We all had a bit of a lie in this morning and read in bed for a while, eventually getting up around 9am for a coffee. After breakfast we did a couple of hours schoolwork at the same time as doing a few loads of washing. We had an early lunch and then spent the afternoon on the beach, as the weather was beautiful. The kids had a ball in the water, as the waves were great but the rip strong so no one went too deep. We got back to the van around 4pm and began ...

Nick woke up early this morning and got up and went for a walk but it was really cold so I rolled over and went back to sleep, only getting up when I heard the coffee machine! We were all on a bit of a go-slow today and were still in our pj's at 10am. The original plan was to spend the morning doing schoolwork but by the time we got dressed it was nearly lunchtime so instead I went grocery shopping! We had lunch and began schoolwork after that but we didn't ...

Nick woke up early again around 7am and went off in search of the weekend papers. I read in bed until he got back and then we had a quick coffee before heading off for a walk along the beach, as it was such a lovely morning. There is a path from the caravan park, which crosses the road and leads you straight to the beach. When we got there it was pack as the Victorian Surf Life Saving State Championships were on. We watched a few of the races and all the ki...

Everyone had a bit of a lie in after a late night of movie watching and after we eventually finished the breakfast marathon we headed to the camp kitchen for a morning of schoolwork. Nick had to leave around 11am to get new tyres fitted on the car, as the current ones are looking a little bald! He took Katharine with him and continued doing work with her while they were waiting. I spent a little bit longer working with the other three but it was too nice...

We got woken around 8am this morning, as campers all over the place were packing up and heading home. It took us a while to get out of bed and then we too packed up and were on the road by 10am. Johanna Beach has been a great free camp but I'm definitely feeling the need to move on. The kids have completely forgotten about 'stranger danger' and some of the long termers here have made my alarm bells ring! The plan was to spend the next two nights in Lorne a...