My Perfect Special Occasion
 
Imagine this…You can arrange the perfect day for any occasion. Where will you be? What will you wear? Who will be there? What food will you and most importantly, what is the celebration for?

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Our blog topic is what would be our perfect celebration. 
My favourite thing to celebrate is my birthday, it's my favourite day of the year! My birthday is March 29th and I will be turning 42. I love spending my birthday with my family and getting lots of presents. For my birthday I want an ice cream cake which is also a smash cake with all my favourite lollies and chocolates inside.

I would love to be on holiday for my birthday in China, maybe even at Shanghai Disneyland. I would spend my day hugging my favourite princess's, going on rides, eating yummy food and seeing the fireworks. I would have a very special dinner with my big family and order dumplings for everyone to eat. I like pork, prawn, seafood and vegetable dumplings with chilli and soy sauce.

I love my birthday and I love dancing so I could also have a dance party and show everyone my new moves. I would perform a dance to a Shrek song which is my favourite movie. I would like if everyone danced with me and we had a big dance party.
See you next week, love princess Claire.


Halloween in America 
I’ve always loved Halloween/Horror.
I’ve always dreamt of going to America to celebrate Halloween.
Because their Halloween is in fall and to me that’s a vibe, the Americans go all out as well. They decorate their houses and even do ghost fun houses and corn mazes. 

I prefer to do something for Halloween than my birthday, that’s how much I love Halloween.
I even tried to celebrate Halloween a few years ago with a photoshoot, but it didn’t work out, but there’s always next time. 
I try and do thirty-one days of horror movies in October. I compile a list of movies I haven’t seen before, so it’s a win-win, new movies and new jump scares. I even tried 25 days of Christmas horror movies, wouldn’t believe how many horror movies are based around Christmas. 

Last year my friend and I went to a theme park called Luna Park for Halloween, it was so magical, seeing everyone dressed up. I was a broken doll, and my friend was the crooked neck lady from “The Haunting of Hill House”.

We went into the haunted maze and, boy, was it scary. A person was camouflaged into the wall and kept moving with us. When we were about to leave the area, he yelled “Boo”  they gave us a fright. One of the rooms had an autopsy table with a man being axed in half by a crazy lady with a chain saw. 

I also love researching the history of Halloween. 
One little fact about Halloween is that turnips were used for the Jack-o’-Lanterns which dates back to Celtic traditions in Ireland and Scotland where they were used to ward off evil spirits. 

So as you can see, I’m a Halloween/ horror girly.
Halloween isn’t for everyone, but I think everyone is entitled to a good scare once in their lifetime. 
Haley


There are many special occasions in the world such as birthdays, Halloween, Christmas, New Year, Easter, and Lunar New Year. 
My favourite special occasion is Christmas because it’s such a happy celebration. I especially love spending time with my family and my Umbrella Support friends—we have Christmas gatherings every year. I also love Christmas because I get presents. Wouldn’t it be great if Christmas season was every day? 

In my dream Christmas, I would get lots of presents with cute wrapping paper. When I open them, I would find things like: 100 Faber-Castell colour pencils, A new phone, a new tablet and earbuds. A Tsum Tsum Princess Jasmine plush, and a pastel colour cutlery set. I love collecting aesthetic cutlery sets!

Mum would play Michael Bublé Christmas songs (he’s my favourite Christmas singer), and I’d also enjoy listening to Hi-5 Christmas songs. 

There would be so much yummy food that Dad cooked: roast chicken, roast potatoes, nuggets, chips, and fried rice. I’d really enjoy it all, and then go for a walk because I’d be so full! Later, when I wasn’t full anymore, I’d eat dessert. Dad would make Oreo cake (he doesn’t cook desserts in real life, but in my story, he does for Christmas).

In my imagination, my house would be bigger and more modern than my current one. It would have pastel-coloured Christmas lights outside, so people walking past would gasp at how pretty they were. 

Inside, my house would even have elevators and stairs—so if I felt lazy, I could just take the elevator to my room! In my room, I’d have a TV so I could watch a Christmas movie. I would choose The Polar Express, a classic Christmas movie. 

Even my bedroom would feel festive. My bedsheets would have teddy bears wearing Santa hats, and my doona cover would have Winnie the Pooh holding a Christmas wreath. I would also receive a Hello Kitty Christmas card from a close school friend, and I’d send her one back too. 

Apart from Christmas, I also love Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. These days are important because my parents sacrifice so much for me. 

For Mother’s Day, I would give Mum some BTS (K-pop) gifts because she likes them. For Father’s Day, I’d give Dad a Geelong Cats dinner plate. (I don’t like footy, but my dad is a big supporter of Geelong Cats.) Both of my parents would love their presents. 

For Mother’s Day, we’d go eat fish and chips at San Remo, and for Father’s Day, we’d eat at Pizza Pizza in Lorne. If the weather was sunny, we’d sit outside together.
Thank you so much for reading this week’s blog. I hope you enjoyed my story about my favourite special occasions.
Love from, Jacinda 


I had a phone call from my sister because my birthday is coming up and we are planning on going away to Torquay. Dad is coming and my sister too. Maybe my nephew will come. I hope they give me a cake. I love birthdays. 
From Ben 2


Hey readers how are you? Today’s topic is your perfect day or occasion and I have chosen to write my blog about my Christmas dress story.

