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...

We woke up to yet more rain and had to put the heater on to try and dry us out a little bit. Rain was forecast all day so we decided to skip school and spend the day exploring areas inland from here. We didn't end up leaving until 11am as the boys had made a great cubby with the next-door neighbour and it seemed mean to pull them away. We took the Bucketts Way route to Stroud, which was full of beautiful old houses and drove on to Dungog a small town surroun...

There was a lot of rain over night and everyone slept in until 830 ish as there wasn't much point in getting up. By the time we had had breakfast and got organised it was too late to go to the library as it was only open until 12 so we worked in the van for a few hours and were all very happy when we finished! In the afternoon we went for a drive out to Soldiers Point and on the way home Nick dropped Katharine and I in town so that we could check out the coun...