Nick and I actually woke up before the kids this morning and tried to wait patiently for them to stir before making coffee but the pull was too great! We all had a big breakfast before packing up and were still on the road by 930am. We had a lovely drive up to Suffolk Park, swapping flat sugar cane fields for rolling hills covered in macadamia trees. We checked into the caravan park and had a choice of 11 different sites. We found one close to the camp kitc...

Matty woke us all up early again with his rocking and groaning but this time he wasn't alone as a child in the caravan next door was screaming too - ahh, the serenity!! We enjoyed our coffee sitting in the morning sunshine before completing a mammoth laundry session. Once everyone had had breakfast we drove into Yamba, parked at the beach and walked the foreshore to the Sunday Markets. Katharine and I had a look around all the stalls while Nick played with t...

Yet another lie in despite the fact that Matty woke everyone up at 530am with his rocking and groaning because his sleeping bag had fallen off and he was cold! We eventually got up around 830am and after a quick breakfast the kids shot off to play and found some new friends who'd arrived late last night. Nick and I did some cleaning around the van but the weather was so beautiful that we dragged the kids away and went to Angourie, a sleepy little village on t...

We all had a sleep in this morning, staying in bed until after 830am! After breakfast the plan was to start schoolwork but as the sun was shining that soon got vetoed and we drove into Yamba for a long walk along the foreshore instead! We've decided to have this week off as school holidays to recuperate from gastro properly!! We parked at the beach and walked along the path by Yamba Bay as far as possible with the kids on their scooters - it felt great to ge...

I woke up feeling much better this morning and no one else had succumbed to gastro overnight so hopefully we are all clear of it now. We had rain over night and showers were forecast throughout the day so after breakfast we drove into Yamba to have a walk along the beach. As we got there we could see the rain coming in over the ocean and we didn't even get the chance to walk down to the beach before it struck. We bought some fresh bread and came home for a p...