We stopped in Childers for lunch and I just jumped into the
back of the van and whipped up some sandwiches which we just ate in the car as
both Hamish and Kayla were asleep. The
plan was to stop and stretch the legs but since the kids were asleep we decided
to keep moving whilst the going was good.
It didn’t last long as they both woke up as we pulled out, but were
great for the rest of the trip.
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| Just chilling with Hamish. |
We easily got into our park, having no slab to line up with
certainly makes it a lot easier. Our aim
was just to sit back and relax; there is no need to rush around. However the park had a mini golf course so we
had to go there and have a few rounds.
The true excitement for the kids came around dinner time. We cooked up a BBQ and sat down to enjoy
it. We were watching a few miner birds
picking on a Kookaburra. We felt sorry
for the Kookaburra and it flew towards our table to (well as we thought)
escape. Needless to say it landed on the
table looked up at Jason, picked up his nice piece of steak and flew off. It all happened so fast we had no time to
react.
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| Happy to have his photo taken. |
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| Enjoying his steak. |
Well that provided so much entertainment for the kids who
just had to re-enact the story over and over again. Meanwhile being the good wife I am, I
proceeded to silently eat my steak only offering up some when there wasn’t much
left. He obviously knows me well enough
to politely decline my offer.
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| Making some bread with Dad. |
Lake Monduran is a beautiful quiet spot and is known for its
fishing. Not having a boat we only tried
from the shoreline with no success, though apparently not many people where
having success at all. Some lovely not
so grey fellow nomads invited us to their fire that night. They were so lovely and it was great to hear
all about their stories, especially as one couple had travelled when their kids
were young too.
Our next stop was Seventeen Seventy, however rather than go
on the most direct route, we had to detour into Bundaberg to have our fridge
looked at. This was our choice as our
theory was that if it was something major and they needed to order in parts,
then they might arrive by Monday when we would be back in Bundaberg getting the
caravan’s first service. In the end we
were only there about half an hour and it was just a valve at the back of the
fridge that wasn’t fully open. So the
helpful Dometic service gentleman put silicone on it to keep open.
Then we headed on the ever so bumpy road from Bundaberg to
Seventeen Seventy. Of course we stopped
down the road at the Avondale pub. Our
plan was to do Hamish’s on air eKindy lesson there before having some lunch and
doing the final hour and a half leg. We
read that the Collaborate software was down so just assumed there wasn’t a lesson;
however that email was from the morning so we should have tried as it did
occur. It was no biggy but I was really
looking forward to him having his lesson with other kids and getting use to the
program before he starts Prep next year.
Still learning curves are what it is all about and I am so glad that his
teacher Miss Leesa is very patient ad understanding.
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| One must guard their eKindy experiment from Kookaburras. |
Mind you when I grew up doing on air lessons the teacher
really couldn’t tell if you were paying attention or not (unless of course she
asked you a question). Now they can see
you, so if you try and walk away or get distracted they can tell. Not just that, if my van is a mess she will
be able to see it, so one must think about which way the laptop faces. So for the times we do lesson in the local
pub we need to ensure that the laptop does not have the bar in the
background! Responsible parenting at its
finest.
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| Hamish doing his first session. |
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| Seeing if the ice will sink or float. |
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