We rose early and were on road at 6:50am after packing up
in the cold rain & wind of Coffin Bay. Today we travelled 930klm with a 5 & 3 year old. Surprisingly & as we have come to expect, there were
no dramas. They really do travel in the car well. We think we have the right mix now....
1st stop @ 2.5hrs, no movies just chatting and maybe a
kids audio book. They get 1 x movie up to lunch or another 2.5hr section
so it occupies them for an hour and a bit. They seem to amuse themselves well
after that with cars and dinosaurs.....
A normal "long" day would have us in camp set
up, but not across the Nullarbor or going up the middle to Uluru. The next 2.5hr stint Dad sits in the back and reads with
them, plays stickers and silly Dad games....they seem to love this more than
anything, not sure who more, me or them!!!
Today on the last leg they got to watch another movie, so
they were 'Happy as Larry.' Making movies a real privilege has been the best thing we
ever did. They still have no DS or can play 'phone games' due to a couple of
tanties after Perth, but on this environment they certainly learn fast when you
introduce structure & consequences of bad behavior. No different to home
but it is a different world on the road and hard to get the right mix.
I said to Nat let's push on to Coober Pedy and get a
deluxe cabin at the Big 4, just park up, get pizza, shower, then wake up and
walk to the car & trailer and start driving again. She didn't need much convincing.
We arrived at 6pm even with a 2hr layover in Port Augusta
for lunch and some mucking around...
The boys loved it because there were bunks just like
Nanna & Grandad had at their place. Imparja (the outback nine network) had the Broncs
playing, Austar saw Nat catch up on E News and the boys just climbed up and
down the stairs on the bunks. $105 well spent.
The biggest rock in the world that changes colours during
the day awaits tomorrow..Boys are pumped again...
Jase
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