Going to Australia by Arneak

“Hooray” I shouted, “we’re going to Australia”. It was very bright and sunny outside and mum had just told me that we were going to Australia. “Go to bed already” mum said her voice filled with tiredness. “Tomorrows a big day”. Mum woke me up at about 3 pm and we jumped into the car and drove to Auckland airport. Standing in line, getting our luggage weighed and filling in forms took a long time. “I want to get on the plane,” I complained to my mum and dad for the hundredth time. “All passengers boarding NZ242 going to Australia please head to gate two,” boomed a voice in the loud speakers. “Yes” I hissed and started to run.

“I wanna sit in the middle seat…no I wanna sit in the window seat”. I stood there deciding where to sit. “Make up your mind Arneak otherwise I’m going to choose a seat first”, half-whispered half-shouted mum. Once in the sky I relaxed and turned on the TV and watched a movie. It was called Twilight.

The first words I spoke were “Man it’s out here”. As we walked down the terminal, excitement rushed over me all over again. “Don’t start going all hypo again” mum warned. In no time, we were making our way over to the rental car. I gratefully hopped in and turned on the AC. “The hotel is really close” explained dad. An hour later, we were still driving around trying to find the hotel. Turned out that we had driven past it. “Well we know we won’t be getting lost with you driving us around” mum joked to my dad.

‘Who wants lunch?” yelled mum. We had just finished unpacking and we were heading out for lunch. We brought pizza and ate it on the beach. Later we went for a swim and ended up staying there until dark. T hat night as soon as my head hit the pillow I fell asleep. “That was the best first day ever” I heard myself say.

“DO YOU WANT TO GO MOVIE WORLD OR NOT,” shouted mum in my ear the next morning.