The beauty of homeschooling is the ability to get away during term time, while all the "other" kids are at school. However, this has not always gone to plan in recent years as older teenagers go to school and activities during term time are taken on.
But recently my friend Monique pushed us to go away in the first week of this term, before activities/classes properly started and daily life took over.
So off we went, to Forster and despite short rain showers and mozzies, we all had a wonderful time.
We stayed at a place recommended by a spear fishing friend - Lanis Island Holiday Park. Initially, driving in, we all thought "Oh no, it's a conventional caravan park, all packed in next to each other", but....if you drive through the park, over a small causeway and down a track, you eventually come to a peninsula, surrounded by water, with not a sign of civilisation to be seen.
We timed it very well, there was only three or four other campers, far away from us, and we had room to run, but with the luxury of flushing toilets, hot showers back at the caravan park, fires and the supermarket five minutes drive away! Apparently over the Christmas holidays, and especially at New Years, there are hundreds of campers here - we picked the best time to sta
This is where Natalie "found her wheels" - learning to ride without the training wheels.
She even got a go at driving with big brother Callum.
The beach was only minutes away so every day we went for a swim/surf/body board in the ocean.
This is at Forster beach pool.
It was so good to unplug and lie around with our kids and this is such a beautiful spot - at least when it's not crowded.
