Nick woke up early with the boys and Anna and so took them off for a walk down at the beach while Katharine and I slept. They didn't last very long, as it was windy and cold and came home for a hot chocolate to warm up. After breakfast we drove into Esperance to top up with supplies as we had run everything down to almost empty! We filled up every container we had (including all our empty milk bottles) with drinking water at the town dump point then got fuel...

I think the salt water is finally affecting Tally's guts as she was up a few times in the night with dodgy poos!! Luckily she made it outside every time!! The kids woke up early and started playing Lego but it soon turned into an argument and they were all sent back to bed. By the time we woke up for good it had just turned 7am and the sun was shinning! Nick made the kids pancakes for breakfast and then we all went for a walk down to the beach for a couple ...

The dog needed to go outside around 4am and it was raining - not heavy enough to hear it on the van roof but enough to soak everything on the washing line! At 6am when everyone else was ready to get up Nick took them off for a walk down to the beach and I had a sleep in with Katharine. The rain had stopped and the sun was out and nothing was too soggy! We had breakfast and then began schoolwork - it's got to the point where the kids rush us to start, each of...

We slept in until 6ish this morning and then Nick, Jonny and Anna took the dog for a walk down at the beach while the rest of us stayed in bed and read. Once they got back we had coffee and breakfast and then spent the morning doing schoolwork. The young guy we'd given water to yesterday came over and gave us a statue of a surfer that he'd made out of cuttlefish as a thank you gift - very clever and now the kids all want to make one too! After lunch we went ...

The sun was up before 5am and so was the dog! I took her out for a quick wee and by the time we got back to the caravan Matty was awake so we both got dressed and had a long walk down at the beach, playing in the rock pools. The tide was out and the dog had a great time catching dead sea urchin balls that Matty threw for her. By the time we got back to the van Anna and Jonny were awake so while they played with the shells they had collected since yesterday, ...