After a not very good nights sleep I woke up around 5.3oam. It was pretty chilly so I watched some youtube in bed (with a cup of tea of course) for a while before moving into the other part of the van, when my back was too sore to stay in bed any more. I also decided to see if I could upload a video – do you see the time? This would take me 15 hrs to upload at home, and about 4 hrs for Kevin at work. Crazy!!!! But good for now. Might need to move to Kiama because they have the NBN. ie. great internet that we’re not longer getting :-(.
Eventually everyone woke up and Pop arrived to fix some plumbing issues (luckily we’re close to home). The girls played some cards.
And mid-morning we all headed to the beach.
The girls went for a swim while I soaked up some rays and took in the magic that is East Beach.
Christy & I stayed at the beach longer than the girls. But we left when it started to get too windy and headed to the pool, which Christy said was lot warmer than the ocean.
It remained a crazy, windy afternoon. But that did provide us with stunning skies.
We had lunch, lazed about and later in the day Christy & I went for an explore around the park.
Well, actually Christy took the opportunity to practice riding her penny board. It’s pretty flat here and the cars drive slow.
Today we finished packing Nan & Pop’s van and headed off down the coast. A very quick 30mins later and we had arrived at our destination – Kiama.
where we will spend the next week in the caravan.
Not a bad view to wake up to…mind you it’s not quite as good as other times we’ve stayed here….
Once the van was all set up, I prepared some make your own rolls for lunch.
Since Nan & Pop were still here and we only 4 chairs, the girls ate inside.
I don’t often have white rolls, so this was nice for a change.
Pop made a few more adjustments, then they headed home. We got settled into our little home away from home.
Gee, it only took a few hours before we had the lived in look ….
Amy and Harriet are sleeping in a tent under our awning.
Very late in the day the girls went to the beach for a swim. Mad things. It was pretty cool by this stage.
Dinner tonight was Mac ‘n’ cheese, which was fun trying to make since there are no big pots in the van.
Christy went to watch the family movie, Amy & Harriet watched something on Amy’s laptop. I puttered around online, since I was able to buy a weeks internet access for just $50.
After a slow start to the morning we packed up and left the hotel about 8.45am, heading back to Westfield Burwood. Unfortunately we managed to get a bit of traffic.
Loved this fuzzy helmet we saw on the way.
Even with the traffic it only took 15 mins to reach the shopping center.
First stop was Gloria Jeans for some breakfast. I had a spinach roll and shared an iced chocolate with Christy.
We loved with the little logo on the table.
Then it was time for shopping, starting with Typo. I think I’m going to have to get those flamingo folders – they are too cute.
And I wish I had somewhere to put this print. It’s just so perfect.
We also visited Target, the Dollar Store (where we got some Halloween goodies) and some other stores.
Amy got some soup from Pie Face for her lunch (she wasn’t feeling the best) before we left to drop her off at day 2 of the study course. Then Christy and I headed over to the Sydney Aquatic Center.
Christy went off to have lots of fun. It was REALLY busy – we’ve never been during school holidays before, and noisy.
I sat upstairs, where it was a bit calmer. I enjoyed the noodles I had bought for lunch, read magazines, people watched, and even had a little snooze when the hot air made me all sleepy :-).
At 4pm we left and headed back to pick up Amy (who had met a follow Dan & Phil lover) and headed back home. It had been a long day and I was exhausted (I think because of having to concentrate in all the traffic).
If you want to see more of our adventure (including what we bought) be sure to check out my vlogs.
