future Shan,
I hope that you are doing amazing, I’m sure that you are kicking goals and please know that 2025 Shan is proud of you. You are probably worried about receiving a letter from your past self because you put extremely high expectations on yourself and you’ll be worried that you haven't achieved as much as we thought we would. I'm here to tell you that it’s ok to take a moment, breathe and refresh. You can only do so much as you’re only human and you’re doing so much better than you think.
You don’t need to do so much, you work hard to meet your goals, and you don’t need to push yourself so hard. Make sure the goals you make are realistic, less is also more you don’t need a whole list of goals to feel worthy. You are worthy as you are. You're enough even if you don’t achieve your goals all at once. You can do things in stages, take it one step at a time and remember to breathe.
The whole world is not on your shoulders, let things go and calm your farm. I know that’s easier said than done but mate please try, you’ll thank yourself later, trust me and you might sleep better. I said might... I’m not making any promises there. Please remember to drink water and eat lunch. We don’t like or need a dehydrated or hangry Shan. Keep up the affirmations with Chopper dog, they help you as much as him.
Do the things that make you happy, be kind to your mind and whatever is happening in your head, I can assure you it’s not as bad as you think.
I love you my beautiful friend,
From Shan.
Now to our lovely readers. I hope that maybe this letter might also be helpful to you, or it may inspire you to write your own. It’s a great activity if you have some down time and feel like giving it a go. Shout out to the wonderful Beth for the blog topic suggestion it was brilliant my friend.
Have a warm and happy day,
Your friend Shan

​New…
 
The Oxford dictionary describes the word new as “introduced or discovered recently or for the first time”. Have you tried or discovered something new lately?
 
 
Something new for me is trying new things. I will try to bowl with no bumpers. But only if Claire does too. 

I like to do cafe for job and I know it is important to listen to other people what they say. Hard work and sometimes listening to music in my ear.

In a new job you have to learn new things. It is normal to feel nervous. I like to learn new things as it makes me feel happy. In a cafe or a restaurant or a shop.
You can learn about the food and drinks. 

One more thing new for me is being back in the main house with everyone. It is ok because it’s easier to wake up for all my day things. - TJ
 
 
Hello friends. 
Today I will write about something new that I found on social media, it's a positive news. The news is about my childhood boy band created in 2001. They are planning a reunion concert next year for their 25th anniversary. They're from Taiwan, so most of their songs are in Taiwanese/ Mandarin. The boy band name is called "F4", but it got renamed to JVKV after their members initials in 2007 it says on Wikipedia. 

The members name are Jerry, Vanness, Ken and Vic. I don't plan to watch their live concert, but I don't think they coming to perform in Australia. I am not sure which countries they will perform in next year but I know in the past they performed in Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan. Most of the fans are Asian, I don't think many Western people know about this boy band. Do you have a favourite band/ singer from when you were little?

Another thing I found out that's new to me is the Disney pop-up store at Southland shopping centre. I went there last Sunday with my parents, They had various cute merchandise such as: key-rings, plushies, shirt, jumpers and Mickey headbands. I have been a Disney fan since I was little. They have colouring areas for the kids to do and have a Buzz Light Year statue if anyone wants to take pictures next to Buzz. I bought a Pocahontas keyring, Eeyore plush I think it's similar to Disney Tsum Tsum and cute Genie mug. They don't sell any stickers, but it will be awesome if they sell various Disney characters stickers. I will buy a few if they sell it as I love stickers.  – Jacinda
 

Dear readers, this week’s topic is about new beginnings. 
But readers, I honestly don't know where to start my blog today and I normally start by telling you about what I have to say. But today my readers, my mind has hit a blank wall.
 
I think it's because I'm exhausted. Recently I celebrated a big birthday and then we went away for the long weekend, not camping but glamping. It’s the only way to go! Readers have you been glamping? Do you know what glamping is? It is fancy camping in a caravan or tent. We had a great relaxing time and we went to the food and wine festival which was fabulous. I love when my family and I go glamping in our caravan and I really like being in nature and around the campfire with my family and family friends. 
 
Unfortunately I have come home tired, but happy. Readers have you had a long weekend where you have really enjoyed yourself but at the end of it been exhausted? - Written by Charlotte
 
 
We are talking about all things new...
Hello Friends, today it was suggested that we write about something new, which means that we could write about pretty much anything and everything, it just needs to tie in with our topic and sound like our own authentic piece of writing. With each new blog topic, you can either feel extremely inspired and the writing process is easy and just flows or end up with writer's block in a massive way. Why am I telling you this? Well, I was the person who suggest the topic and I have writer's block. It’s funny how that happens, though there’s always a way through it. I’ll just wing it and I'm sure it will be amazing.
 
