Australia: Ava and Kalani Blog About Two Cities
Ava and Kalani live in Australia, in different cities, and they have never met. They are both Aussies, but have different experiences.
Find out what it's like from each of their perspectives. Ava lives in Sydney and Kalani lives in Melbourne. What is Australia really like? Now is your chance to find out.
Ava
Quick Q&A
How old are you? Eight and a half.
How many brothers and sisters do you have? No siblings unfortunately.
What's the coolest part about living in Sydney? The beach and the Sydney Children's Festival.
Have you lived in Sydney your whole life? No. I was born in a small town in the country 850 km north of Sydney. I moved to Sydney aged two.
What do kids like to do in Sydney? Go to the beach, see movies, play in the park, play sport.
Do you have any pets? No.
What do you like to do in your free time? Watch movies. I make lots of crafts. Go snorkeling in the summer time.
Do you play sports? I'm not very sporty, but I play the clarinet.
What's your favorite? I do like netball.
Do you like school? It's ok.
What's it like? It's a small school. There are about 130 children. Its very multicultural with kids from all over the world. We have a big playground and a new garden with native plants.
What's your favorite subject? Reading.
Do you play video games? Yes. What are some favorites, and what are favorite movies and books? Astroboy video game. I have a Nintendo DS and I have pet dogs on that. I have so many favourite books, The Golden Compass, The Far Away Magic Tree, Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie (An Australia children's story) all the Twilight series, all the Harry Potter series, and many more. My favourite movies are Gone with the Wind, all the Harry Potters, Up, Finding Nemo, The Secret of Roan Inish, Storm Boy.
What is a typical day like for you? I get up, have breakfast, and go to school. I sometimes go to after school care. In summer I go to the beach in the afternoon and sometimes in the morning before school. I often have wait around and watch my parents do yoga in the afternoon. Then we go home, have dinner. I have a bath and go to bed. I fit clarinet practice and homework in too.
What's your favorite food? Hot chips.
Kalani
Quick Q&A
How old are you? Nine
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
No brother or sisters.
What's the coolest part about living in Melbourne? Have you lived in Melbourne your whole life?
Ummmm - there are lots of cool places to go, cool things to do and cool people to meet. Merri Creek is a creek where you can see lots of animals like platypus, birds, frogs, fish and much more. It is good for walking along. You can also go to the zoo or the Healesville sanctuary to see animals.
Luna Park is a theme pake with games and rides and to get in you have to go through what looks like a sun with a face, (by the way you walk through the mouth!). Luna Park is near a famous beach called St Kilda beach.
You can go to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to watch AFL, which is Australian football, or the cricket. The football has finished for this year. Melbourne also has millions of great parks--some are near my house--they are Fitzroy Gardens and Carlton Gardens. At Carlton Gardens there is a great museum called the Melbourne Museum where you find out about animals, Melbourne and other things from Australia and sometimes other countries. I just went to see an exhibition there call "A Day In Pompeii" about the volcano that erupted in Italy a long time ago.
Melbourne is a great place to be!
Do you have any pets?
Not at the moment. I'd love to have a monkey.
What do you like to do in your free time?
Draw, write comics, write stories (chapter books), eat, read, play games, watch movies and hang out with my friends.
Do you play sports? What's your favorite?
I don't really play sport, but if I did I would play football (soccer).
Do you like school? What's it like?
Yes!! It's awesome fun.
What's your favorite subject?
Music and art.
Do you play video games? What are some favorites, and what are favorite movies and books?
Yes, on Wii, DS and Xbox: Transformers, Raymond, Mario, Drawn to Life, and Bubble Bobble.
Movies: Star Wars, Lord of The Rings, Jackie Chan, Batman, Transformers.
Books: Zac Power, Alex Rider series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants, Deltora, Paul Jennings books.
What is a typical day like for you?
