We woke up to warmth for the first time in ages and all the kids got dressed in shorts and t-shirts! I wasn't quite that brave but it was nice to shed a few layers and have breakfast sitting in the sun. We spent the morning completing schoolwork. It feels as if we are reaching the end of the year's syllabus for everyone and the next few months will be spent recapping areas of weakness!! We had lunch and then went out to see Tia Falls. The drive out to the ...

We woke up early this morning to find the caravan park shrouded in mist. After a quick trip to the toilets with the girls I climbed back into bed and by the time I got up again it was a beautiful sunny morning. We had coffee and breakfast in the sunshine and then began a morning of schoolwork. While the kids studied I made a lemon and poppy seed cake which turned out a treat in the turbo oven! After lunch we drove out to Oxley Wild Rivers National Park and ...

Matty woke up early and started rocking, which caused the van to sway and squeak and so Nick and I were soon awake too! I managed to drift off until 730 am when the lure of coffee finally got me out of bed. Nick and I were fasting today so while he cooked the kids breakfast I did yet more laundry! We spent the morning doing schoolwork and the kids were stoked when the Internet signal dropped out and they couldn't practice their times tables!! After lunch, w...

Happy Birthday Tom Savage! The kids woke up early due to the cold, especially Katharine who was reading by 5 am! We eventually got out of bed around 730 am and began to pack up. We were on the road by 9 am and drove into Armidale for a look around and a grocery shop. Armidale gets a slating in the Lonely Planet but it seems to have everything you need and we were able to park the van easily enough in the CBD. We found a really good shopping centre with hot...

The kids managed to stay quiet until 7.15. It was freezing cold and so we all needed to rug up just to walk to the toilet block! We lit the campfire and had began the long process of making breakfast for everyone - cooking a piece of toast takes forever under our grill and the kids eat through 6 slices each!! The other van moved on this morning so we had the entire camp to ourselves although the Ranger did pay a visit mid morning. We spent the morning studyin...