Each week we come up with a new blog topic, while some topics might have some similarities to others we have done, we still class each topic we do as a brand new and fresh piece of writing. There is a discussion that we have as a group to decide what we would like to write about for that days/week's blog. Once we all agree on the topic, we share the topic with the people who blog from home. Then away we go to start writing or have a different discussion with one of our beautiful supports from Umbrella to get through possible writer’s block. Pesky writer’s block.
 
I find that with each new topic we get a new opportunity to have our voices heard, to share our opinions and our unique point of views on things. We are sharing our world with you dear readers and to some of us that is daunting, because we have not always had the chance to be taken seriously, be listened to and be heard. I feel like that because we aren't physically seen by the people reading our blogs it's easier to put our heart and soul into our writing, we or at least I believe that without meaning to people can be dismissive of ideas and opinions based on the person saying them. That unfortunately isn't a new thing. The positive though is that we have this platform and we get to be apart of something awesome.
 
I want to take this opportunity to thank you our wonderful readers, for sticking with us and for those who are new welcome to our little corner of the internet. You’re always welcome and valued by the whole Just Write team.
With kindness and love,
Your friend,
Shan.
 
 
Today's topic is about something new and I want to tell you about something new I found at the tip. It was in the e-waste bin and it was projector that would probably be over 60yrs old. I could not believe it when I saw it in the process area and I had to get a closer look at it. It's 2 ft in length, about 8 inches in depth and 12 inches wide.

I could use it for showing photos and movies. I was very happy in finding the projector, it looks like an old type. I got it working and can keep it at home as long as it doesn't overheat. This is something new for me. Have you recently purchased something new? – Nick
 
Hi friends, how are you today? Today’s topic is about something new. I love trying new things. Bernie, Delia, Krystle, Cindy and myself could one day organise a luncheon at a famous Italian restaurant it’s called Little by Little Cafe in Berwick.

I have always wanted to go to an Italian restaurant as it has very good reviews regarding the menu, especially the Italian desserts. They have lots to choose from in pasta dishes and many types of ice creams. They also have açai bowls, smoothies and teas and a variety of drinks and food. This would be fun to be with my friends and support workers to eat Italian food and try something new. I would love that. 

Readers I have a question for you. Have you tried anything new recently. I am looking forward to a disco that I am going to soon. It’s something new so I feel a little nervous. But I know it is normal to feel nervous about doing something new. 
I am also looking forward to a cruise next year but my tummy feels different to nerves. it’s more excitement. Trying something new will always make you feel a little nervous and that is ok. Thank you for reading my blog this is Bethany signing off until next week.
 

Today’s blog is about something new.I need a new holiday with my brother. A different new cruise would be good with my family and my cousin. I need a new jumper but I do have new one today from Disneyland which makes me so lucky. I have new Disney books for colouring and reading.

It's good to try something different, like a new drink and new food. Mum cooked a new soup, veggies only with peas, carrot, celery, and corn.

New shows are good, they make people, and me, laugh too. My favourite is Elvis who gave me his scarf and his ring. How lucky and exciting for me. The movie is sad too.
There is something I would like to try for the first time, something new, and that is trying bowling with no bumpers, but only if TJ does too. I will try two bowls with no bumpers and if I am happy I will keep going.

I have new dance moves and new haircut and nails. Everything is nice when it's new. – Claire
 
I started a new job with Down Syndrome Australia. I like it. We do it on Zoom because we have different people from everywhere and different time zones.
We look at different apps for use by people with disabilities. This means I can work on Wednesdays and come back to blogging and media on Thursday's. I really like it and I am happy. – Ben C
 
Hello and welcome to a new week of blogging. Today we are talking about new things in our lives. I love getting new things or waiting for a new season for a TV show etc. I dislike when new shows start on different channels at the same time. This is where apps come in handy to catch up. Another thing that is handy is having Foxtel IQ and being able to record two shows at once (except on free to air channels where the station is streamed through the app). I find it intriguing how new things work and I love keeping things up to date. I love the process of things being tested before they are released to the public. I often wonder how they keep things new whilst being tested. How much of these faults are mechanical and how much is human error? How much financial loss is accounted for due to faulty products?
 
The other thing that fascinates me about new things are the things that don't get released to the public and the reasons why. It amazes me that they can still release new products and while the majority of them work, some faulter regardless. I wonder what the cost would be to repair/replace certain items. Does this hurt the bottom line? What can be done to help costs? Do they have the money when things do go bad?
 
