Friday 22 February 2013
The morning dawned fresh and cool. We woke to the sound of Sienna cooing and then shouting our names and whingeing for us, but ignored her for a bit. Of course, we were justly punished when we did get up – she’d removed her sleeping bag and soiled nappy. Poo was smeared on her sheets and portacot. Lucky it was washing day! While the girls ate breakfast, I went for a 5km jog and met Glenn and the girls near the weir. Then it was time to pack up. We drove from Mitchell to Charleville, only a few hours away so we thought it would have been manageable for the girls. But we should’ve known it would have turned out to be a challenging day from the way it started out. They were demanding all day long.
When we reached Charleville we found a laundromat and did some banking/post office errands/shopping while the clothes were washing and drying ($12 wash, $50 grocery shop – not bad). We tried to do the bilby attraction but it doesn’t open till April. We booked in for the Cosmos Centre, which is a night-time attraction, on Saturday evening. After finding a another great, quiet spot beside the river (about 17km out of town), we set up. The girls continued to test us all afternoon and we’re milking Yasmin’s fear of crocodiles (apparently they’re attracted by naughty girls) as much as possible. Glenn and I sometimes wonder how much less challenging this trip would be if there were no children involved... Anyway, we’re at a great spot tonight and the girls went to bed at sundown so should wake up happy and refreshed.
 |
| Strolling through the scrub together, hand in hand |
 |
| Camped by the riverside |
No comments:
Post a Comment