It was a few weeks before Christmas and I looked on Temu and I saw a beautiful Christmas dress. I showed my mum and she said she loved it. I asked her if I could buy it and she said yes I was so excited to be able to buy it. But oh boy it was a long wait for it to arrive. 


I didn’t even want to wait until it came because I wanted to wear it straight away.
Each day I checked my emails for news about my dress arriving. Finally I got an email to say it was coming. After what seemed like years but was only weeks it arrived and it was more beautiful  than I thought it was in the picture.

I wore it to Umbrella Christmas party and Dinner with friends. I loved it and everyone said how beautiful the dress was and how beautiful I looked. I felt so special.


Readers, I have a question for you do you have a perfect day or special occasion and how would you spend it. Please let us know in the comments below. Thank you for reading my blog this is bubbly Beth signing off until next week.


My celebration is coming up, I am seeing AC/DC in November at the MCG with my biological father. It will be a great opportunity to see them and then a week later I’ll be seeing Jimmy Barnes at Mount Duneed Estate in Geelong, with one of my friends who has organised our tickets for Jimmy Barnes. I’m so grateful that I’m going to meet the bands who are performing on that day. 

It will be a hot November day because it’s nearly coming up to summer that’s why it’s going to be hot and I’m sort of looking forward to it but the other half is telling me it may not be nice because I’m hoping that I don’t get a migraine on any of those days because I’ll be so upset if I got sick. It’s going to be a crazy experience. The highlight is seeing AC/DC at the MCG. 
This is Ash signing off keep on rocking.



The one thing I would celebrate if I had unlimited money and time and ideas, is to organise a New Years party at my place and have lots of friends to come to the party, four of my closest friends would come to celebrate New Year together. 


We would have lots of chatter and many laughs together and reminise the good times we have had in the last 12 months.


To celebrate this very special day/night we would build a very large firepit that would burn for 12 hours or more.

We would throw on lots of wood and a little touch of kerosene just to get it started whilst standing back a few metres for the flame to connect, and just for fun maybe put kerosene in water pistols to keep the fire going. 
We would play rap music and the volume would be the loudest you could play.

This would be a night to remember and the best part about having the party is that I'm with my friends and family.
Nick


Hello and welcome to this week’s blog. Today we are talking about special occasions. This blog comes at the perfect time as I have just celebrated a two-month milestone with a special someone who I love and cherish very much. Not only was it our anniversary but it was a milestone birthday. I had a great time at the basketball with my brother sitting in courtside seats. I love special occasions even before as it builds excitement and anticipation for the event. I love Christmas as I know the cricket is just around the corner. I also love New Years as those who know me know I like to party. I love going to parties and events to celebrate. I love listening to all the music and dancing (albeit very badly). 

What special occasions do you enjoy?

Keep being awesome - Ben1


How I would celebrate Halloween
My name is Korey and I as going to celebrate on Friday The 31st of October with many friends on Halloween day.

I am going to trick or treat and I'm also making the Jack-o'-Lantern.
I have watched many horror movies and my favourite movie is Child's Play.

My face would be painted to look like Michael Myers who is an actor in Halloween and my costume would be the hockey mask that Jason Voorhees wears in the movie and his creepy looking jacket with a machete in my hand.

I would go with my friends around the neighbourhood, and hopefully get lots of treats.
This is Korey signing off and wishing everyone a Happy Halloween.


Dear Readers, this week’s topic is about a special occasion. 
Let me start by telling you about last year’s red carpet event. It was on a Saturday and I got to go as a guest and I got to walk the red carpet and we all took photos and I’m so excited for this years red carpet event. Being a part of Hellow Media means I get to dress up, do my nails, do my hair and do my makeup.  I’m excited to walk the red carpet and take photos and watch all our hard work on screen.  

Written by Charlotte 

What’s your era?
 
The oxford dictionary defines the term era as:
 
: A period of time beginning with some special date or event.
 
Today our bloggers write about a time that is an important era in their lives.
 
I was born with a disability in 1999 and I’m also deaf. The doctor will fix my body like my hips and my hands to fix them. When I was little I got a bad brain and everything but now I’m happy and peaceful. I’m helpful and a nice guy but sometimes I’m cheeky. Anyway soon I’m going back to America. I’ll be happy to be there but it’s hot out there. I miss my grandpa and my friends who have passed away and one more thing about my old dog I miss her so much sooo I will be ok and have a fun time like a party Umbrella time from TJ
 
Today's blog is about choosing a different era to live in and what I would be doing.

If I could go back to another era l would go to the future in 2035. I would probably be doing the same things as I do now, being with my friends, learning new dance moves, watching Disney movies and going on lots of holidays. I hope in 10 years time a Disneyland would have opened in Melbourne and I could go there all the time! I think there will be new things that I like and new superhero's that I will love. I think there will be more games for me to play on my IPad, maybe even a newer version of an iPad. I would like to dress up as Wonder Woman, Captain America and I would have a big wardrobe of costumes. I think the future will be so much fun with my friends and family.
See you next week
Love Claire
 
 
I’ve chosen the 2000 era because it was such a good time, full of happy memories for me. There were so many popular, kid-friendly cartoons back then. 

Things were different in the year 2000—there were no smartphones. I remember watching movies and TV shows on DVD or free-to-air TV.

