VERY early start this morning with the boys waking up at 645am! We tried to ignore them for as long as possible but that wasn't long enough! It all meant we got an early start on schoolwork and put in an extra hour as they were all doing so well. The boys are covering measurements in maths and Nick had them outside measuring all sorts of things - who said maths wasn't fun!!! After lunch we went into Bairnsdale and dropped the laundry off with the Italians. ...

The downside to an early night is a very early morning wake up! All four of them were awake early but they tried to let us sleep on and we eventually got up around 8am. The sun was shining so we hit the schoolbooks early to then head out for the afternoon. The kids were all on fire this morning. Concepts that Matty had struggled with just seemed to click into place; Annie finished another maths exercise book and Katharine raced through her subjects. Jonny ...

Woke up to sunshine and to find all the kids dressed and wanting to go and find their friends to play! We had to drag them back for breakfast and schoolwork but it was a complete waste of time after such a late night. Even Annie struggled to concentrate! They all had specific tasks to complete and it took all morning to achieve the bare minimum!! After lunch we decided to completely exhaust them and then give them an early night, so we headed into Lakes Ent...

The kids seemed to wake up early this morning with excess energy so we decided to spend the day outside walking as the sun was out. We did a couple of hours schoolwork first to keep the momentum going and it was well worth it. Jonny did really well reading the time correctly and as an incentive Nick promised to buy him an analogue watch. Therefore, after an early lunch we headed into Bairnsdale and picked up a Kmart special for $9!! We then drove into Nichol...

Woke up to a power cut this morning and found it was park wide not just our little van. Thought about using the generator for a cup of coffee but it was a bit early for the other residents. We were getting desperate when luckily it came back on again but by this time the rain had started and was set in for the day. We had breakfast and did a bit of schoolwork but it was like pulling teeth after two days off! We stripped the last two beds of linen and then h...