This week our bloggers are writing about a time they have experienced or will be experiencing that brings people together. We love hearing their stories about family and friends as well as times they have had that have brought joy!
 
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Hello readers, I hope you are well because I am bit tired today. This week we are writing about the long weekend and I can't wait for mine because I am planning to have a chilled one and stress free. I will meet with my lovely girlfriend, and I will watch my favourite DVDs.

On Saturday I will have a date with my girlfriend Claire and my support worker Matt will be there support us. We will go bowling and have dinner and we might go to a movie as well if we time.

On Sunday I am resting and watching my dvds in my cozy bed and hopefully I can see my close friends too the following day.
That will be all for my long weekend. – Thomas

 
Hello my lovely readers, today's blog is about the long weekend. I am looking forward to my long weekend, I always have a great plan because of my mum, she helps me plan it all.  She is an amazing mum and I am very grateful for her. On Saturday I will have a quiet morning resting before my date in the afternoon with my true love Thomas. We will go bowling and have a nice dinner and will be helped by Thomas's support worker Matt. It is warm weather on the weekend so I will probably swim in my pool. Thomas can too. I will miss my friends on Monday because it is a long weekend but that's ok, I will see everyone on Wednesday for bowling.
Thank you to my readers, Claire. 
 
 
It was Labor Day long weekend last weekend, and my plan as I write this blog is to do some interviews at Moomba on Friday night. I think I am doing two interviews when I'm there with Rechelle. She is my support worker extraordinaire. I will interview a person from travellers aid.

On Sunday I will have time with my mum and dad. I also live with two housemates in Box Hill and they are going away, so l am going to move to the family house and then when they get back, I will move back in with my housemates.
 
Over and out, this is Ben signing off for today – Ben
 
 
Dear readers today topic is  coming  together
 
 Let me start telling you about what I’m doing on the weekend.
 
Friday I’m going to celebrate my Aunty and my dogs birthday and my dog is turning  seven years old and  I’m feeling very excited  for  my dogs birthday and  I’m going to bake a  banana  and peanut butter cupcake and for my dog/s birthday and for Aunty I’m going to message her and call her. By time you read this her birthday would have already passed.
 
Saturday I'm  going to Fountain Gate to do shopping for my sister's graduation dress with my mum and sister.

I met  and made a new friend last weekend and this weekend were going to meet with her and mum and  we are going  to grab lunch while at shops and after that me and my mum might do our  nails .
 
Sunday, hopefully  it's a calm  and quiet rest day and I might spend time with my  family  and maybe even read one of my Twilight books.
 
What are you planning to get up on the weekend?
 
Written by Charlotte.
 
 
My grandparents are members of the Peugeot car club and it was a yearly thing to go with them in one of their Peugeot cars to a property in Phillip Island that I believe was owned by one of the Peugeot car club members. All the Peugeot car club members would come for a Christmas catch up, lunch and unofficial show and shine of the cars (they all were really clean and fancy). When I was in primary school, I would come with them and it was exciting to spend the day with my grandparents.  
 
On the drive up to Phillip Island we would stop for morning tea at a cafe/farm and I would have a sweet treat while all the members chatted away about this and that. I would also go out with my grandparents to see the animals that they had at the cafe. I always looked forward to stopping for morning tea because it was lovely to have that time with my Grandparents and felt very special to be with them. Of course, I also loved the sweet treat and seeing the animal friends.  
 
Once we got to the meeting place where we would have lunch in Phillip Island we would set up and my grandparents would have snacks and nibblies for us to have and everyone would start to catch up and look at each other's cars. I don’t remember if lunch was put on by someone else or it was bring your own lunch but it was a really good day of exploring and bonding with my grandparents.  
 
I remember one time at one of these events my Grandad trusted me with his really fancy camera and I went off and took photos of the Peugeot cars all lined up together. They liked it so much that it got published in the Peugeot Car Club magazine. That was really awesome for me because I loved having my photos appreciated. Everyone in the car club really love and look after their Peugeots.  
 
It was a really lovely time to share with my grandparents and it was great that they wanted to share the Peugeot Christmas get together with me.  
Have you got fond memories with your grandparents?  
Have a beautiful day and keep hydrated, 
Your friend,  
Shan  
 
 
Hi friends welcome back to my cozy corner today’s topic is coming together and I have chosen to write about my long weekend .

On Saturday  I went to my friends house and we had so much fun together. 

On the Sunday I got to sleep in and then mum made my favourite breakfast, which is pancakes with strawberries and ice cream. After breakfast mum and I went to Panda Mart, have you heard of it or been there. It’s a huge factory that sells everything but not food. I really loved looking at the flowers and having a good look around. We were there for 3 hours. After our big day shopping, we went Noodle box for our delicious dinner.

