Five months into our travels and we seem to have hit a bit of a slump. It could be because the winter weather has finally hit NSW and caravanning is never much fun in the rain; it could be because someone keeps stealing Katharine's things as last night someone took her trainers; (!!) or it could just be that this place is uninspiring - even though there is water everywhere it just seems flat and boring and busy after the green rolling hills and mountains of th...

Happy Birthday Poppy Jon xx We were all woken early this morning when Katharine discovered her skate board had been stolen. She had stacked it between Matty and Jonny's skateboards, which had been ignored. She walked all over the caravan park and checked every dustbin but it was gone. We had breakfast and I tidied up while Nick did the dishes. Unfortunately while making our bed I pulled my back and was fairly useless for the rest of the day! We went to th...

Woke up before 6am as Matty was rocking and Katharine needed the toilet. It was still dark outside so I went with her and then climbed back into bed and slept until after 8 - bliss! Nick, on the other hand, was up early, as the kids couldn't get back to sleep and they wanted games and music downloading n their ipods! By the time I got up he was in dire need of a coffee! It had rained over night and everything was a little soggy but it was still nice to sit ...

Slept in until after 8 this morning, which was needed as Jonny was up through the night. We had a lovely slow breakfast and then did some laundry before sitting in the sun with our second cup of coffee. Eventually we got down to some schoolwork and for the boys it was like pulling teeth. A week off the books has not done them any good! We had some lunch and then set off in the car to explore Swansea. We stopped at Caves Beach and had a walk along the sand ...

Jonny was up at the crack of dawn and that meant everyone else was too! Not long after that the road sweeper went past and that was only mildly quieter then Jonny so we would have been woken anyway!! We had breakfast and began a slow pack up and were on the road by 915am. Traffic wasn't too bad but there were some crazy truck drivers on the M1 and it was a relief to get off the motorway and reach Blacksmiths Beach. We arrived around 11am and the kids had al...