If I were living my day in 2000, I would start by watching cartoons to stop myself from feeling bored. I’d watch Playhouse Disney or Disney Channel. 

I’d also play with toys and do colouring in. My choice would be a Winnie the Pooh colouring book, because he’s one of my favourite classic Disney characters. I’d use my Faber-Castell 48 colour pencils to make it bright and colourful. 

Then, I’d go with my parents to a CD and DVD store, because there was no Spotify or Apple Music back then. I’d hope they had F4 CDs (the Taiwanese boyband). I’d feel anticipation—excited but a little anxious in case it sold out. Luckily, they would have plenty in stock, and I’d be over the moon once I got my CD. 

After that, I’d visit Toys “R” Us to buy toys like a Disney Princess castle, Barbie dolls, and Minnie Mouse or Winnie the Pooh plush toys. I’d feel that same anticipation again—excited but worried I might miss out—but luckily, the shelves would be full of what I wanted.

If it were winter, I’d wear my Strawberry Shortcake jumper and track-pants in baby pink. They would feel warm and cozy. Do you like that cartoon? I still do, even though it’s not so popular now. If it was a hot day, I’d wear my Lilo & Stitch t-shirt with shorts.


For breakfast, i’d eat Disney cereals—Hunny Bs, with a picture of Pooh on the box. I also want to try Sipahh straws (I never tried them in real life, but my cousin did). I’d choose choc-mint flavour because the packet is aqua, my favourite colour. 

For lunch, I’d have a Happy Meal from McDonald’s—nuggets, small fries, and a Coke—because the toys were so good in the 2000s. I’d get a Care Bears toy, which would be super cute.
For dinner, Dad would make me macaroni and cheese, because he’s a great cook.

Thanks for reading my story about the year 2000. I hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
Love from, Jacinda
 
 
I was born at the start of the 90s, so my whole childhood was within the 90s. 
But I wish I was born in the 60s.
Why you ask? 
My parents were born in the 60s, I would love to relive their childhood and to see if all of the stories they told me were true and there was no social media, which would have been great and bad.  My mum even says today, the social media is the cause of the trouble, especially for bullying, because in the 60s, people could go home and relax without going online and being bullied by keyboard warriors.  Even if they were getting bullied, they could escape it for a bit. 
 
Also in the 60s they had good music too, like the Mama’s and Papa’s, Credence Clearwater.  The 60s also had some great tv shows, not like today. 
We sometimes even flick the TV on to I dream of Jeannie and Bewitched. 
Half of the jokes back then, I don’t think would be acceptable now. 
 
Both my parents would also say, they could leave the house in the morning and return when the street lights came on or for tea. To me that sounds like freedom.

But I guess each era would have the good and the bad, where the 60s all sounded great, but in school the teachers would use the ruler on the knuckles, so I’m glad I didn’t go to school back then. 

The Woodstock music festival looked like fun, I would loved to have been there. 
To be quite honest I think I have an old soul or a hippie soul, so I think I was born in the wrong era.  But sadly I was born in the 90s, at least I’m older than the internet. 
Haley. 
 
My name is Nick and I'm  stepping into a Time Machine which I built over the last twenty years.
My destination will be in the future and I am programming the Time Machine to 2099, which is 74 yrs from now. Whilst I'm in the time machine my age will stay the same as the day I entered this amazing machine.

When I arrive at my destination I will be surprised to see so many changes.
There could be flying cars with wings attached to the body work and no need for petrol as it would be all electric with powerful batteries under the bonnet. This battery would be capable of running for 10 days before  we have to recharge.

The biggest challenge would be creating a safe and effective vertical take-off. This amazing flying car could rise up to 20,000 feet, it would have controls in the car that are automatic and have senses all around the car. You would never have a car accident in the air. This is my dream for the future .
Signing off from my magical flying car, Nick.
 
Hello and welcome to new era in blogging. If I could go into any era, I would love to travel to the 80’s to listen to all the cool music and find out what life was like in that time. I would love to watch all the Hawthorn premierships and watch all the sport and see all the developments that has happened. I love comparing what life was like in the past compared to now. I wonder where politics would be? Would we have all the infighting that we have today? I would love to see the advancements in technology and wonder if people would truly believe where we are today. It also makes me wonder where we will be in fifty years time. I wonder how the next global crisis will be handled? Will we have hoverboards? What about Jetpack wheelchairs? Will there be world peace? What will the world look like? Will Taylor Swift have another Era’s tour in 20 year’s time? 
Keep being awesome and I’ll see you in the next life, ……oh I mean next week.
Ben1
 
Hey readers how are you today? Today’s topic is if you could go to another era what would it be and why?
I would go backwards to the year of Disco that is between 1970s to the early 1980s. The reason I want to go to the Disco era is because of the music and the clothes. 

To be in a disco with its loud music, strobe lights and mirrored disco balls hanging from the ceiling would be fabulous.  I would be wearing platform shoes and my very short floral dress. My friends would be wearing bell-bottom jeans with halter tops or a pantsuit or a miniskirt and of course platform shoes or long white boots. 

We would dance the night away, singing karaoke to our favourite songs such as Stayin Alive, I will survive and our absolute favourite is Dancing Queen. 

What an amazing time it would be to live in. Readers, have you lived in the disco era or know someone who did?

