The kids seemed to wake up early this morning with excess energy so we decided to spend the day outside walking as the sun was out. We did a couple of hours schoolwork first to keep the momentum going and it was well worth it. Jonny did really well reading the time correctly and as an incentive Nick promised to buy him an analogue watch. Therefore, after an early lunch we headed into Bairnsdale and picked up a Kmart special for $9!! We then drove into Nichol...

Woke up to a power cut this morning and found it was park wide not just our little van. Thought about using the generator for a cup of coffee but it was a bit early for the other residents. We were getting desperate when luckily it came back on again but by this time the rain had started and was set in for the day. We had breakfast and did a bit of schoolwork but it was like pulling teeth after two days off! We stripped the last two beds of linen and then h...

Woke up throughout the night to the sound of rain and had to get up and check we didn't have any leaks! Everyone slept in until 8am and then it was nice to put the coffee machine on without having to get the generator out first - the joys of electricity! The rain was set in and the surrounding hillsides were shrouded in mist so we decided to head into Bairnsdale for the morning and do schoolwork from the public library. We found a launderette first as we nee...

We all woke up early this morning as we had left all the windows open because it was so hot last night, and the sun streamed in. Matty had a nightmare and was sleeping on the couch. Nick got up and walked the beach and watched the sun come up and when he got back we had a coffee sitting outside before starting breakfast and packing up the van. We were on the road by 945am and just as we got going it began to rain - perfect timing although it was only a small d...

The kids are starting to wake up early now, around 7am, making it difficult for Nick and I to sleep any later - and the flies didn't help! I got up and read in the annex for a while until Nick came round and the day was already very warm and still. We had coffee, played a few April Fool jokes on the kids and had a slow breakfast, then got stuck into schoolwork. We have had three days in a row of solid education and the kids' work shows the effort. When we h...