We all had a lovely lazy start to the day as had no plans to go anywhere. Katharine made pancakes for breakfast again and we eventually got down to some schoolwork. The kids seemed to fly through it and once they were finished they established a secret club in the trees behind the caravan. They took the picnic mat and all their games and books and played quite happily for the rest of the afternoon letting Nick and I read in peace for hours!! We eventually m...

Nick and I had a bit of a sleep in this morning as the kids played quietly in their beds until 8am. Katharine made everyone pancakes for breakfast and it was a double batch of mixture so it took a while. Nick supervised while I did some laundry and then it was time for schoolwork. By mid-morning the boys had had enough of my English grammar lesson and Nick had to take over before it all ended in tears! We had lunch and then went for a drive around Katherine...

We were woken up around 6am with the usual comings and goings of the caravan park but drifted in and out of sleep until about 8 when the boys started commando rolling on their bed again. The ants had invaded the kitchen and the oven overnight so it took a while to sort them out before we could relax with a coffee. We decided to skip school this morning and head off to Katherine Gorge before it got too hot as at 9am it was already 25 degree, humid and sticky. ...

We woke up around 730am and found our neighbours had already packed up and moved on - it was great not having them sit on top of us for breakfast. We spent the morning doing schoolwork and it went much better then yesterday, probably because we were all much more focused!! After lunch we talked to the Savages back in Perth and then we hit the pool as it was another hot day and the kids swam for hours - it was gone 4pm by the time we got back to the van. We h...

We seem to have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous - one minute going to bed in jumpers and beanies and the next lying on top of the sheets with all the windows open! I woke up around 6am as there seemed to be a fair bit of activity going on outside with lots of vans packing up and moving on - quite different to free camping all on your own! I couldn't get back to sleep so began the clothes washing. By the time Nick woke up two loads were hanging on the...