I have a question for you readers, if you could go back to any era what time would it be and why? Or, would it be forwards in time?
Please let us know in the comments 
This is bubbly Beth signing off!
 
In this week’s blog I was born in the summer of the 1880s. That’s the year of Ned Kelly and the Eureka stockade was happening and I was only 3 days older than Ned Kelly.  Both Ned’s family and my family where good friends and both of our parents were in the same prison cells and Ned asked me to be part of the Kelly Gang of course I said yes. I’ll be with Ned but they will sometimes be riding to Beechworth jail to get Ned out of the jail and help his brothers and sisters out with anything that they need. Sometimes I’ll be helping my family out as well and I’ll be riding to Albury to see Neds Aunty and Uncle as I got the news that Ned was sent to the old Melbourne jail to be hung. I told them not to hang Ned because he did not do it. I hope I could change history.
Such is Life, Ash.
 
Lets talk about Eras...
I want to start with a definition of Era, according to Oxford Languages on Google the definition of an Era; is a long and distinct period of history. Some examples of different Eras are; the Medieval Era, Victorian Era, Renaissance Era and The Cold War Era. Now our topic would be to talk about an Era or Eras that we might want to be in or are interested in. Maybe someone could make up a future era to write about that includes time travel and all the techie techie stuff.

When I heard the word Era, I immediately thought of Taylor Swift because of her Eras Tour. The Eras Tour was Taylor’s sixth concert tour that went from the seventeenth of March 2023 to the eighth of December 2024. This was a tour that celebrated and showcased the different eras of Taylor’s music. I believe that the tour started in America then continued onto other places in the world including Australia. Keeping in mind that the information I have might be off, I did my best to check reliable sources and I apologise if I have anything wrong.

Here are the different Taylor Swift Eras; Taylor Swift era, Fearless era, Speak Now era, Red era, 1989 era, Reputation era, Lover era, Folklore era, Evermore era, Midnights era and The tortured Poets Department era. Each one of you will notice (or not) is the name of her albums. Also it’s something special that Taylor can celebrate and share with her Swifties. The different Eras and the Eras tour gave Swifties (Taylor’s Fans) a chance to come together and share their love for Taylor and for their favorite eras of Taylors music.

​My favourite part of all of this is that each time there’s a tour bracelets are swapped, friendships are made and everyone gets to have a wonderful time just being their happy Swiftie selves. Maybe one day I’ll get a ticket and be able to see Taylor in concert.
BRING ON THE NEW ERA!
From your friend,
Shan
 
Dear readers, this week’s topic is an era of time   Let me start by telling you about an era of time that I would go to would be 2035. If I'm being honest I don’t know why I would go to 2035. It would be lots of fun. In my future there would be robotic cars, I would be much older and would be a professional chef and there would be jetpack wheelchairs too. As a professional chef, I would have my own restaurant and I would have all different dishes but my speciality would be Hungarian food. My restaurant would be in Garfield and it would be an inclusive workplace where I would hire people of all abilities.
What era do you think would be the best?
Written by Charlotte

Have you ever daydreamed about what it would be like to land your dream job? Whether it’s flying planes, being a famous performer, writing novels, or being a doctor, everyone has an idea of the “perfect” career. Today we will be reading about our participants dream jobs and why. Get ready to be inspired, surprised, and maybe even motivated to chase your own dream.


If I could have any job I would be a dance teacher because I love to dance. I would open up my own dance studio and call it "Claire's New Moves". I would teach ballroom dance including dances like the salsa and the waltz. The first concert I would put on would be called Shrek and there would be all songs from the Shrek story. At the concert everyone would get a trophy and also a special award. I would have students of all ages from three to one hundred and ten and everyone is welcome at my studio. I would have other dance teachers also teaching dance so there could be more classes for everyone. Everyone would call me Princess Claire at my studio and sometimes I might dress as a Princes too. 
Thank you, this is my dream job
Princess Claire


This week we are talking about our dream job. I have many dream jobs. My first dream job is to be a paramedic or working in a morgue to do a DNA analysis on the person. I would also like to work in a mental hospital. I’d love to work as a private investigator to spy on people who have been in criminal activity or on people who’s wives or husbands are having an affair without them knowing about what’s going on.  It would be cool to work on a body and do an autopsy on them, and see what the cause of death is. In a mental hospital I would help the patients out with their own mental health and make sure they feel safe when they get home and a paramedic would be seeing babies being born on the side of the road or helping someone who has a fall or had a seizure or a stroke or a heart attack.


Ash


I already have a regular job every Wednesday, and I think it’s really good to work and earn money—even though I have mild disabilities. I feel proud of what I’ve achieved.


If I could choose my dream job, I would love to work at a Disney Supermarket. I wish we had one here in Australia! I already have experience working in retail, so I think working at a Disney Supermarket would be so fun.


I would still do facing (that’s when you tidy up the products on the shelf to make them look neat), because that’s the job I can do best in a supermarket. Working at the cash register would be too overwhelming for me—I find handling money difficult.


My day would look a bit different because this supermarket would have all Disney-themed snacks! Imagine potato chips with Winnie the Pooh on the packet, or biscuits with Olaf on the box. That would be so exciting!


The uniform would be special too. Male workers would wear a red uniform with Mickey Mouse, and female workers would wear a pink uniform with Minnie Mouse. Of course, I’d wear the pink Minnie uniform because I’m a girl and Minnie is so cute.


