Daisy was very lucky to be able to go to Samara's 10th Birthday party. Samara is Vicki's youngest grand-daughter and there was a party held for the family to help Samara celebrate her birthday. Samara got a lot of presents and one was a giant freckle chocolate. Daisy was very pleased she was Samara's friend.

Anzac march

Daisy was honoured to be able to observe an Anzac Day march held in Goolwa on 20th April.

On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. It commemorates the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. The date, 25 April, was officially named ANZAC Day in 1916. Local communities like Goolwa usually hold the march on the Sunday before Anzac Day so the public can observe. There is a march by veterans (David is a Mayalsian veteran) and a service at the centopath where wreaths are laid and a service held remembering the fallen.

On 25th April there is a dawn service held with no march and then a gunfire breakfast at the

RSL. One of the traditions of Anzac Day is the 'gunfire breakfast' (coffee with rum added).This year in Goolwa there were approx. 1000 people at the dawn service.

A small Australian country town before dawn. A steady stream of cars are converging to a central point, elderly couples are walking the streets. All are going to the Centopath in Goolwa.

The first streaks of the coming dawn flush the sky to the east. The silent crowd gathers, the buglar stands ready. All is quiet. The service begins with the RSL Chaplain leading. Prayers are said, lost veterans are remembered from all the wars that Australia had been in.

The sky is brilliant oranges and reds.

2 minutes silence.

The buglar plays The Last Post.

The Australian flag is lowered to half mast.

We all remember all those who didn’t come back from war and all those who did. We remember those that fought and died. Many ‘diggers’ in the silent gathering shed a tear.

The Reveille is played by the buglar. Wreaths are laid in rememberence and with reverence.

The sky changes from orange and red to gold and the sun rises.

We all remember.

They shall grow not old,
As we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun,
And in the morning
We will remember them.

Daisy settled into her Australian home with Vicki and David. Here she is with David watching some Australian TV. Daisy can't work out how David can see the TV with his eyes shut.

A couple of days after Daisy arrived she and Vicki went to the local Farmers Field Day at Port Elliot. Daisy met up with one of her cousins who was newly born and was checking out all the people. This calf didn't have a name yet and Daisy said that a great name was Daisy and the calf should be called that.


While at the Field Day Daisy had a look at the St Johns Ambulance First Aid Unit that was there in case anyone got sick or hurt. She was very impressed with the equipment carried on the First Aid Unit and the size of the van. Here she is on the front windscreen and the side of the van checking it out.



Daisy also met up with 2 of the St Johns volunteers, John and Dorothy. They were pleased to see Daisy and hoped she enjoyed her time looking around the grounds. Luckily Daisy didn't need to help them treat any injuries while she was there.

Daisy arrives in Australia

Daisy arrives in Australia on 27th March after a long trip from the UK.

She arrived in good spirits and quickly familiarised herself with the Australian flag. The Australian flag is a defaced Blue Ensign: a blue field with the Union Flag in the canton (upper hoist quarter), and a large white seven-pointed star known as the Commonwealth Star in the lower hoist quarter. The fly contains a representation of the Southern Cross constellation, made up of five white stars – one small five-pointed star and four, larger, seven-pointed stars.

Daisy also enjoyed the little treat that had been packed with her on her journey

2nd part in London...

Sorry it has taken awhile, had some problems with technology!!!
Anyway here is me in front of Buckingham Palace! I thought it was big enough but Rhiannon said the Queen has several houses and this isn't the biggest!!!
And this is the fountain there, with the memorial to Queen Victoria behind it. :)


Then we went to the British Museum, but unfortunately the photos of me in there didn't work too well! :( But here we are outside...

Then we went to Hyde Park, where we could see that it was already spring because there were quite a lot of flowers around! :D Nice to see that...:D

From there we visited Harrod's, the famous fancy shop! It's really quite amazing, because there is so much decoration there, and it even has a pizzeria, and one of the men making pizza there was singing opera arias! :D Unfortunately I don't have a photo of that, but here is a pic from the fish department.


Last of all, we went to Kings Cross Station, where part of Harry Potter was filmed...here's the special platform for going to Mugworts...

Right, now off to Australia...

Trip to London part one...

Well, I arrived safely in London without too much trouble, and I was happy to see Kleo the Italian dog again! here we are, together with two Cheburashkas (Cheburashka is a Russian cartoon character), from Moscow, where our hostess Rhiannon used to live, and a tiger who lived in Wales and then also in Moscow...

We met some interesting people in London, too...like when we visited Covent Garden Market, where, not only are there lots of stalls selling really nice things,

but also lots of street performers! :)

Oh, and this man...apparently he guards the Queen...

We also went to Trafalgar Square, where we met a nice lion...

And who's that? Apparently it's Admiral Nelson! Sorry it's not the best pic...

After that we had a bit of a rest in the Square and looked at the view...


Also managed to visit a couple of famous train stations...one was Waterloo, where the train to France used to go from...near there is the famous London Eye, the giant ferris wheel...unfortunately, the queue was just TOO much, we'd have been there all day, so we didn't ride on it.

We walked around Southbank area then and saw the Houses of Parliament, where our hostess told us the Government of Great Britain meets.

There's a famous clock tower there, everyone thinks the clock is called Big Ben, but in fact Big Ben is the bell inside the tower, which strikes on the hours. The striking of Big Ben is heard on BBC Radio 4 before the news. :)
Then we went for a little break in a London Pub...the pubs here all have really nice signs...