Bendigo, Victoria {Caravan Park}

A short drive and we arrived in Bendigo.

Our first stop was the vet clinic to get Lillie her next injection, really important to ensure she didn't pick up any nasties give we have a moving home.  So off the vet I went with Lillie while Justin and the kids explored the park right opposite {can anyone say fluke}.

All vet checked, we went to meet the rest of the family and had a lovely walk around Lake Weeroona.  What a lovely space so close to town, they even have a dog friendly café right on the edge of it.  After a coffee and some morning tea we loaded back into the car and headed to our next camping spot.

We picked Park Lane Holiday Park because it was a Top Tourist Park but also because they had something that my two would think of a treat {an indoor play centre}. It was a nice big park, which I imagine would be very full at certain times of the year but thankfully was lovely and quiet after the long weekend.  Set up happened quickly, we made ourselves some lunch and then decided to head back into town for a drive around.

Wednesday saw us spending the morning doing some schoolwork before heading in for a walk around town to get up close and personal with the old buildings.  There is HEAPS of old buildings that are still in an amazing condition, even better was the walk around Rosalind Park which is right in the centre of town {the only downside to that part was the smelly bats in one part of the park}.  Kaleb and I walked to the top of the observation tower which looked out over the city.

 

 

Thursday saw morning school work before the boys headed off to take a mine tour at Central Deborah Goldmine.  They had a great time in Australia's biggest 'tourist mine'.  Kyla and I headed to the park for a little while before going back to the caravan park while we waiting to pick them up again.

Friday arrived before we knew it and it was time to pack down and make our way to Albury/Wodonga.

Werribee South, Victoria {Caravan Park}

A lovely couple {again from NSW} that we meet at Halls Gap, suggested if we needed to stay at Werribee South Caravan Park.  What a lovely, quiet little park.

Another change to do some school work before heading down for a walk along the foreshore, a play at the park before heading home for an early dinner.

   

The reason for our night here, the promised trip to Werribee Open Range Zoo.  What a lovely place, the kids loved every minute of it.

   

    

  

Next stop MELBOURNE!

Donnybrook {Visiting & Working}

Another night in Perth after our overseas holiday and before we left we got to go meet Sadie who made her arrival last week. She was tiny, soft, squishy and so very cute.

We made it back to Donnybrook in reasonable time, not a sole was there so we set up the camper again and started on the dreaded holiday washing.  There is always something unrelaxing about coming home from holidays, even without a house there is stuff that has to be done.

A few relaxing days before we started school.  Trip for ice-cream and craft for the kids but poor Justin started right back into work.

 

 

The rest of February saw work, school, heaps of baking/cooking, gardening and trying to find our rhythm again. Before we knew it March had arrived and not much had changed {except for Kyla's age - which is a separate post}, well other than my Aunty breaking a bone in her foot! We had Sunday drives with lovely lunches or sometimes just a drive to take a look around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did spend one of our driving Sunday's out looking at Gnomesville, Wellington Dam and spots along the Collie River.  We even stopped in at a space called Honeymoon Pool where I camped with my family as a child, it looks almost exactly the same as it did then

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 April and we've been back for more than a month!

Justin spent sometime down in Manjimup doing some work, picking potatos {the biggest I've ever seen & the tastiest) and also some building. We had more school, more baking, the kids had a trip to the dentist and we had a lovely dinner with Nana Pat & Pop. The kids and I also had a fabulous time with different experiments!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Before we knew it, it was time to hit the road again {all be it a short trip}.  Everything was sorted & repacked, the camper closed up, attached to the car & off we went again.