Monday was a public holiday and we went to Moomba. It was my first time there and I was a bit nervous and also excited to see the parade and the carnival with its many rides. It was so much fun.

After my busy wonderful weekend I got to go to bed early exhausted but happy.
What did you do for the long weekend. 
This is Bethany signing off until next week.
 
 
Welcome to my blog for this week  I am writing about the long weekend.
Saturday afternoon my friend is having his birthday party at the
pub, and we are going to have a nice dinner and a few drinks.

I am looking forward to catching up with them. I hope to see my friends niece as well because I have a crush on her and I my friend knows about this. I have known this friend since I was eighteen. He is a good mate of mine and he is the person who bought me my first drink at the pub. I am also excited to see my friends niece and I will try talking to her as well.

For the rest of the weekend I am planning to work on my propeller which I found in an 
antique shop. I am proud of my propellers that why I want to have a mechanic who specialises in aircrafts to look at it and tell me more about it. They can track the serial number and it can reveal lots of information on the planes origin.

Thankyou for reading, Nick 

It’s that time of the month again when our bloggers choose their own adventure and write about anything they like. It’s one of our favourites and we love hearing stories of such variety.
 
Last week, you would have noticed I didn’t write a blog. But I had a really good reason. I was in Hamilton Island soaking up the sun. 
 
I went to Hamilton Island with my friend and her mum and her mum’s partner.  
The first day we got there, we went to the apartment, dropped off our luggage and we got a buggy, because in Hamilton Island there are only a few cars on the island. We travelled around the island to have a look what was around.  I sat in the back of the buggy, let’s say it was very different. 
 
We named our buggy “Freddy”. We would always say thank you to Freddy. 
 
The first night we also went on a sunset cruise and buffet. 
Didn’t see much of a sunset as it was cloudy, but the cruise and the buffet were brilliant.  I even tried crocodile (tasted like chicken).
 
My friend and I went in a helicopter ride around the island and the surrounding islands, we got taken to Whitehaven beach. Guess what?, we had the beach all to ourselves, the helicopter polite was very shocked. Apparently Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales was filmed there.  It was the most amazing beach, we saw sting rays in the water. 
 
The following day my friend and myself, went for a walk to the highest peak of Hamilton island, the track we did was called Passage Peak.  It took a while to walk it but the views up the top was spectacular, you could see a 360 degree view of all of the islands surrounding Hamilton island.  On the way down I had a mishap and fell down.  I got back up and soldiered on.  My friend on the other hand she was worried, so I had to walk in front of her. 
 
The third day my friends mum and her partner went on an all day boat ride to the Great Barrier Reef, they loved it, they said it was a great experience.  They could even snorkel if they wanted too. 
 
While they were on the boat, my friend and I just lounged around the pool, waiting for our massage appointment.
 
The last day we all lounged around the pool, even when it poured down with rain, nothing was going to stop us from being in the pool. 
 
The night time at Hamilton island was so busy, We usually went out for tea, the food was delicious.  The buggies even had headlights on them. But they did make a horrible noise when reversing. 
 
We didn’t see much of a range of animals while in Hamilton island.
Mainly cockatoos, kangaroos and one snake on the walk at Passage Peak.  If you fed one cockatoo, the whole gang would come fly onto the balcony.  Funny story, my friend’s mum left her smokes on the table outside and when we returned, the packet was gone.  We found them on top of a bush underneath the balcony. How did we know the cockatoos took the packet? There were claw marks on the packets and a few cigarettes were marked too. Those naughty cockatoos. 
 
People say it’s expensive, but I guess if you save and plan ahead, it’s do-able.
 
All up, Hamilton Island was amazing and the weather was great apart from the last day. But that was okay.  We didn’t mind at all because it was still hot.   I would gladly go back to Hamilton island in a heart beat.   
 
I can’t wait for our next holiday to Wollongong for the darts masters.
I think  while we are in Wollongong, we might do the Sydney Harbour Bridge climb. Which will be amazing. 
Until next time. 
Haley
 
 
I have done travelling before I have been to Hong Kong for my birthday, and my favourite bit was the big Cinderella Castle. It is so beautiful.
I went with my family and it was a long trip. On the plane I watched movies and had a sleep.
We went on scary rides, I was so scared. They are fast and they are high.
The Mummy movie has a ride and it was scary for me. They wet me! But I did laugh and it was heaps of fun.  I went on other scary rides like the dragon boat park. It's on the water, but it's fun because you get wet too. Harry Potter rides too, scary dark and lots of fun.
Disney have the best fireworks and they are great. You can see lots of stars at night and I had hot chocolate. It is my birthday soon.
 