I would work the same hours as I do at Woolworths—3 PM to 6 PM—and I’d work once a week, every Wednesday. That means I would have to resign from Woolworths and tell my manager that I got a better job at the Disney Supermarket. It’s better because everything is Disney-themed, and as you know, I love Disney so much. My Woolworths manager would miss me though—I’ve been working there for 8 years this November.


The first people I would tell about my new dream job are my nuclear family—my parents. If my brother, who lives overseas, video calls them, I’ll tell him too and say, “I got a better job at the Disney Supermarket!” I know they’ll all be proud of me.


After that, I’d send a text to my Nan in Indonesia and tell her the good news. Maybe I’ll text my Aunty too—or maybe Nan will forward the message to her!


On my first day at the Disney Supermarket, I’d be welcomed by my manager and co-workers. My manager (she’s a lady) would show me around the store and say, “Take your time and don’t rush.” Then she’d let me know which aisle I’ll be facing.


We had a Disney pop-up store back in June, but wouldn’t it be amazing to have a permanent Disney-themed supermarket?


Thanks so much for reading. I hope all the Disney fans out there loved my story!
Love, Jacinda




When I was in High school, I’ve always wanted to become a chef, so I did all of the cooking classes since year 7, all through year 12. I even did a cake and bake class.
I had a great teacher who would help me with a step ladder for me to reach the stove and bench. 
 I remember doing a project in food technology class where we had to pick a country and cook a three course meal for my family. 
I did Ireland, I can’t remember the entree but the main meal was a potato stew, which was delicious. 
My whole life was set on being a chef. 
In year ten or eleven, we did a test about suitable careers for you. 
I saw chef was not on my list of suitable careers so I was very discouraged about it, that shook my whole life up.


I graduated high school, with nothing to really look forward too. 
Took me a while to get the confidence to start handing out my resumes, but no luck.  
I even applied for a job that were advertising but, they would say we weren’t advertising, which lowered my confidence again. 
I felt stuck in a rut. After a while, 
I got a job at a plant nursery (wasn’t my ideal  job), but to my surprise I actually did like to be outside. Talking to the plants and weeding. I felt like I was heading somewhere, sadly I got let go from that job, but I got another job at another nursery, which was close to home.
I was there for a few months, sadly again I was let go because of a business shut down. 


I had a few weeks of being in a slump, I had an idea to start a business called “ability weeding” so I handed out flyers, hoping it would take off, but sadly it did not. Not even one customer, apart from my parent’s garden.  Which was totally fine. 


Then I ended up doing work experience at a restaurant also near my house, which was great, and after a few months of work experience, the restaurant had offered me a job, I gladly accepted it and I have been there ever since.


In saying all of this, you can still dream of things, but sometimes the universe has other things planned for you. I’m okay with that.
I’m grateful for my experience in high school to cook for all those years, and to experience new and exciting job opportunities. 
Also never let your dreams go, sometimes you have to take a different path to fullfil your dream no matter how long or short.
You have to do what makes you happy. 
Haley


Today’s blog topic is what is my dream job and why. If I could have any job I would open up an animal hotel. This hotel would be for pets and pets only! And would be for when someone is going on holiday and can’t bring their pet with them but want them to have their own little getaway. Each pet would get their very own room and have a dedicated staff member. The hotel would be like a resort and have activities for all different types of pets. The resort would have a chef who would make meals for the animals instead of just regular pet food. I would spend my day cuddling all the pets and playing with them. This would be my dream job because I love animals! I would call the hotel ‘Peaches Hotel’. 
Thanks for reading, see you next week 
Annie




My dream job would be to sell my “everyday people” merchandise at a market.  I would go to Box Hill market, and I would sell my jumpers, hats, t-shirts and my friend would sell her tie dye clothes at the market too. It will be fun and we would get ice cream at the end of the market day. 
Ben 2 


Hey readers how are you?  Today’s topic is what is your dream job. My dream job is having a business of my own or helping one of my closest friend’s who has a cookie business. My friend sometimes sells her cookies at markets, I got asked if I wanted to help her and I said yes please. 
I loved it so much that she inspired me to start my own business and if I could do this, this is what it would look like. 
I would have a table set up with a beautiful pink and white checkered table cloth. It would look very pretty and very tempting for people to buy my goodies. I would have my business name on t-shirts and aprons and my logo would be on the containers. At the end of the table would be a poster telling people about my business.
It would be a very long day and hopefully I would make lots of money and I could ask my friends if they would like to help me. 
This is Beth signing off until next week!


