Woken around 630am by the two boys arguing. Sent them back to bed and was then woken by noisy neighbours children shouting - time for a coffee!! We had a very quiet day today sitting around the caravan park. Jeorg and Doris came and sat with us and we spent most of our time researching places to visit and stay along the Sapphire Coast of NSW. There are plenty of caravan parks along the coast but unfortunately they are all extortionate, especially when trave...

Woke up to patchy showers, which soon passed so after breakfast the kids shot out to play and weren't seen again! Nick spent the morning preparing meals for the freezer and I started a new book and did the laundry. We had every intention of spending the morning doing schoolwork but there were about 20 kids in the playground all playing together and ours were in the thick of it so it seemed unfair to pull them away - perhaps they will have the school holidays of...

Today we woke up to sunshine and a beautiful blue sky. It felt fantastic to open up the van and air everything out. The kids went straight out to play so I cleaned the van from top to toe (it doesn't take very long!!) and then made breakfast for everyone. We had planned on some schoolwork this morning but the kids were having such a good time making friends that we left them to it and read the papers. After a second cup of coffee we decided to walk and find...

We were all awake by 7am and decided we should get up and pack while it was dry. It didn't take as long as we expected and we were on the road by 8.45am. The roads were fairly slow going with plenty of traffic moving in both directions so we decided on a morning tea stop in Marlo. Unfortunately, there wasn't a lot open in Marlo but we did see the mouth of the Snowy River as it emptied into the ocean. We back tracked to Orbost, a lovely looking place, and foun...

Today we woke up to the sound of rain and went to sleep to the sound of rain - it didn't stop all day. In total, I think we had 50mm and most of it ended up inside our annex! At one point it was so heavy the annex roof began to sag under the weight of it all and Nick had to stand there and push it all off. We spent the morning doing schoolwork and took longer over it than usual, as there was no need to rush. After lunch, we headed into Bairnsdale to kill the ...