Hi from Mildura. The drive from Swan Hill was fairly easy. If Emily isn't sleeping she needs to be kept entertained. Most of the time William is quite happy to do this. On this trip it was a water bottle and lid! Who needs expensive toys? Up until now the scenery has been made of lots of cultivated farm land. We are now driving on some long straits and the land has become more rugged and is mostly dirt, the trees are short and there is lots of gorse. As we near...

On the day we left Bendigo the sun finally came out and stayed! Never to mind, we really loved our time here. We stopped at Kerang for a picnic lunch. There were ibis's everywhere trying to steal our food. William tried chasing them away but they weren't deterred. We even found one pecking at the food bag trying to make a hole in it! We arrived in Swan Hill around 3 and checked into a camp ground on the Murray. We were keen to use our tent and so decided to cam...

We arrived in chilly Bendigo at around 3:30 on Monday afternoon. Just enough time to find something for dinner, pack the kids off to bed and then pack ourselves off to bed. All thoughts of a sleep in were curbed when during the night both kids joined us in the bed. "Surprisingly", 4 in a double bed is even less comfortable than 4 in a queen bed. After a leisurely breakfast we finally left our accommodation at 10:30. It had already reached the day's top of 7 degr...

Well, we are on our way... One day later than originally planned, we blame the constant rain but to be honest who knew it would take so long to organise everything needed for an extended road trip when you have a 4 year old and a 14 month old? Turns out a 14 month old can crawl pretty quickly when they see an open front door. We lost count of the number of times we had to carry her back inside. So, we finally left Mornington around 1pm, not able to fit anything e...