Thanks for reading my newest blog and keep being awesome – Ben V

Integrity. What does it mean and how does it fit into this week’s blog?
Our bloggers leaned that integrity means the quality of being honest in values. Let’s see how they incorporate this word into their blogs today.
 
 
Hello friends, 

Today's topic is a challenge; we have to use the word "integrity" in our blog. Have you heard that word before? 

I researched what the word integrity means on Google. It means to be honest like telling the truth and not lying. I showed integrity by doing the right thing in “Handmade” – an Umbrella program,  like following the rules when Cindy says time to do gratitude journal.  I will take my journal book straight away and start writing what I am grateful for and I always share exactly what I write in my journal book. I also show integrity by listening to my “Handmade” friends when they share their weekend and what they’re grateful for. 

It is important to show integrity in life like at school, work or at home. I also show integrity when I work at Woolworths, I always help customers if they are stuck with something. If they asked me what aisle is the baby stuff I tell them the correct aisle, if I am not sure about something I always ask my manager that's part of integrity too. 

I show integrity at home by doing my chores properly that my parents asked me to do. For example: Every weekday I get mums towel and put it in the bathroom because she has a morning shower before work. 

How do you show integrity? – Jacinda.
 
 
The word is integrity today and that means being trust. I don’t trust anyone who being kidnapped or anything but I do trust my only good friends. Them I trust.  But sometimes I don’t trust people use money, we all have to respect each other and respect your friends too, responsible for everything you have on you phone or wallet or your things, people need to be caring for each other and friendly. – TJ
 
 
My blog is about integrity and how people are kind. It's a tricky word but I'll try. People are kind to me by being happy at me like hugs. Smiling is happy too. If someone has integrity it means they are honest and are a decent person. I am honest, l am a decent person, kind and special. Someone who has integrity treats other people fairly, no matter what. Someone with integrity has trust.
I would want to help someone if they are not being treated fair and help them. I have integrity. – Claire
 
What is integrity?
According to the whiteboard in our blogging room, integrity means the quality of being honest in values. Now blogging with integrity is something that I try to do because being honest, transparent and ethical in my literary talents is important to me. Just like everyone else I am human and I won’t always get it right though I do try very hard.
 
I believe that doing all things with integrity is important, it is just really important to be true to yourself and kind to yourself and others. I believe that we all should be empathetic towards others and at least try to lead with kindness, especially in writing.
I try really hard to be a good and kind person everyday, I think that most days I do a pretty good job but as I’ve said before I am only human. We all make mistakes in life and I believe it’s a great opportunity to learn and grow.
 
In life we don’t know what other people are going through and it’s important to take this into account on this journey we call life. While I’m sure I have many stories and experiences that would be prime examples of showing integrity, I am mindful of leaving space for my fellow bloggers.

Today I’m hoping that everyone has a wonderful day and please treat yourself with kindness.
Your friend always,
Shan.
 
 
Integrity has a few meanings and today I am talking about integrity in physics and the Titan submersible.
The dictionary meaning for integrity means to maintain strength, stability and overall functional under various conditions.

I will be sharing with you the story of the Titan which imploded on the 18th June 2023 whilst searching for the ship Titanic. The reason this happened, experts believe the carbon fibre used to construct the hull cracked under deep-sea pressure. Therefore lost integrity. There were five very rich and powerful businessmen onboard the Titan when it imploded, unfortunately if the right materials were used whilst building the submarine this disaster would never had happened. – Nick
 
 
I’ll be talking about a person with the most integrity, and she is my Nanna Shirley. She’s the most kindest soul and wouldn’t hurt a fly. I only knew her for sixteen years,  but those sixteen years were the greatest.   Shirley had 6 siblings, Don, Jean, Keith, Ian, Audrey and Kenner. Before my Dad and Uncle came along, she had a baby girl called “Shirley Ann” unfortunately she passed away when she was five, from kidney failure. No parent should go through losing a child, but eventually in the 60s, Shirley and Bob her husband, adopted my dad, and later on they adopted my uncle. Which to me, is the kindest thing people can do. Is to raise someone else’s child as their own. 

From memory, I remember walking home from primary school, and I saw Shirley waiting for my two brothers and myself, she sat with us until my parents came home from work.  Shirley never drove, so we didn’t go on any driving adventures, but just spending time with her was just amazing. 
 
When we would go over to her house, she has a Mintie jar filled with Minties, we would take some, I’m sure she knew, but she would still give us some. Even when we did chores like picking the veggies from the garden, she would give us a $1 or $2. 
 
