Wow, wow, wow!

I am so proud of you!

I knew you could do it!

The work you have produced for our 'Uninhibited Island' project has been amazing! We have had diary entries, flags, maps, National Anthems...

Here is just a selection of the work you have produced!

Dear Diary,

As I was sailing across the Indian Ocean I came across a tropical, luscious, green island. My boat approached and travelled slowly towards the inviting island. As I got closer to the shore I could see a pod of dolphins jumping gracefully out of the sea. The beach looked calm and welcoming.

Getting near the shore I saw a place to land my boat. The small beach that fronted the island had tall, green palm trees. My boat got to the beach and slowly stopped. I looked around before I stepped foot off the safety of my boat onto this beautiful but unknown island. Under my feet I could feel the red-hot fine sand, the heat must have been created by the hot sun above. I checked my thermometer and it was 35 degrees! I wondered what could live on an island in this heat?

As soon as I got on the island I instantly heard birds tweeting in the high overhead trees there was a variety of birds including: my favourite bird the fluffy, grey kookaburra, brightly coloured parrots swooping in their pandemonium (the scientific name for a flock of parrots) and the familiar knocking sound of the woodpecker.

As I was strolling across the beach, I saw monkeys (I think actually that they may have been ring tailed lemurs) in the treetops, they were leaping from tree to tree chasing each other knocking down coconuts as they jumped on to palm trees, one coconut fell right in front of me and it cracked open so I tasted it I could taste the sweetness of the white flesh.

I left the beach and headed towards the lush green vegetation, it was then I heard a low nose from the branch above it was a red-eyed tree frog it wasn’t moving since it was eyeing up prey.

A sloth up ahead was sleeping on the floor (they sleep 15-18 hours a day) but it wasn’t any type of sloth it was a three-toed sloth. Surprisingly there was a little pool of water, which had beautiful coral in it. The palm trees must have protected it from the heat since now it was up to 40 degrees!

There was no sign of human life on this island, could I be the first one to have stepped foot on it? I began to imagine if this was my island I would call it Island of the Tropics!

What an adventure I am going to have tomorrow……..

Alex D

Pappa-Tartica

 

Dear diary,

20/4/2020

The  climate of Pappa-Tartica which is what I named this island can vary massively as one side is scorching hot and the other one is below freezing.The two climates are separated by a magic barrier which humans, animals, rivers and objects can go  through, but the climate can’t.

 

I quickly arrived by boat but nature makes everyone come on to the border without using motors .  Suddenly the buzzing of my motor stopped. (To preserve this natural habitat it’s managed by a magic barrier which animals can go through but not  motors.) my first sights of the land from the boat were of the crisp clean beach, the aquamarine ocean rippled with delight across the smooth soft sand.

As I came in to the shore I put my hands in to the clear ocean, teaming with tiny tropical fish which tried to tickled when they tried to  bite my fingers.  After a while  in the water I saw bright pink corals which had smooth stalks and knobbly ends were visible around me, moving in the water.

I clambered cautiously  out of the boat so I wouldn’t damage any of the majestic and colourful marine life,  Then I  hauled my birch bark canoe on to the beach. I took my light weight silk tarp out of the canoe and set of to explore .

 

I remember thinking I must explore. I moved off the beach towards the towering lush green palm trees which swayed in the warm wind. The first thing I did after having a quick  walk to survey the  rugged landscape  was to explore  a  big dark cave, there were lots of high pitch noises, I nervously walked in to the cave, it became colder. Lots of of fruit bats flew around my head darting back and forth, the everlasting stench of the guano-bat droppings.

As I explored the climate changed.

(Papua New Guinea’s climate is replicated on the warmer side of  Pappa-Tartica and the cold one replicates the climate of Antarctica. )

 

 I quickly exited the  rough stone cave and noticed that the light was dropping. Consequently my priority was toset up camp to preserve myself from the deadly mosquitoes which  I feared may carry malaria.

Using my sharp machete to  cut natural materials such as leaves from palm trees for stopping lethal creature from hurting me and bamboo for guttering and supports . I fixed my soft silk tarp in to the trees under the shelter . I knew that I needed to sleep above the ground  as the ground was teeming with Snakes, Spiders, Scorpions (which  could be lethal due to their toxic venom!)

 

Day two,

21/4/2020

The following morning  I woke up to find tons of endangered species like Bengal Tigers and Sea turtles all around me. Then I decided to pack up camp and move on to the Antarctica half of the island which was dominated with the  tall  iceberg.  First I made notes of the endangered species and put up signs round the island saying endangered species don’t cross the reef which surrounds half the island of Pappa-Tartica. I rang the local environmental agency and they brought out signs, from the nearest location Chile, saying three people allowed on the island at once because very rare and endangered species live on this Island. They also brought a team of two other people just like me one who is a worldwide animal healthcare specialist and another one who is an animal researcher who was my friend. Although they would’ve sent more but that would be breaking a rule.  The team that consisted of me and the animal researchers and also the worldwide animal health care specialist went to explore the other side of the island to see what hidden species lay there. I immediately spotted a pure, white Polar bears and penguins together which has never been seen before as normally there on the other side of the world, you may think the polar bear would eat the penguin but no they made friends. Having only been on the island for two days I’ve already seen tons and tons of animals and plants which wants to be seen together it’s almost like the whole world is on one island. The three of us had an amazing and genius  idea ! we could surely make it into an animal reserve centre. Any animal could live there because there was the natural habitats for all of them so that’s why we made it into an animal reserve.

In  Addition to finding a little island off Coast of Pappa-Tartica Which was perfect for treating injured animals like a vets I Changed  the Limit  of the  amount of people aloud to visit the island so that you need a pass which only animal researchers and word wide animal care specialists . I will keep the island heathy even though it won’t be easy!

William R