Woken up before 8am by the kids wanting their Ipod's charged - worse things we ever bought them! Sat outside and had a coffee and the breeze was already hot, so I did a couple of loads of washing while Nick began breakfast. Once everyone had finished, we started schoolwork and made another batch of shortbread - its going down a treat now we've finished Grandma's Christmas cake! We had to put the air con on in the van as nobody could concentrate today and when ...

Woke early this morning as Katharine was up at 630am. Couldn't get back to sleep so spent some time on the internet. Yet another hot day in South Australia so it was a very slow breakfast marathon and over it we decided to stay another 3 nights, as this is the nicest town we've stayed in by far. I shot into town to get some groceries, and while there I took Matty to the GP Clinic as he has about 5 planter warts on his foot and they look very sore. Unfortunatle...

Woke up this morning around 730am to complete silence and it had been quiet since about 9pm last night - so different from Adelaide Shores Caravan Park! We sat and had a coffee outside and then began breakfast and schoolwork. I took Annie and Jonny into the camp kitchen to cover English (with my poor spelling and English grammar they have no hope!!) while Nick covered Maths with Matty and Katharine. Then we swapped kids. We had an early lunch and then set off...

Woke around 7.30am and thought it would take forever to pack up but we were all done by 930am and on the road. The kids found it hard saying goodbye to their new friends but settled down really quickly once we were on the move. Goolwa was only an hour's drive away and so we stopped off at Harvest on the Fleurieu at Mount Compass - a strawberry farm where you can eat as much as you pick! The strawberries were sensational. Arrived at Goolwa, which has a lovely ...

Shocking day today. Adelaide hit 42 degrees and even at 8am it was a warm breeze coming into the van. We spent the morning doing schoolwork, as we missed Monday due to travel, and no one could focus! By 11am the air con was on and tempers were fraid. We hung around the park, sapped of energy, playing in the pool (which was cloudy and full of bodies) and the water park. Late afternoon we went grocery shopping just for something to do in air con and then we had...