

Cate and the kids headed to 90 mile beach while I set up and I joined them once I finished. We spent another hour at the beach before I left to cook dinner. It was perfect beach weather, 25 degrees and not a breath of wind. It was very pleasant sitting at the beach.

We had a very
relaxed afternoon and evening and settled in for what we hoped was going to be
a great week.

After lunch
it was off to the beach. We swam and dug in the sand again for hours. Aisha was
intrigued with the fact that if you dig a hole on the sand and fill it with
water the water seeps into the sand and disappears. She continuously filled a
bucket with water and emptied it into a hole she had dug.
The kids
became reacquainted with the local kangaroos. Ethan and Aisha were very keen
to pat the roos and let them smell their fingers. The roos were very
accommodating for the kids; an experience I'm sure they will remember for quite
a while.
A rather late-ish
dinner, and we took the kids to an outdoor movie, Return to the Sea, in the
hope that a later bed time would lead to a later wake up. We shall cross our
fingers and see. It was a stunning windless day of 27 degrees.
Monday January 13th 6:30am Ethan is awake, needs the toilet and breakfast. Exiting the tent I realised a major crime had been committed. We were the victims of camp site theft! Someone had stolen all the weetbix!! There were crumbs all over the floor and an empty weetbix bag. My detective skills were put to the test, although made easier by the thieves calling card. Case closed. Note to self: don't leave food out for the very friendly kangaroos.


I always thought I was a little slow, today proves it. Lesson from yesterday was not heeded and overnight we lost and entire loaf of raisin bread, much to the disgust of the kids and the roos are probably delighted.
Yesterday I bought an 8 X 8 shade cloth for the front of the awning and this morning it proved to be a great purchase. Another glorious morning in paradise, calm and sunny, calm until around 11am when the wind settled in for the day.

After lunch
we headed to the beach. Ethan and I went for a swim, I took him out further
than he had been before and several times the waves were above our heads. He
had a ball clinging on to me like a koala to its mother.

From there we
went straight to the showers then headed out for a Chinese dinner. A great meal
to end a great day. Aisha seemed determined not to leave until every scrap of
food was demolished from every plate. I never thought a 2 year old could eat
that much.
The
restaurant was on the first level, on top of a fish and chip shop. There was a
chap I shall describe as not the sharpest tool in the shed (but a tool none the
less) throwing chips onto the road to attract the local seagulls. For his own
amusement he waited until cars were coming before launching a handful of chips.
The inevitable happened and we were forced to have a discussion with Ethan and
Aisha about the perils of getting hit by a car, kick kick flap flap mmmmmm
"flat line". At least our tool had the decency to place the dead bird
in the bin. "Daddy, why is he putting the boordy (sic) in the bin?"
Lesson 2 for the day complete.
Oh, speaking
of lessons! Check on all the bread and other food items put away. Let's see
what our hopping friends get into tonight.
Wednesday
January 15th. If I could choose a groundhog morning this would be
it. Ethan was the first to wake up at a very civil 7:30; Aisha woke at around
8am. After breaky and getting ready for the day we all rode into Pambula
township for brunch.We found a
delightful cafe, Toucan Coffee Lounge, which has a retro theme throughout. The
decor was perfect, bright and colorful with fantastic light and lamp shades, including
the toilets, and the music fit perfectly, plenty of Beatles. It was very well
thought through.
The rest of
the day was very relaxed. We spent it chilling out at the camper before Cate
and the kids went to the beach at around 4:30. During that time I rebooked our
camp site for next year. Again the park is really well organised considering
its size and volume of guests. I spent some time doing a general clean up; not
terribly exciting but with
yesterday's wind it was definitely.

We headed to the beach around 11am and spent the entire day there, leaving at 5:30. Into the shower and chicken for dinner.
The beach was
terrific. There was no wind to speak of all day and a perfect 30 degree
maximum. We dug in the sand again and I took both the kids out a fair distance
into the waves. They both really enjoyed it. At low tide we went to explore the
nearby rock pools and discovered the sand had been washed away behind the rocks
leaving pools around a meter in diameter and mid torso high for Aisha. They had
a ball jumping in the pools and thought the waves were a real treat.
Cate and
Aisha went out in the waves at one stage today and Cate lost her footing and
both my girls got dumped. Aisha came up smiling and thought it was terrific.
Spending so much time in the sun today we are all a little pink; nothing major
as the kids only exposed areas are their legs but it seem no matter how much
sunscreen is applied it wasn't quite enough.Just before bed time we went to the karaoke night held at the park. The kids were amused at other people singing and I would estimate 150 people to watch and participate. The park really does a great job at entertaining the campers while they are here.


Friday January 17th. We have definitely been blessed with the weather. Another calm morning greeted us and perfect temperature. Today is to be our last at Pambula this year we are leaving at 7pm. Hopefully the kids sleep all the way home.

The forecast
was for extreme temperatures and wind for Victoria, it was to be their fourth
day of over 40 degrees, so while waiting for dinner I checked the CFA website
and found out the highway was closed at Cann River due to bush fires in the
area. After some investigation on alternative routes home we decided to spend
another night here at Pambula. Fingers crossed that the highway is open in the
morning.
There were
several people packing and heading home on Saturday morning. Information about
the roads was a little slow coming through and we heard the highway was to open
at 10am. Cate took the kids back to the beach while I packed the trailer and
car. We had the opportunity to stay again on Saturday night but needed to move
camp sites so we decided to head home. We left right on midday.The trip home was great and the kids travelled really well. They were happy to sit and listen to music, play eye spy and ask a million questions about the things they saw. Considering the time of day we left it was a very pleasant drive. We ate dinner in Sale, stopped several times, including Apex Park in Bairnsdale arriving home just after 7pm.


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