My dream job would be to work on a huge cruise ship bigger than any ship in the world and it would travel faster than any other which would give us more time to see many countries. 
On my cruise ship it would have five swimming pools one especially for the trampoline which would be attached to one pool and you could perform water bombs off the trampoline into the pool.
There would be 600 staff and I would be the Captain of the cruise ship ( Captain Nick ).This ship would cater for 3000 passengers also.
 My job would be overseeing staff and staying in the control room cruising the ship around the world.
Also being Captain I am able to go down to the engine rooms to make sure everything is working as it should be and everyone one is working safely.
This cruise ship would be my ideal job especially being able to go down to the engine room and looking at thousands of buttons and lights and even better knowing what all the switches are for.
Signing off now as there is a fire alarm sounding somewhere on the ship .... yikessssss....
Nick 


What would be my dream job?
I think many people talk about their dream jobs as a getting to know you type topic and it seems like an ice breaker of sorts. It’s come up a few times through life, first day of school, first day at a new group and many other first day getting to know you activities. I do remember that I once was asked what my dream job was for the end of year book in grade six. That was the only time it came up on the last day of something.
I have had both realistic dream job ideas and wildly imaginative dream jobs that include unicorns and all the magical mysteries from deep in my mind and heart. I think it would be really cool to do something creative with Disney behind the scenes just quietly creating Disney magic. Maybe write a short novel because that seems fun but I think I’d publish it under a different name so that I could avoid too much attention if it got wildly popular.
Honestly, I think anything creative would be wonderful. Somewhere I can create and bring joy to others without too much attention being brought on me. My introverted “self” dreams of a quietly creative setting that brings joy to others but also to myself. A job that’s also good for the soul and mind, with space to dream up new things to bring joy and create stories that inspire.
Not once did I have an answer like this in the getting to know you sessions because there wasn’t space or time for it. I never had time to really think about it. Maybe when you have the time you can sit down with your favourite beverage and ask yourself “What would my dream job be?” Maybe you will surprise yourself with what you come up with.
Thank you for joining us today,
Your friend,
Shan.


Dear readers, this week’s topic is what is your dream job?
Let me start by telling you about my dream job. It has always been to be a chef and I recently  achieved my dream of being a chef because I got a job where I get to work in the kitchen working with the chefs and I’m feeling so excited and anxious to start my new job next week.   But I am excited to learn how to make different dishes and dessert and to learn more cooking techniques. This will help me with future employment in providing me with more confidence and recipes to make. I will let you readers know how my first day goes next week. 
What's your dream job and why?
Written by Charlotte


My dream job is car racing to help my dad and that would be my work.  I would have a yummy lunch and my uniform would be black. I would save all my money for America holidays.
TJ


Hello readers. It’s time to tune into another blog. My dream jobs would be anything to do with sports media or media in general. I’ve always had an interest in media as I love looking at everything technical. It doesn’t matter if it’s the newspaper, tv, radio, social media just to name a few. I have had a few work experiences in sport and media which I would love to expand on my experience and career so I can explore my options. I love trying to figure out what’s going on behind the scenes when something goes wrong. I love coming to the media program as I have a leadership role where I can expand on my own skills so I can launch my own career. I have my own podcast so I feel like this is a great stepping stone for me. What does your career look like? How do you plan on achieving it?


Keep being your awesome selves and remember. Knowledge is power.
Ben1

Choose your own adventure – July 2025
 
Hello and welcome to our July edition of CHOOSE OUR OWN ADVENTURE! Today our bloggers have been given the challenge in their blogs to incorporate the words:
 
WHERE – A PLACE
 
WE’RE – WE ARE
 
WEAR – CLOTHES
 
Why is the English language so tricky?
 
 
Todays blog is choose your own adventure and I’m going to talk about my nana.
 
My nana’s name is Yvonne, where she lives is Cranbourne, which isn’t too far from me. My nanna used to be a midwife so she loves babies. She is extremely talented at knitting and her favourite thing to knit is baby clothes, she makes them for babies to wear. I love spending time with my nanna and doing things like going to the shops, having lunch and just hanging out. We’re going to go to the shops soon probably to fountain gate, that’s our favourite place to go. My nanna bought me the key chain for my phone which I love and is personalised , she is always thinking of me and getting me little presents. - This is Annie signing off, see you next week.
 
Today we are blogging on a nice, sunny day. I'm going to blog about my cruise in Queensland. I went on a cruise a few weeks ago with my family in Queensland, it was lots of fun! We ate lots of food! Some of the food we ate was pizza, dumplings, and drinks like Diet Coke and Diet Sprite, they are my favourites. On the cruise, we had Christmas in July, so I did lots of dancing and singing with my family. There were beautiful Christmas decorations, we had a Christmas lunch and dinner; it was delicious. I liked watching all the waves on the boat, it was really cool. On the cruise, I watched shows with dancing and singing; I enjoyed them.
 
On another trip, I went to Queensland, where we went to Sea World and Movie World. They are both favourites because I loved them both. In Sea World, I went on a big, scary ride! It was lots of fun. I saw dolphins; they were so cute; they were swimming in the water, jumping in and out of the water, and doing tricks, it was so cool. In Movie World, there are lots of movies and shows. Movie World has lots of scary movies and rides! I wore 3D glasses, and it was so good. I went on a ride at both Movie World and Sea World that got me wet!! I went down a big slide and it got me wet, and another one that sprayed me with water! I enjoyed my trips in Queensland.
 
I'm very excited because I got new shoes! I love them so much, so I wanted to tell you all! My shoes are blue and purple in colour; I'm wearing them today! I also got a new haircut in Queensland, I feel pretty with my new haircut. - See you next week, Claire.
 

Kumon is a maths tutoring program I did in the past. I want to share what it was like for me and where I used to go for it. I did Kumon at Metro Permata, which was near where I used to live, so it wasn’t far from my house. Most of the time, my housemaid walked me to Kumon on Tuesdays and Fridays. But if it was raining, my mum would drive me instead.
 