Go to school. Do something different everyday. Come home, have afternoon tea, watch some TV, do some drawings comics and pictures, have dinner, and do some reading, and go to bed.
Find out what it's like from each of their perspectives. Ava lives in Sydney and Kalani lives in Melbourne. What is Australia really like? Now is your chance to find out.
Ava
Quick Q&A
How old are you? Eight and a half.
How many brothers and sisters do you have? No siblings unfortunately.
What's the coolest part about living in Sydney? The beach and the Sydney Children's Festival.
Have you lived in Sydney your whole life? No. I was born in a small town in the country 850 km north of Sydney. I moved to Sydney aged two.
What do kids like to do in Sydney? Go to the beach, see movies, play in the park, play sport.
Do you have any pets? No.
What do you like to do in your free time? Watch movies. I make lots of crafts. Go snorkeling in the summer time.
Do you play sports? I'm not very sporty, but I play the clarinet.
What's your favorite? I do like netball.
Do you like school? It's ok.
What's it like? It's a small school. There are about 130 children. Its very multicultural with kids from all over the world. We have a big playground and a new garden with native plants.
What's your favorite subject? Reading.
Do you play video games? Yes. What are some favorites, and what are favorite movies and books? Astroboy video game. I have a Nintendo DS and I have pet dogs on that. I have so many favourite books, The Golden Compass, The Far Away Magic Tree, Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie (An Australia children's story) all the Twilight series, all the Harry Potter series, and many more. My favourite movies are Gone with the Wind, all the Harry Potters, Up, Finding Nemo, The Secret of Roan Inish, Storm Boy.
What is a typical day like for you? I get up, have breakfast, and go to school. I sometimes go to after school care. In summer I go to the beach in the afternoon and sometimes in the morning before school. I often have wait around and watch my parents do yoga in the afternoon. Then we go home, have dinner. I have a bath and go to bed. I fit clarinet practice and homework in too.
What's your favorite food? Hot chips.
Kalani
Quick Q&A
How old are you? Nine
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
No brother or sisters.
What's the coolest part about living in Melbourne? Have you lived in Melbourne your whole life?
Ummmm - there are lots of cool places to go, cool things to do and cool people to meet. Merri Creek is a creek where you can see lots of animals like platypus, birds, frogs, fish and much more. It is good for walking along. You can also go to the zoo or the Healesville sanctuary to see animals.
Luna Park is a theme pake with games and rides and to get in you have to go through what looks like a sun with a face, (by the way you walk through the mouth!). Luna Park is near a famous beach called St Kilda beach.
You can go to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to watch AFL, which is Australian football, or the cricket. The football has finished for this year. Melbourne also has millions of great parks--some are near my house--they are Fitzroy Gardens and Carlton Gardens. At Carlton Gardens there is a great museum called the Melbourne Museum where you find out about animals, Melbourne and other things from Australia and sometimes other countries. I just went to see an exhibition there call "A Day In Pompeii" about the volcano that erupted in Italy a long time ago.
Melbourne is a great place to be!
Do you have any pets?
Not at the moment. I'd love to have a monkey.
What do you like to do in your free time?
Draw, write comics, write stories (chapter books), eat, read, play games, watch movies and hang out with my friends.
Do you play sports? What's your favorite?
I don't really play sport, but if I did I would play football (soccer).
Do you like school? What's it like?
Yes!! It's awesome fun.
What's your favorite subject?
Music and art.
Do you play video games? What are some favorites, and what are favorite movies and books?
Yes, on Wii, DS and Xbox: Transformers, Raymond, Mario, Drawn to Life, and Bubble Bobble.
Movies: Star Wars, Lord of The Rings, Jackie Chan, Batman, Transformers.
Books: Zac Power, Alex Rider series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants, Deltora, Paul Jennings books.
What is a typical day like for you?
Go to school. Do something different everyday. Come home, have afternoon tea, watch some TV, do some drawings comics and pictures, have dinner, and do some reading, and go to bed.
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