Day 91: Tenterfield to Glen Innes "Nothing's going to happen" were my famous last words before the kids and I left to explore Washpool and Gibraltar Range national parks. I finally managed to convince Darren to stay in the van and rest to give his body a chance to recover from the virus he is fighting. He felt guilty and concerned and so made me write down my plans of where we were going and we even arranged a time he was to call the police if I hadn't yet ret...

Day 90: Bald Rock and Boonoo Boonoo national parks Darren woke feeling a little better, but not much. Yet he refused to let the kids and I do the national park walks on our own. He felt he couldn't live with himself if anything was to happen to us. After unsuccessfully trying to persuade him from coming, I at least convinced him to allow me to drive. Our first stop was Bald Rock. We had the option of taking the 1.2km steep climb to the summit or the 2.5km g...

Day 89: Southport to Tenterfield Our day did not start as we had planned. Darren was awake half the night alternating between shivering and cold sweats. I was worried about him driving today so tried to encourage him to stay on the Gold Coast for an extra night, but when Darren's mind is made there is no persuading otherwise. He'd had enough of the busy Gold Coast and was convinced he would drive no matter what. So we doped Darren up on panadol and set off f...

Days 87 & 88: SeaWorld Our week on the Gold Coast has proved to be both very exciting and very tiring. I'm kind of glad we are leaving tomorrow and relocating to a less inhabited area. We have enjoyed ourselves over the past two days at SeaWorld. Yesterday we spent the majority of the day watching all the shows. The kids got their photos taken with some of the stars. Ethan and Brandon with Friday the Seal and Micaela with a dolphin (can't remember it's ...

Days 85 and 86: Friends and Family What a great weekend we have had catching up with friends and family that we haven't seen for ages. Yesterday, being Saturday, we had the pleasure of being to invited to Brett and Michelle's for lunch (which then also turned into dinner). Brett and Darren became friends when Brett's family camped at East Beach for Christmas holidays. We tracked Brett down about 15 years ago and we have remained in contact since. Obviously d...