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Ren’s Travel Journal to Australia – Sixth Day in Australia

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To start the day, I had a very fancy breakfast like yesterday. I did not get any photos because I didn’t want any people to think that I was not okay.

After breakfast, we drove to a mall where the Aquaduck is. The Aquaduck is a car boat that can drive on roads, like a car, and float in the water, like a boat. Here is a photo of the ‘duck’ driving on land.

Now here is a photo of the ‘duck’ in water.

Because I am a child, the people working for Aquaduck let me pilot the car boat for a few minutes. The original pilot told me when to steer the wheel so the ‘duck’ could go in the direction he wanted it to. 

After I drove the ‘duck’, our tour guide gave me a certificate.

On the tour, we were shown a house owned by actor Jackie Chan. It was raining so the picture I took had very poor quality.

The second house to the left is Jackie Chan’s house. It is the house with the tilted roof. If you were wondering what the real house looks like. Here’s a photo.

Overall, the Aquaduck experience was very nice. It was raining though so it was kind of hard to get a perfect view of the tour sites.

When we finished the Aquaduck experience we had some lunch. I had a few sushi rolls.

Following lunch, we drove 1 hour to Point Danger. Point Danger is a point which is the border of New South Wales and Queensland, where we have been for the past 3 days. They also have different time zones. So if you stood on the over the line, one foot on the right and the other on the left, your body would be in different times. For example, half of your body is in 3 pm and the other is in 4 pm. Here is a picture of the borderline.

NSW means New South Wales, the other side of the line, the grey side, is Queensland.

We then had another 1 hour drive back to our hotel. I had a quick swim and I headed back to my room. I am still a little tired from surfing yesterday because of the waves hitting against me. My arms and legs are really sore, I can’t even extend my arm to full length.

Tomorrow I will be leaving Australia and heading back to California. I might have time to do something in the morning so I’ll write about it then. Stay tuned! Goodnight and goodbye.