The Historic Castle

I see the crumbly, crooked, cracked stairs and the ravishing rebellious ravens encircling the majestic castle. The twilight sky closes around the abandoned island.

A powerful burst  of the demolished historic castle swarms through my nose with a hint of the brackish sea breeze.

A strong whistle of the ancient, dusty air hovers through my mouth and around me, making a nebulous cloud spoiling the view, and I can also taste the chilled fresh air.

I hear the humming wind as it dances and swirls around and through the castle. And the screeching ravens breaking my ears with their horrible screams.

 

I feel the dense chalky cracked stairs dig into my shoes, and the delicate wind brush across my face, I wonder how old this ancient castle is and if it will still be here for another century.

The Long Hike

As my friends and I walk through the thick bleached sugary slushy snow, I can see the pale blue sky disappear as the sapphire blue takes over the radiant skyline. The tremendous mountain reminds me of a scoop of ice cream with chocolate drizzling. I can hear the blustery wind howl like a wolf, as we plead for a warm fire. We feel extremely exhausted from this never ending hike across this isolated mountain. Our faces quivering from this wintress snow. I wonder when we will reach the summit of the mountain.

The Thunderous Wave

As the wild wet wave barrel’s over me like a sparkling, soggy, scroll, I can see the fierce, fluffy, foamy purl white lip close on me like a snow avalanche, behind me, I see the intense azure blue, water as it crawls above me like a tunnel. I smell the natural brackish fresh air zoom past me. I taste the salty, sandy, sea water spraying everywhere like it’s raining. I hear threatening crashes from other waves and kids giggling in the distance but to me in sounds like mice squeaking. I feel petrified but also eager to try and take on this thunderous wave.

ANZAC DAY

On the 25th of April each year New Zealand and Australia celebrate Anzac day. The Last Post is played there is a minutes silence to remember the ANZAC soldier . The word ANZAC stands for Australia, New Zealand, Army, Corps.

At the beginning of the war on the 28 of July 1914, about 100 000 men went to war. Some faked their age and joined  at the age of only 16. You have to be 18 or older to join. The soldier wore green and brown colours to camoflage themselves. Their backpacks weighed about 27 kg. They had  to be careful what they put in their bags, they didn’t want to make them too heavy.

The trenches were muddy, cold and smelly. There were diseases and rats crawling around the place. The walls were made of sandbags. The soldiers slept on the mud. One soldier has to stay awake.

In the soldiers spare time they would write letter to send home to their loving families. Sometimes they would write horrible things about the trenches and if the officers found out the soldiers would get in big trouble.

Anzac biscuits were given to the soldiers in the war because they lasted for a long time.The ingredients they used to make them last longer than other biscuits. The anzac biscuits were first made when the soldiers landed at Gallipolli on the 25 of April.

I hope you now know how hard life was for the soldiers who fought for us. Lest We Forget  

Hectors Dolphin

The Hectors Dolphin has a fading grey body that has white and black marks with a rounded fin on top. It has a curved snout and black surrounding its eyes. It is 1.5m long and weighs 40-60kg. Males are smaller and lighter(in colour) than females.

Life Cycle

The Hectors Dolphin can live up to 20 years. A female gives birth at the age of 7-9 and the calf weighs about 8-10kg. A female can only have one calf every 2-4 years.

Threats

Fishing nets cause grief for the dolphins. The worst type of net is the gill net. There are about 7000 Hectors Dolphins left. The fishing nets are not the only thing that poses a threat. Pollution in the water can cause death to the dolphin, specifically plastic bags and chemicals.

Facts

• Their scientific name is Cephalorhynchus Hectori.

• They are the smallest and rarest marine dolphin.

• Their cousins are the Maui Dolphin

• They’re members of the dolphinidae family

• They are only found in New Zealand waters.

• The Hectors Dolphin breathe fresh air but live in the ocean.

 We need to clean up our waters and make stricter fishing laws to protect these precious dolphins.

Be careful what you fish for…

Trenchers Gallipoli

4th  april 1915

Dear family,

I miss you all so much and think of you everyday, I wish I could come home, but I have to stay and do my job.

Everyday I have to see my best friends vanish in front  of my eyes. the sky is like millions of trees burning all at once, the colour of the plants have faded away. I sometimes fall through the cracks that the sun has left behind. But everyday I watch the sun go  to sleep behind the hills.

But noises I here are the worst I here enormous explosions erupting everywhere, cracking noises come from the burning bushes. The wounded soldiers shriek in pain, the ear-spitting gun shots come from all directions there is chaos everywhere.

Everyday I feel exhausted I get no sleep, my stomach screams as loud as a bear’s growl. My mouth is as dry as the desert, they treat us like pawns on a chessboard, I shiver every night from the icy cold wind, I hope I will see everybody soon .

Love Giulia        

Autumn

Autumn comes as the vibrant leaves fall.

Unique  colours  blow in the tumbling wind.

Tumbling and turning the ginger, the hazel and ruby red flies away

Until they hit the ground the mustard mauve scoops them away.

Metallic copper and glistening golden, all the colours you will see in Autumn.

Never forget how amazing Autumn is.