When she got older, she developed dementia, but she was still the kindest soul, and just needed extra help, so she went into an aged care facility. My dad would still see her almost every weekend, you could say they had a close bond. 
 
My dad and I were on a scout camp we got home a little late, but we made it down to hospital in time to see her. She passed away that night, so we are still very grateful to see her for the last time. 
 
So there you go, my Nanna is the person with the most integrity who I’ve ever met.
But I’m sure if anyone had met her, they would say the same thing.

There were no nasty bones in her body whatsoever. I hope in your lifetime, you meet someone as nice and with as much integrity as her.
Haley
 
 
Cindy has integrity, she has responsibility for her staff and participants at Umbrella Support. She shows moral responsibility every time she does and does team building with everyone. Cindy has the biggest personality, she is very knowledgeable about her work. 
 
Krystle has shown me some values towards me and others and I’m very grateful for Krystle’s honesty helping me with seeing Southern Sons in Geelong. 
 
I show respect to my family members and my friends. Which means I too, have integrity. – Ash
 
 
Dear readers, this week's topic is about integrity.
Let me start by telling you about the word integrity and what it means to me. Someone who shows me integrity is my mum. It means to be honest, kind, loving and nice. I am lucky to have an amazing mum who shows me honesty, love and kindness everyday of mine and my sister's life. I love and appreciate her and I'm very grateful for her because she does so much. I wonder how she can do it all. She is like Wonder Woman sometimes and last week she posted on social media a very special post on a special day.
I want the world to know I look up to her. – Charlotte
 
 
Hi friends how are you? Today’s topic is about integrity and what it means to me. Readers, I have a question for you, have you heard of the word integrity? That was the challenge word given to us by Cindy and we had to use it in our blog. 
What does it mean to me? 

It means people who I can trust and to be honest and kind. It is someone who is willing to listen and who is open to helping others and show loyalty. I have a support worker who is very kind and I trust her and she is very honest with me.

She is very open to helping me and sometimes my other friends too. Just smiling at me is nice and shows she is loyal and she is my favourite support worker (as well as Cindy, Bernie ,Delia ,Chrissie and Deni, and Krystle (who is the cooking teacher and support worker and helping me today).

Another person who shows me integrity is my Mum who does so much for me. She just makes me feel safe and independent and I feel so loved by my mum who smiles at me and I smile back at her. She makes me feel better when I’m not in the best of moods. She is the best Mum.

Thank you for reading my blog this is popstar Beth signing off until next week.
 
 
Hello and welcome to an integral part of my working week. Today I’d like to talk about integrity in sport. There have been plenty times where integrity in sport has been called into question. From Sandpaper gate in 2018 to Lance Armstrong in  2012 and also the salary cap saga for the Melbourne Storm in 2007.

Horse racing is in my opinion is the biggest culprit as they allow gambling on every race every day. Another big example of integrity in sport is betting.  With the rise of gambling, I worry for the integrity in sport and how far people will go to have financial gain.
 
Bookies make so much money and manipulate results so easy. I believe that gambling is way too accessible to the general public and this causes way too many people to fall into debt and this causes family harm.
 
Sportsbet is a bad example of how they use comedians and celebrities to promote themselves. I think the government has been really lazy in policing this and this is part of the problem I think a great start to resolving this issue would be to stop showing the odds on TV and around the ground and tax each bet. What would you do if you had the power?  How can people who work for betting companies really believe that they enjoy their job?  Does the time spent suspended really fit the crime?
 
Keep being awesome and always gamble and drink responsibly  - Ben

It’s one of our favourite topics this week as our team choose their own adventure. It sounds easy right? Maybe not as easy as you think! Sometimes thinking of something to write about can be really tricky. We can literally write about anything at all and that opens the entire world for us. Let’s see what our talented bloggers will share with us today.
 
I’m writing this blog as I am inspired by a photo I saw and shared on Facebook a while ago. Have you ever sat in a traffic jam and just looked around and think about the other drivers?  Well the photo is actually of a traffic jam with little writing on each car, stating what the person driving is going through. 
 
For example, one person has lost their mum, while another one is a single mum working two jobs, another one, he’s on his way to get chemo. I felt that photo and it made me realise everyone, and I mean everyone, is going through something. Even if they’re silent on the inside they’re hurting or have something heavy on their mind. 
 
Getting away from the photo but in the same situation.
A few years ago I had my right eye removed due to blisters bursting, but I don’t mention it to people, because it’s none of their business, but I know there’s someone out there worse off then me. 
 