At Kumon, there was no strict rule about time—I didn’t have to be punctual. I could come anytime during opening hours. I usually went during the day, before lunchtime, and had lunch afterward. There was also no dress code, so I could wear anything I liked. I usually wore a t-shirt and shorts because Indonesia is very hot. I remember getting a lovely t-shirt from Kumon. It wasn’t compulsory to wear, but I liked it. The shirt was white with blue sleeves. It had a picture of the earth, with children standing underneath it, and it said “I Like Kumon” on top.
 
 
I bought a tote bag with my Kumon homework and a small pencil case that had a grey lead pencil and an eraser. When I arrived, I would write my name and the date on the worksheets and start working. After finishing the worksheets, I had to answer a math question by speaking with the Kumon teacher. If I did very well, the teacher would let me choose a sticker! Do you like stickers? I’m a big girl now, but I still love them.
 
There were lots of stickers to choose from—cartoon ones like Minnie Mouse, Tweety, Snoopy, and Pooh Bear. The teacher would cut them up and keep them in plastic containers for us to pick from.
 
Sometimes, I also got coupons from Kumon. I could use the coupons to get small prizes like stationery, toys, or lunch bags. I remember choosing a Pikachu pencil case once, and another time I picked a cute lunch bag that I used for school. I liked Kumon because there were cute stickers, no strict dress code, and no pressure to be on time like school.
 
But there were some things I didn’t like. Kumon didn’t have long holidays like school, and we always had homework. One time, the teacher made a joke and said “Sleep over here!”—she was just kidding, but I found it annoying. Kumon also got harder, so my mum decided it was better for me to stop in first grade.
 
Now you’ve learned a bit about what Kumon is like. Thanks so much for reading my blog. It means a lot to me. - Love from, - Jacinda
 
 

Choose your own adventure
One day, one of the Umbrella staff and I went out to a pizza shop where we were going to have lunch, and we had a Hawaiian pizza together. The Hawaiian Pizza was delicious.
Delia had chocolate ice-cream which is her favourite, And I had strawberry ice cream which is my favourite. I also went to 7/11 with Delia as well after dinner. I decided to wear my everyday people hoodie. We’re cool when we eat pizza!  Ben2
 
 
 
 
Where is a place I would go to? my own home and this will be beautiful small house and small town where I would build a small house and small stuff. We’re going to have good stuff and good food, wear good clothes, try buy nice clothes on my own and they will be joker shoes and this will be my joker and I will make sure I look good. I will be back to America soon but not sure what day. - Tyson 
 
 
 
Hi my name is Isabella, I’m 11 year old. I’m fascinated about Mermaids. My Grandma gave me one when I was 5 and  ever since then I’ve loved them and any chance I could, I would go into the water of any kind I spend hours in the water. 
 
A few years later, I went on holiday with my family, I couldn’t wait to get  to the lake,   
As soon as I could, I changed my clothes into my bathers and I walked down to the lake which was where most people spend their summer days with their families. 
 
For some reason there was no one there today, it was a bit gloomy in weather, but that didn’t stop me from going into the water. I swam for miles and miles, not noticing on where I was. I poked my head up from the water, looked around. I didn’t see anything familiar to me.
 
I saw an old looking cabin with a fire going out the front, I thought I would go up and ask who ever who was there where I was or how far away was  from my family cabin.
I pulled my hair to one side and rung out the lake water and tilted my head to let the water out.  I stretched my arms to get the heat from the fire. There seemed to be no one around, A few moments later a man in a wheel chair comes out the cabin door.  He’s shouted “Hey, who are you”  I turned around and said. “Isabella, do you need help down the path”
 
“No, I can manage, I will be right down”
He got to the fire, now the weather was gloomy but it was still warm out. The man was wearing a blanket on his lap. 
 
He tugged the blanket to make it cover his legs and hips. But I did see a glimpse of something sparkly and shiny,  We both had something in common. “Mermaids” we spoke about mermaids till the sun set and into the dark.  The amber ashes were flying away with the wind. The guy, said “I don’t think you should go back now, especially in the lake water” I replied “why?” He took a big deep breath and he threw off his blanket and he didn’t have legs, but a teally colour sparkly shiny mermaid  tail. 
 
I was gobsmacked! He was a real merman, I couldn’t believe it, I only thought it was folklore and fairytales. He said “it’s getting late, you can have my bed, it’s the first room to your right, past the lounge room” So I went into the cabin,  he stay out there. In the darkness, with a tin of bourbon in his hand. 
 
I woke up to a sound of splashing, I ran outside to see the empty wheel chair close to the edge of  the sandbank near the water, I quickly took off my clothes and went and couldn’t find him, 
 
I almost gave up. I saw a glowing aurora and a splash, I quickly swam over there, he was there swimming and talking to the fish
He looked at me and  swam to me, he lured me down, I mean so deep I couldn’t see the outskirts of the  sky anymore. I had an out of body experience, my life flashed before my eyes. 
 
He helped me up to the sand bank, I was in shock, no pain no nothing,  I tried to move my legs to pick myself up,  it couldn’t, I looked down  I  saw a purple/pink mermaid tail,  I asked him “am I a mermaid now?” He murmured “Yes, I’ve been watching you for years, every summer, I knew you were the one”
 
I was excited, worried, all of the emotions,  
I was a real mermaid. 
Few years later, we’re still mermaids, we had two kids, both humans until the  moment.  They can turn into mermaids, if they would like to. – Haley
 
 

Dear readers how are you? Today’s topic is choosing your own adventure, and I have chosen to write my blog about a holiday. I’m going on an adventure to Bali in Indonesia with my support workers Cindy, Bernie, and Delia for 2 wonderful fun weeks.
 
