DAY 38: Monday
School is back tomorrow.
I’m Australian champion.
It’s the last day of the holidays.
All in all, it’s been a pretty successful summer. I’ve had my face on the front of the paper twice. That makes me the most famous person I know.
The first photo was the one that caused all the trouble with Mr Black. And then on Friday there was a huge photo of the police opening the manhole and everyone looking in. I was right in the middle of the picture, looking confused and wondering where all the animals had gone.
There’s good news about the tinnie, too. Tearley came up with the best plan ever and Uncle Scott agreed to it. We’re going to set up a web page for his mobile coffee van and make a video about it. We’re also going to work for him on the weekends.
Instead of paying us, he is going to take our wages off the price of the tinnie. It’ll take a few months to pay for it, but we should end up with the boat. Eventually.
At least, we will if the ‘Coffee with Scotty’ idea works. Uncle Scott has started a lot of businesses that have failed pretty quickly.
I didn’t get the world skimming record. I should be disappointed, but I’m not. It turns out I’m the Australian champion. I did some research and I can’t find anyone who’s got more than twenty-five skims.
I sent an email about it to Wills at the Daily, so there’s a chance I’ll get in the paper again.
Three times in the paper.
Now that would be extraordinary.