My friend, who is like a warrior had to face both of her parents passing away only a short time apart. But she doesn’t let it show when she’s around us, she smiles and laughs, but deep down I know she must be hurting. Not being able to pick up the phone and call for advice or even just a daily chat. But I know her parents would be cheering her on from heaven. Saying “we raised a great lady, caring and helpful” 
 
There was a video of a President going around, and it showed the lady slapping the husband, and that was it, no content, nothing. They did a statement saying it was a jokingly slap, but no one will ever know, even in the public eye, no one will ever know what goes on behind closed doors. 
 
Even the saying “we don’t know what goes on behind closed doors” I think that represents the photo. No one knows what happens while you’re at home. You might be single living alone with one hundreds cats, while your neighbours are a married couple with ten kids and a handful of grandkids, your other neighbour might be an elderly man who lost his wife due to illness last year, and he’s still grieving, his kids and grandkids don’t see him. But his grandkids were his life, his reason to smile, so he’s smiles at the other sides neighbours grandkids, but the parents of the kids tells them to keep away for the man at the fence. 
 
So in saying all of this and I say this with kindness in my heart, just please be kind, as you never know what other people are going through and they don’t know what you’re going through. 
Again while in a traffic jam or in a waiting room.
 Just know someone might  have cancer or someone might’ve been kicked out of home. 
Thank you for reading, Haley.
 
 
My blog today is all about me.
I went on a holiday on a cruise, on a train, on a bus and on a plane.
I'm scared of flying now because of the fireworks even though it was a good show.
I have new Disney jumpers now, a black one, a blue one and a new Disney Mickey Mouse bag and matching purse.
The best thing about being on the cruise is the food and the drinks. The cocktail vodka sunrise is orange and I had lots. Very yummy.
Diet sprite and Coke is ok too. My favourite food is the burgers and the lamb and mashed potato's.
I went to an Elvis show on the ship and he touched my hand. I am so lucky because I sat at the front.
I got to do crafting on the ship with mum, it is so much fun as she is my best friend.
I can’t wait for my next holiday, it should be at Christmas time but I have to wait and see. 
Thank you my friends I am so glad to be back with everyone.
Claire.
 
 
Choosing my adventure
I have a wonderful story coming up. Please enjoy!
In my adventure I win VIP tickets for a show of all Australian music including INXS, AC/DC, Dragon and it's of other Australian acts and both Krystle and her husband Cindy, Daz, my mum and I got a chance to meet John Farnham, Southern Sons and Jon Stevens. Both Cindy and I got the chance to sing “Heart in danger” and “Burn for you” and the highlight was seeing lots of great artists. I can’t believe that we had drinks and food with them, Jack Jones stopped the show and said “Ash is in the crowd” and so I got a poster signed by everyone including Cold Chisel. 
 
Paul Kelly asked Daz if he could come on the stage to sing “How to make gravy” and “Before too long”, not that long after that we got a chance to see Crowded House and Spilt Enz and they are from New Zealand but they claim Australia home. We also got the chance to see the Angles who performed “Am I gonna see your face again” and the Divinyls “Boys in town”, Skyhooks invited Delia got pulled out of the crowd on stage to sing “Living in the 70s” and my mum got a chance to sing “You’re the Voice and “That’s freedom”, “age of reason” and we had David Hirschfelder playing this well known piano in the background, then we had to Angry Anderson sing “Suddenly”
 
The night was an amazing show and thank you for reading my story – Ash
 
 
Today we are choosing our own adventure and I am going to be talking about my job at the tip. I work two day at the tip on Tuesday's and Wednesday’s. I love working at the tip because I find lots of interesting things. Whilst working I have found an old plane ticket, headphone, crazy cart, remote control cars and heaps more amazing things.
This is Nick signing off, see you next week. 
 
Dear readers this week’s topic is a choose your own adventure. 
Let me start by telling you about the pros and cons of winter. I don't mind winter but it's not my favourite season. The pros of winter are that you can rug up and wear clothes such as sweatpants, jumpers, jackets, long pants, pjs, scarfs, and gloves and eat hot and warm comfort food and hot drinks and put on a blanket on your lap. We like to turn up the heater and go to the snow to make snowmen and sledding.

Now the cons of winter. It's freezing cold for three months. You don't want to get out of bed because it’s so cold and of course there is very little sun and you get very sick from being so cold. I have a question: do you like winter or not? - Written by Charlotte
 
 
Hello and welcome to our monthly choose your own adventure. Today we get to choose what write about so I’ve decided to write about the massive time difference it took to get tickets on Ticketek compared to Ticketmaster. I have had experience with both in recent weeks and the time difference was staggering.  On Tickettek I waited for over an hour meanwhile on Ticketmaster I waited for 15 minutes. I often wonder why the delay is so long and if they have enough staff on the accessible line knowing that the websites are not accessible for people with a disability.  Tickettek are getting better as they now allow people with a disability to book online.
 
