Thierings on Tour

I don’t think the day could have started any wetter than it did, which makes packing up and moving on so much harder. At least we had the big camp kitchen to keep the kids dry while Chris and I packed up and got ready to hit the road. A real low was stepping onto the grass and hearing a giant squelch as mud oozed right up my slide and onto my leg… 

Our plan was to head to around Bundaberg. Finally we saw blue sky and it was warm – what a change from the last week. Someone suggested a cool turtle hatching sanctuary, but upon closer research it seemed that it would be completely the wrong season and so we headed to a strawberry farm instead. 

With the season only just beginning we weren’t allowed to pick strawberries ourselves yet, but we got to enjoy some delicious strawberry ice cream and play/hang in the beautiful gardens. What a gorgeous place!

On the way home we made a trip into town to get some food supplies. Now there’s a reason I never go food shopping with the family at home and I certainly don’t recommend it when everyone has been going stir crazy in the van for a while. It’s like the caged animals had been unleashed and there was far too much fighting and screaming than anyone would have liked. The ultimate low however was when we were leaving the car park, the whole back row was fighting, the parents were questioning their sanity and Scarly yelled “everyone, shut up!” We didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but it certainly made me contemplate whether I should just get dropped at the police station to be charged for awful parenting. Let’s hope we can iron that one out and also do click & collect orders in the future…

Our caravan park for the night also had a luscious tropical feel with a gorgeous backdrop of Burnett Heads, with water and boats. We put the afternoon fights behind us and enjoyed a nice steak, gem, salad combo, which certainly helped lift the mood! The only downside were the sandflies which were relentless! Poor Jazzy broke up in a rash and was scratching all night after 😢

Kms travelled – 233