Everyone slept in this morning and it was nearly 830am before we got up. After breakfast the kids shot off to the playground as soon as schoolwork was mentioned so Nick and I got some chores done around the caravan. When they finally came home they spent a couple of hours working and I made a shepherds pie for dinner. After lunch we drove to Coffs Harbour to have a look around. Neither of us were expecting very much as a number of people we have met on the...

Everyone was awake by 730am and we sat outside to have coffee as the sun was shining. We have a picnic table on our caravan site so spent the morning doing schoolwork outside in the sun and had homemade shortbread for morning tea as there is an oven in the camp kitchen. After lunch we went into town to explore. We parked down by the V Wall and walked along the foreshore, which took us forever, as there was a lot to see in the water. The kids kept spotting a...

Nick and I were awake before 7am this morning and decided to start the pack up while the sun was shining. We hadn't quite finished when the first shower came through and soaked the last few things that needed to go in the van!! We were on the road just after 8 and had thought of calling into Tuncurry on the way but the journey was four and a half hours without a big detour and the kids' tolerance for travelling in the car has decreased ever since arriving in ...

We woke up this morning to sunshine so we sat outside with our coffee enjoying its warmth. Breakfast took forever and once cleaned up we eventually got round to some schoolwork. Katharine and Nick sat in the sun on the picnic mat to work and I stayed inside with the other three. All of them did really well today and their concentration seems to be improving! We had lunch and then went off to Anna Bay, a lovely little town on the other side of the peninsula....

The boys woke everyone up this morning by play fighting loudly in the middle of the van. As a result they had their ipods banned for 24 hours and had to sit outside in the cold until I had had my first cup of coffee and re-found my sense of humour - it took a while!! Nick sent me off for a walk while he made everyone breakfast and by the time I got back I was in a better frame of mind…but then school started! Lunchtime couldn't come soon enough and once we...