Another gripe I have with ticket companies is what happens when they receive an online request how long they take to reply. In one example I waited months for a response and they only replied after the event (saying the event had past obviously). I’m unsure but maybe it has something to do with companion cards? If it is, how can this be fixed? How long should someone with a disability wait for a basic human right? What would you do if you worked at a major ticketing company? How come there is a major delay between ticketing companies in answering these requests and what could be done about this?
 
Unfortunately, I need to go and spend 3 hours on hold now but keep being awesome – Ben.
 
 
I love video games on my phone and I have a new one called Harry Potter.  It so much fun it’s a cool game to play with other people. Most days I hang out with friends and we like going out to movies and to golf and all other fun stuff together.  One day I hope to go on a cruise, l am not sure. I can go on the boat with friends and family. - From your friend TJ
 
Hey bubbly friends, I am feeling joyful today because I am back to blogging after taking a break and spending time off with my parents. 
I chose to write about my holidays in May. I went to various daytrip places. What's your favourite daytrip place? Here's all the fun activities I did in May. 

My parents and I went to Harris Scarfe and bought electric blankets, it's very convenient especially in winter time. It keeps me warm in bed, I also bought two new t shirts from Zing. I bought a powerpuff girls t-shirt and inside out t-shirt. 

I gave my mum a mother's day card and a handmade gift that I did before taking a break. It's like a coaster but bigger, she uses it for hot food like a bowl of noodles. 
We also went on a day trip to Rosebud and Rye pier. Has anyone been there before? Then we had late lunch at Bayside Souvlaki at Rye. This often happens during holidays I am out of my routine, but I cope with late lunch or dinner so far. We ate souvlaki outside. We ordered one box shared for the three of us. It's my first time trying souvlaki it was lamb and chicken with yummy chips. We were full. 

We went to Lorne in the afternoon. We ate gelato for afternoon tea. I think I chose salted monkey and biscoff. What's your favourite gelato flavour? Then we ate early dinner at Pizza Pizza Lorne. We ate outside again, it was so quiet no people except us three. We ordered meat lovers and cheese. It was bit uncomfortable because there's cockatoos on our table, I think they wanted our pizza . I don't whinge to mum and dad, I just keep eating my pizza. Then there was a dog, I don't know who owned it but mum loved to played with the dog.

Another day we went on a city trip, we went by car. We had McDonalds for a snack incase we might have late lunch again. I chose a medium fries. What do you like to eat at McDonalds? Then went to Swatch to fix my watch battery, after that lunch at Padang restaurant (Padang is a city in Indonesia ). It's our second time, we ate there when my brother visited Melbourne last year. It was yummy I ordered rice with ayam pop ( chicken dish ). Then mum accompanied me to Mint my desk ( cute gift shop ) I purchased  a new spare journal not for handmade but personal one and I bought a new tote bag. 

We went on another city trip but we did different activities. We went by train this time, the train was peopley in the morning. Dad wanted to buy new shoes at Doc Martens. Then we ate lunch at Guljak Topokki Chicken. It's a Korean restaurant. Have you tried Korean food ? I chose fried chicken on rice, if you’re not a fan of rice you can ordered fried chicken with chips. Mum also accompanied me to Miniso (cute gift shop). I like that shop because they have so many cute merchandise, it’s a good shop to buy a gift for someone. I bought some bits and pieces for myself. I bought snoopy stickers, snoopy thongs, stitch socks and a BT21 cup. 
I have question for the readers: What's your favourite things to do in the city?
From happy friend: Jacinda
 
Beth’s cruising blog 
Hi friends how are you? Today’s topic is a choose your own adventure and I have an event coming up in October. It’s a mystery cruise, which we will be on the sea’s for 10 exciting days.
I am going with my family and I am so excited,
the cruise ship is called the Royal Caribbean.
I have seen lots of pictures and videos on television showing the ship sailing around the world and all the activities you can do on the cruise ship like karaoke and dancing and discos. I love karaoke.
On the cruise ship there are water parks, youth clubs, and family oriented events.
I have been told the food on the ship is so amazing you go back three or four times for more food.

I am so excited to be going on this holiday that I am marking off the days on my calendar every night.

Hoping the weather is good and the ship sales smoothly across the waters.

Thank you for reading my blog this is Bethany (female sailor) signing off until next week. - Beth

We have tickets! They’re to anywhere in the world and we can either go as ourselves OR as a fictional character. Where would you go, who would you go as and what would you do there, I’d like to write about my experience but right now my meal has arrived in my first class seat on my way to the Greek Islands so I cant type any more… Bye! Cindy.
 
