Everyone seemed to wake up early and by 730 am we were sitting outside enjoying our coffee - well, Nick was. I was still a stunned mullet from being woken up!! All the other campers departed and we had the park to ourselves once again. We spent the morning on schoolwork and the kids did really well. They had forgotten all of their times tables despite our repetitive drilling of them in the car on long trips so Nick found a website for them to use and within...

Both girls woke up at 230 am needing the toilet and then Annie woke up again at 330 am in tears due to a nightmare. She climbed into bed with us and we all slept on until 7. The kids could hear the other two kids playing outside and so went off to join them letting Nick and I come round slowly. They were moving on today and the kids were quite sad to say goodbye but we distracted them with a morning of schoolwork! We had an early lunch and sat in the sun for ...

Jonny woke us all up early this morning just before 7am but at least we'd had a very deep sleep! The sun was shining so we sat outside to have breakfast and enjoyed a very slow start to the day. Everyone else moved on today so we sat and relished the peace and quiet and then headed into Bowen to explore. We checked out the marina and the views from Flagstaff Hill and then had a walk along Queens Beach. All the kids were keen for a swim so we drove around th...

We were all awake by 630 am so had a quick breakfast, packed up and were on the road by 730 am. The drive through the Tablelands was the prettiest part of the journey and we stopped off in Cardwell again for morning tea at the bakery. We managed to get through Townsville without too much delay as the roadworks seemed to have finished and we stopped in Ayr at a McDonalds for a late lunch. We reached Bowen around 3pm and stopped at Glen Erin Farm Stay a few km...