Woke up throughout the night to the sound of rain and had to get up and check we didn't have any leaks! Everyone slept in until 8am and then it was nice to put the coffee machine on without having to get the generator out first - the joys of electricity! The rain was set in and the surrounding hillsides were shrouded in mist so we decided to head into Bairnsdale for the morning and do schoolwork from the public library. We found a launderette first as we nee...

We all woke up early this morning as we had left all the windows open because it was so hot last night, and the sun streamed in. Matty had a nightmare and was sleeping on the couch. Nick got up and walked the beach and watched the sun come up and when he got back we had a coffee sitting outside before starting breakfast and packing up the van. We were on the road by 945am and just as we got going it began to rain - perfect timing although it was only a small d...

The kids are starting to wake up early now, around 7am, making it difficult for Nick and I to sleep any later - and the flies didn't help! I got up and read in the annex for a while until Nick came round and the day was already very warm and still. We had coffee, played a few April Fool jokes on the kids and had a slow breakfast, then got stuck into schoolwork. We have had three days in a row of solid education and the kids' work shows the effort. When we h...

Woke up around 8am to a beautiful sunny day. Sat outside and had a coffee and then began the breakfast marathon and schoolwork. Doris and George came past to say goodbye and gave the kids $10 to spend on ice cream. We finished off schoolwork, had lunch and set off for the beach in Inverloch. One the way to the beach we drilled the kids on all the work they had covered that morning and 20 minutes later they had all made enormous improvements. We decided to ...

The kids woke us up this morning want a wee - really it was a ploy to get us up so that they could go and see their friends! Another beautiful day was expected so we spent the morning doing schoolwork so that we could go and explore in the afternoon. Katharine has finally got into self-directed study and while everyone else was still waking up she began work. She had completed two hours and two subjects before we had finished breakfast and completed another ...