 
Next year I want to go to a different Disney for my birthday, Shanghai is on my list. I heard there is a Disney Island in the Bahamas which I might put on my list too.
I have three lists. I have a movie list with Krystle, and a travel list with mum. And we tick them when we are done.
I will do the rock the boat cruise next year it will be very fun.
 
Thank you for reading my blog about travel, and me
Claire. 
 
 
Hi readers, today we get to write about anything we want. It's a choose your
own adventure day. I want to tell you about a passion of mine which is riding
and fixing mowers with my friends. I started fixing mowers on my own when 
I was ten years old, one day I saw an old mower in the hard rubbish and I pushed
it home. It was a way for me to keep myself busy and learn.

I am very lucky to have a shed where I can spend a lot of time fixing my mowers 
and over the years I have watched many videos on how to fix them and I taught
myself  which is something that I am very proud of.

The exciting part about mowers is when I get to ride on them with my close friend
David. We go to Kilcunda every now and then and we have so much fun. Sometimes Dave comes with us! 

Do you have something that you are passionate about?
This is Nick the lawn mower guy.
 
 
Dear readers, today's topic is choose your own adventure.
 
Let me start by telling you about what I have chosen to write about, planning for a holiday.  
 
I’m planning to go to Brisbane this year. I went there two years ago and it was my first solo trip, it was fun and scary at the same time.
 
I'm looking at Virgin Airlines for their ticket prices and I might buy my tickets around Easter time as they usually have a sale.  That way, I don't have to stress about buying them at the last minute as I like to be organised.
 
Buying my ticket early allows me to save for all the extra things I need for my holiday in September.
 
Are you planning on going on holiday this year?
 
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Good day friends and readers, today's blog is a choose your own adventure and I want to write about all the lovely people in my life. I am lucky to have close friends, and family who I love, a best brother Chris and my beautiful girlfriend Claire. I have my support worker Jordan who is an amazing person. I feel good having so much support around me, this makes me happy and calm. Sometimes I can get overwhelmed by
people, but at the moment I'm working on myself to get along with my peers. It is not always easy but I have the support around me to help go through good and bad
situations.
 
Thanks for reading my blog Thomas.
 
 
Good morning and welcome to another choose your own adventure.  As we get ready to kick off another AFL and NRL season I thought I would talk about the travel the players and staff get and how easy it’s all booked and the money that they earn. I find it crazy that players and staff can earn millions of dollars yet everyday Australians struggle with day-to-day life.
 
How can the public struggle with buying food and basic shopping, yet players can get flown to exotic cities like Vegas for their job. How can big sporting corporations just ignore people who are homeless etc. Sports like golf do have charity events but these are too few and far between. How can sports organisations and clubs not see the impact of this when they go to local disadvantaged communities yearly for community camps, yet can easily accept contracts worth millions of dollars. My question to you is this. Has this ruined the enjoyment and overall life for players? Why has this happened and what can be done about this?
 
Signing off for another week
 
Keep being you – Ben
 
 
Hi friends how are you? Today’s topic is a choose your own adventure and I have chosen to write a made up story. For those who don’t know what a made up story is let me tell you. It is a story that you can make up using your imagination, it’s called fiction. 

My story is about the day I saw a Dolphin. Once upon a time I was walking along the beach when I saw a dolphin and the sun was shining and the sky was blue, no clouds at all. The ocean was a pretty blue.

I was feeling very happy when suddenly I saw a dolphin in the water. My heart jumped.
There was the most beautiful dolphin just watching me. All of the sudden it started breaching and rising up and down I was so excited I could hardly breathe.

This went on for a couple of minutes but it seemed like hours, I couldn’t believe it and then suddenly, just like that, it turned and waved goodbye. I nearly cried but my heart was so happy and sad at the same time. That day I was wearing my beautiful dolphin dress with a matching necklace and bracelet. I have now bought a new dolphin tracker necklace and it has a matching tracker bracelet to remind me of this special day. 

Have you ever seen a dolphin and how did you feel? 
I hope you enjoyed my story even though it was a made up story one day I hope it’ll be real?
This is Bethany signing off until next week.


I am Ben Chew and I like music and pizza and I also have a friend called Brianna. I like to come to meet new friends. I like swimming as well. I am excited to be here this morning This program is so much fun where we get to go blogging our own stories. I've got my own Instagram and my own radio show called Everyday People.
I'll see you next week
Ben Chew