 
Hello readers it’s TJ here and today’s blog I am writing about who I would like to be and places I’d like to travel. 
I love to be bowling on Wednesdays and Umbrella other days too. My people I care about them, they’re good mates to me and I love them so much as a good friend and hangout together like a friend. We have fun. Lots of fun. 
I would like to travel to America again to Phoenix and it is hot out there, but fun.  My nephew and niece play with me when I am there sometimes. 
If I could choose to be a character from a movie, I would like to be Deadpool and other characters from some scary movies like Michael Myer, Jason or Freddie Kruger. They are my favourite character because funny, scary and rude. – TJ
 
If I could go anywhere in the world I would go to America. I would like to visit Arizona to go see an airplane graveyard. I would also go to the freedom factory, which is in Texas, I would try the hovercraft they have. If I could be anyone, I would choose to be a navy seal who is based in California. Whilst I am in California I would go sightseeing and have a day at the beach. This is Nick signing off, see you next time.
 
If you could be anyone and go anywhere, who would you be and where would you go? This is an interesting question or pair of questions really, I have spent many days during childhood thinking about who I would be if I was a Disney character and now, I'm being transported back to that time of my life. I believe that back then I wanted to be one of the Characters from The Lion King, either Nala or Kiara. It’s probably surprising to people who knew me as a child that I didn’t want to be a Disney Princess or in all honesty a horse. I really loved horses and possibly at one point I wanted to be best Friends with Stevie, Carol and Lisa from The Saddle Club and learn to ride horses all day.
 I think if I was to choose now, I would choose to be Rapunzel from Tangled. I would really enjoy being in the tower surrounded by nature and far, far away from all the humans. I could have my friends and family visit me at the tower though so it wouldn’t be totally human free, but it would be very peaceful for me. I would love doing all the craft and creative things she does in the tower, I like to think of it as an art oasis and creative space of my dreams. It would be a bonus that I’d get to hang out with Pascal her adorable and sassy side kick. Pascal is a chameleon who lives with Rapunzel in her tower I love him so much. Maybe I should be Pascal.
I wouldn’t mind also going to one of the Disney Parks/Resorts. Not the ship though. I'm not a fan at all of ships even if it is a Disney ship. Disney is my favourite and I would really love to see at least one of the parks/resorts and maybe try Dole Whip and just live my best Disney life. I’d need to get some ears and a couple of plushies obviously and get a photo near the Disney castle!
Have you been to a Disney Park/resort? Tell us about it in the comments! – Your friend always, Shan
 
If I could choose who I would like to be, it would be Jack Jones from Southern Sons. 
He has an amazing voice and sounds so similar to John Farnham.
Last Friday night Krystle and I were in Geelong and I got the chance to meet Pete Drummond at a kebab place and he gave me his time to talk about his career and I also I asked how’s Jack doing.  I also got a chance to talk to April, Jacks girlfriend, and I asked her if I could get my stuff signed by Jack.  She said yes so I gave her my phone backstage and Jack took heaps of photos, signed my picture and my poster as well. The other people there were disappointed as Jack didn’t come out for anyone else. True story. 
 
There are a few places I would like to go and that is Ireland, Scotland and England. I would like to see where the Titanic was built and I also would like to see where the Lock Ness monster supposedly lives and I would like to see where Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was filmed, because I would like to know the history behind the story of Robin Hood and why they picked the location for where Robin Hood was filmed. Thank you for reading my blog kind regards Ash
 
I’m waiting at the airport for my Uncle Bob to pick me up, he’s probably busy with his burger restaurant, so Aunty Linda might come pick me up with the cousins Tina, Gene and Louise.
 
Tina is a bit of a weird teenager, but she’s cool in her own way, Gene the only boy and middle child, is pretty awesome. Louise is the youngest but the most naughtiest child is also pretty awesome. 
 
Uncle Bob’s restaurant is in Seymour’s Bay, New Jersey, the restaurant is next to a crematorium, the owner is an odd guy named Mort.
 
Bob’s best friend is Teddy, he’s always at the restaurant, and he’s probably the best customer they have.
 
Yep, I see Linda and damn she’s with her sister Gayle, is that a cat she’s holding? how did she manage to bring in the cat?
“Hi Linda and Gayle”. I say 
“Hi Haley” says Linda.
 
We hop into the car, and Gayle is driving, have mercy, she just merged into oncoming traffic with the cat walking on the dashboard.  
I wish Linda was driving, but to be honest, she’s no better.
 