We will be flying Air Malaysia and flying first class. Once we arrive, we will get a taxi to a beautiful accommodation place called Double Six and will get upgraded to the Penthouse..
 
Our plan is to go to the Bali Zoo where there are many animals like Sumatran Tigers, Zebra's and Meerkats and ducks and elephants that you can ride on. On day two we are going to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary where we will have to wear long pants and long sleeve shirts to keep the bugs off us and take our jewellery off as the monkeys are well known for stealing jewellery and bags off you and anything shiny.
 
While we are there, we will visit the temples where you must be respectful, quiet, and dress appropriately to their customs. The next few days will be eating and sitting around the pool and hopefully having many massages and soaking in the spa and many facials. This is Bethany signing off and feeling very excited about this “adventure”.
 
 
Hello and welcome to another blog. Today we’re diving into another choose your own adventure. I had a great time at my brother’s buck’s party on Saturday and I got to wear one of my favourite shirts. I went go carting and then into the city for drinks. I really enjoy getting out and about and spending time with friends and family. I love to wear all kind of out there shirts and clothes. I have a pair of pink tie dye pants. Multiple tie dye shirts and even a tie dye pillowcase and doona cover. I also love surprises and I know I have a couple coming up for my birthday which I’m really excited for. Do you like surprises? Do you find it hard to plan what to wear because you don’t know where you are going?
 
Surprise.......that finishes my blog for the week but keep your eyes peeled for where my next blog will take us and keep being awesome. Ben1
 
 
Dear readers this week’s topic is choose your own adventure 
Let me start by  telling you about  a  made up story and it takes place in Paris where I go for a holiday and I wear nice casual outfits.  My friend Bethany and myself go to a cute little French cafe for brunch were we have crepes and croissants and Beth and myself drink delicious hot chocolate. I’m drinking some yummy cherry juice and after brunch we're going to explore Paris and we will go to Disney in Paris. Our holiday ended. We had so much fun that we didn’t want to go back home but we had to. We were treated to a luxurious first  class fight home and we felt like royalty. We decided to go back to Paris after having such an amazing holiday.
Where would you like to go on holiday?
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Today I would like to talk about my favourite movie called ‘No Escape’ starring Owen Wilson. It’s about an American engineer and his family company that specialises in water systems. Where he goes to an unnamed country although it was filmed in Thailand.

The character Owen is played by Jack Dwyer. First day there he goes to buy a paper and witness a riot between protesters and police. It is very violent escapes but is seen by the leader of the protesters and is followed.

The movie is an action packed, very violent and shows Jack and his family escaping from protesters by paddling the river. They are assisted by two men who are secret MI5 staff who are wearing normal clothes. It was a great movie it would be good as a VR game we are working on it. I would like to watch it again. I would love to be an actor in this movie. - Nick.
 
Today I’m choosing my own adventure to go to a different territory where the sun shine’s every day and every night. We’re my friends and I are having a great time together and I’ll be wearing shorts, singlets and thongs. I can’t wait to wear my summer clothes again. My friends and I will be drinking Great Northern beers, Bundaberg Rum and Jim Beam as well, I’ll be having a blast with my friends and enjoying where we’re staying. – Ash
 
It’s another choose your own adventure blog...
We have challenge words to add to our blogs this week and they are; where, as in where are you? We're, as in we are writing a blog and wear; as in what am I going to wear today? I really needed to get them out of the way first up because otherwise I’d forget.
 
These words can be a bit tricky and can trip up even the most seasoned writer. What are some words that constantly trip you up and make life a bit confusing when writing? I’d be really interested to read your answers in the comments.
 
I have a charm bracelet that has a huge amount of sentimental value as all the charms were gifts to me from important people in my life. It began with a bracelet with one charm from a best friend as a birthday gift and now I have 21 different charms that are small pieces of my heart. Obviously, I don't mean actual pieces of my heart, that seems a bit extreme and possibly bad for my health. There are rainbows, unicorns, a Pegasus, my Harry Potter house, a family tree, a butterfly, paw prints, a dog, a cat, a book that opens, multiple lion king charms, minnie mouse, the cheshire cat, Mrs. Pots with Chip, angel wings, my birth stone, Stitch and a sister charm.
 
Each of these charms were brought with love and have more than just monetary value to me, there’s a story to my bracelet and it makes me feel special to know so many people have contributed to its story. Some by my grandparents, my parents, best friends, my sister and one was chosen for me by my best friends' daughter. One day both my best friend's children will also choose charms to be represented on my bracelet so they too can feel special and have a physical reminder that they are a part of my story and I apart of theirs.
 
I could go on forever if I had the time and space but as with all good stories this one must come to an end. Do you have a special piece of jewellery that you love and cherish for more than its monetary value? Or maybe a childhood toy or anything that means the world to you? I also have a mouse door stop that was my great grandparents doorstop that I have loved since childhood but i will talk about him another time. Yes, that means you must keep coming back!
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Thank you for reading and for your endless commitment to our blogs. We appreciate you Your friend, Shan.

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