After a fantastic night's sleep in a clean bed, the dog woke up at 5am and so I took her for a walk along Middleton Beach to let the others have a lie in. It was grey and overcast but there were a few other dog walkers out and about and Tally and I ended up walking with a gentleman who had two older black labs. She was so busy playing with them that she ignored the ocean and the horses being exercised further down the beach! We turned around and almost had t...

Nick was awake for most of the night listening to the rainfall, dreading the thought of us all being trapped in the van for the next few days because of wet weather. Without any water to have hot showers after a cold swim made using the beach a bad idea. When we woke up to thunder and lightening at 730am we made a very quick decision to pack up and head to Albany. The kids were fantastic and helped pack everything up so that we managed it in the dry and were...

We had a bit of a sleep in this morning and when we eventually got out of bed we went for a walk down at the beach before starting breakfast. The kids played at Cowrie Island for a while and then we headed home for food. We spent the morning doing schoolwork and then after lunch headed back down to the beach for a swim. Unfortunately it was really cold and windy again. Nick and the kids had a swim but I couldn't face it and while watching on the beach I got...

The boys woke up horrifically early, around 430am and because it was light thought they could get up and play. That woke the dog up, which meant the rest of us were soon awake too. By 530am we were shattered so sent everyone back to bed until 7!! We started the day with a walk down at the beach and it was magic. The kids have a special rock pool they have filled with cowrie shells and they sail dried cuttle fish in it - they call it Cowrie Island!! They wan...

We were all awake by 5am and it was too cold to get out of bed and go for a walk. Eventually Anna managed to persuade Nick and Jonny to go down to the beach with her and when they came home Jonny had found $2 so they will all want to go tomorrow morning!! We had a big breakfast and then spent the morning doing schoolwork while charging up all things electrical. The kids really struggled today but they are very close to finishing off all their work for the ye...