We finally get to the restaurant/their house, they live above the restaurant.  I walk in. 
Tina staring out the window, drooling, assuming her crush is out there, last time her crush was Jimmy.
 
Gene is outside in a hamburger costume giving out freebies with his megaphone. Louise, nowhere to be seen. 
 
I go and put my stuff into Tina’s room. Unicorn posters are everywhere, bookshelves, some books titled “Saucy Side Story” by Tina Belcher.
 
I heard screaming coming from the crematorium next door.
I looked out the window, I saw Louise in there with her mouth wide open. I had to see what she’s looking at.
 
I quickly run down the stairs, rushed pass Linda and Bob who were both in the restaurant serving customers, mainly Teddy. I walked into the crematorium, I turned and saw what Louise was looking at, it was the start of someone’s cremation. The smell wasn’t pleasant, as you can imagine.  Louise scared me by pushing my back and screaming, the little devil she is, but she meant no harm. 
 
We both quickly scattered out from the crematorium and into the restaurant. Linda and Bob both said “you guys look like you’ve seen a ghost” 
 
Louise and I both stated “no, we saw nothing”. The restaurant closed up for the night, we had dinner,  Gene had his farting piano machine at the table, pulling a prank every time I sat or bend, he would press the button to make it go. We all laughed. But it did get old pretty quick. 
 
Bedtime approached and Tina and I went to bed, Tina upside down off the side of her bed so her head was hanging off the bed, talking to me, about her crush, it’s still the same guy, as last time Jimmy. She said I’m going to be a writer and have a lot of Jimmy’s babies. 
 
Then the conversation went onto the human body and Tina said “if boys had uteruses, they’d be called duderuses” 
 
She’s a strange one, I tell you. Anyways we both said good night and went to sleep. 
In the distance I can hear Gene, still using the fart machine. The next morning arrived, I woke up and went into the restaurant, where all of the family were working,  the burgers sizzling on the stove. Teddy and Mort were drinking coffee, waiting for their burgers.
 
My trip went fast, the whole family dropped me off at the airport and I just sat down, laughing at the fun adventures I had with my Uncle Bob and his family. 
They may be crazy but they my kind of crazy, I love them. 
 
Yours truly Haley Belcher. 
 
 
Hello and welcome to another Thursday blog, today I’ve decided to blog about who we would like to be and where we would love to go. I’d love to go to America to Pittsburgh or Boston to watch all of the sporting teams in those regions play. Unfortunately, this will never be a reality as insurance companies will not insure me.  I’d also love to go back to Singapore and eat my favourite chips as I arrive at “light and Changi” (Lite n Tangy) airport. I’d love to follow the Formula1 around the world and see the hot dog eating contest live. On the way home I want to go to France to go to Disneyland to get the VIP treatment cos I’m in a wheelchair. All filled up with cocktails so I may not come home (Cindy you’re clearly coming so no need to answer my invite).
 
How many hot dogs could you eat and what sauce do you like? What is your favourite flavoured chip?
 
Keep being awesome and don’t forget your passport. Ben
 
Dear readers, this week’s topic is about my life as a vampire. Let me start by telling you about my made up story about if I was a vampire. 
 
If I was a vampire I would only wear purple and black outfits, and I would live in a rustic country house in a scary dark forest.  My bathroom would be shaped like a coffin and my bed would be a black framed queen bed covered in roses with purple bedding. This is because I would be a vampire queen. 
 
As the queen of the vampires I would be in charge and I am very nice to all the vampires and I would suck and drain all the blood from all the very bad humans. I would turn into a bat and fly around at night and I would wear a daylight ring which would allow me to walk around in the daylight without being burned by the sun. I hope you enjoyed reading blog, as I had fun writing it - Written by Charlotte
 
 
Hey friends how are you today? Today’s topic is if you were a character from a book or a movie or a TV show who would you be and why? If I was a character from a movie I would be Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz because I  wear my red shoes. 
The characters in my movie will be 
Beth- Dorothy 
TJ- the lion 
Nick- scarecrow 
Mavis (Cindy’s dog) Toto 
Ben- Tin man 
Bernie- Wicked Witch of the West (ok with Bernie)
Cindy- Good Witch of the North
Delia- Aunty Em 
Once upon a time when Dorothy was walking along the yellow brick road path she met on her way Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion. 
Dorothy went on this journey to the Emerald city to seek help from The Wizard of oz who could help her return home. 
Please stayed tuned for the next exciting episode. 
Thank you for reading my blog and don’t forget to leave your comments below readers.  This is Bubbly Bethany as Dorothy signing off until next episode.