Unfortunately, Annie didn't sleep very well last night and climbed into bed with us around 2 am. She needed the toilet first so the two of us walked across the camp to the amenity block and saw a few Roos on our way - I miss our ensuite!! By 4 am Nick gave up trying to sleep and moved outside to our camp chairs to have more space! Once everyone was awake at 730 am he came back inside to bed to warm up for an hour as he was frozen. We ate breakfast outside s...

The kids slept through until 730 am and so had had a good twelve hours sleep. Nick and I slept really well too as its so peaceful here compared to the side of the highway!! We had a very slow start to the day and by mid morning the kids had gone round and talked to most people staying here!! We then began a massive cleaning day with Nick and the kids cleaning the car inside and out and I washed all the caravan curtains and windows - anything to try and get r...

Being close to the road felt like being on the LAX runway as road trains roared past all night and shook the van from side to side. Nick and I were awake before 6am, lifted the kids into the car fast asleep and packed up quietly without waking up our poor neighbours. We hit the road again and stopped around 930 am for breakfast and coffee. The road across to Bivouac Junction was extremely slow due to road works and the scenery was exactly the same for hours ...