We woke up to another flood on the floor so instead of a Sunday morning lie in Nick was up around 6 draining the hot water tank! He eventually went off to Bunnings to get pluming supplies but there wasn't anything suitable for a Jaycoe - naturally!! After a lot of tape later the leak was patched but not perfect. We'd just finished when Peta arrived and the kids were thrilled to see her - lots of screaming and jumping around. They had only just settled down w...

Woke up to find the dog had wee'd on the floor so kicked her outside and cleaned it up but when I went to get back into bed it was full of children and I no longer fit!! After breakfast we took the dog for a walk along the beach and she spent a lot of time playing with other dogs but we had to turn round early as poor Jonny got sand in his eyes and spent the walk in tears! We went home for a coffee and spent an hour looking for more rental properties on the I...

We were woken at 11pm by Katharine vomiting in the sink. We're not really sure why, unless she had gotten too hot, as she then felt fine and slept for the rest of the night. We got up around 7am and had coffee outside while the kids watched TV in our bed. Nick had to head into work today to meet his new colleagues and it was terrible having to keep an eye on the time - we haven't had to do that for 12 months!! He also had to put on some proper shoes!! I dr...

What an awful night's sleep!! Nick was awake until 3am and I woke up just after 3 and couldn't get back to sleep. I gave up and read in the end until everyone else woke up and there was no break in the traffic at any time!! We did a few of loads of laundry while the kids ate through a couple of loaves for breakfast and then got ready to go out. It doesn't feel particularly safe here and so we don't like to leave anything under the awning when we go out. Th...

As the Hilders were all working today we packed up after breakfast, said goodbye and were on the road by 9am. The kids were all devastated at leaving and even Tally dropped the lip! The drive across to Bunbury was a new one for me and it's a lot prettier then the drive to Perth. We had to stop in Collie as the kids needed the toilet and we got to College Grove, a suburb on the outskirts of Bunbury, around 1130am. First impressions of Bunbury were not so goo...