Camping .... errr, well sort of!

Over the Australia Day long weekend we ventured down to Wonthaggi as we do every year. Again, we went with the Finch and the Bradley families. This year however, we didn't take the tent or the campervan but decided it was time to lash out and book the cabin! As much as we love camping it was just so much easier with 2 kids and a baby to have a self-contained cabin. Wise choice - made packing and unpacking SOOOOOO much better too! The drive down didn't start off too good as Isabella had terrible travel sickness. Poor love spent most of the way throwing up into a bag. She was so brave though. Fraser also had a bad case of conjunctivitis which hit him pretty bad. His little eyes looked so sore and he often woke with both eyes gunked shut. Alex however, tough as nails! :) We had such a great time and dare I say it, quite relaxing!



Our cabins were a mere 25 meters away from the pool so that was a big hit. The kids spent a lot of time in the pool which made them happy. Fraser's first 'real' experience in a pool too. He had attempted to go in a friend's pool a couple of weeks ago but it was fair too cold for him and only got as far as his toes! But he really loved the warm water and was quite happy to float around in his seat. He even went under which he didn't mind either. Alex spent most of the time floating around talking to her invisible friends and practicing her swimming!




And Bella had a ball with Matilda, Georgia and Michaela!



Saturday night saw us have our traditional Australia Day dinner with all of our families plus Amanda's Mum and husband and a few friends. The boys spent all of Saturday out on the bay fishing. They got such a great haul for our dinner! On Sunday, Moon had arranged some helicopter flights at Phillip Island for us all - THANKS MOON!! It was so much fun. Rick and I have already been in army helicopters but the kids were so excited to go this time. It was great fun and they loved having the headphones on and talking to each other through the microphones. It was a bit of an overcast day but still got to see such beautiful views of Phillip Island and the surrounding area.
After our flights we headed to the chocolate factory that we have been meaning to go to for several years now. We had lunch at the cafe and then went and bought some chocolate. MMMMmmm yes well you all know how I feel about chocolate.






We also took the kids to see the wind farm - another thing we have been meaning to do for years. I find them quite spectacular and so much friendlier than ugly power stations. I got a bit excited though when I found a information box that had some education flyers inside. The box looked like a clue box from the Amazing Race so me being me, pretended to be on the Amazing Race and had a bit of fun! Ok, must have been the sea air that did it to me! :)





Anyway, another successful camping trip. Actually, Emma did remind me that we really should stop calling it camping - as it was so far from camping it was not funny! All the happy snaps can be seen HERE.