Woke to the rain this morning and so no need to get out of bed! We all read for a while and only breakfast got us out of bed! Our German neighbours popped over and offered to make us dinner if they could share our campfire and we very quickly said yes! We spent the morning doing school, had an early lunch and then set off in the car to explore. This time we headed inland and drove to the next town of Heywood - quite pretty but nothing really there so we too...

Everyone slept in until about 830am and by the time we got up there was plenty of movement in the camp so we were able to start the day with a coffee. Breakfast seemed to take forever and then we got stuck into some serious schoolwork as everyone had missed out on maths over the last few days. We ran the generator for most of the morning as the camp was empty again and the day was too overcast for the solar panels to be very effective. Nick lit the fire and ...

Woken early by one of the kids having a wet bed - suddenly the plans for the day changed to incorporate the Laundromat! The camp completely emptied this morning and only a few caravans were left. Everyone seemed to be out on a day trip so I ran the generator for a few hours and recharged everything electrical while Nick went off into town to do the chores - laundry, gas bottle refill and more water! I also spent the morning doing schoolwork again - I think I...

Woke around 8am with the boys needing the toilet. They went off to pee in the bush and as they opened the door they saw the wallabies all around our camp and started screaming with excitement so the rest of us where soon up and about too! We had a slow start to the day with the breakfast marathon taking even longer without power. Nick spent the morning topping up the water tanks from the containers on top of the car - he siphons the water out using the water...

Woke around 830am after a really good deep sleep, as there was no noise overnight at all. Nick made everyone pancakes for breakfast and we had a very slow start to the day. Eventually I headed into Portland with Katharine to do some chores. We started at the tourist information centre and found a free supply of drinking water, and then we headed into town and found an amenities block offering free showers. The shower itself was fairly grotty but you could lea...