Thierings on Tour

My favourite part of the day is always hearing the shuffles from over the bunk beds followed by nice cuddles in bed with the whole family. Scarly has finally settled a bit at night too and isn’t doing any more 360 turning at night in our bed. 

Unfortunately the morning brought – yep, you guessed it – RAIN! This is starting to become a bit tedious. We tried to put on a brave face, but it definitely dampens morale and makes everyone more grumpy.

We ducked into the local shops for a morning coffee and Jazzy set her eyes on the LARC tours for later that day.

The morning consisted of scootering around the caravan park with her friends for Jazzy, followed by work for me and homework club for Chris and the kids. At least we had room to spread out despite the rain and each had our own pergola.

We treated the girls with some sushi for lunch and then embarked on a LARC tour through the waterways and national park for an hour. We were lucky to be allocated the front row for our family.

The guide Mark shared some interesting history about the name origin, with it being Captain Cook’s first landing In Queensland in 1770. We also learnt about sand bubbler crabs, the rather vicious moon snail and goat’s foot vine used by local Aboriginal communities to help with midge stings. The midges have been out of control here! I think we are all starting to resemble some kind of spotted cat with the amount of bites we all have.

The afternoon brought a few big emotions and I’ll honestly say that full time van life definitely isn’t for the faint hearted, but we are all giving it our best and adjusting to our new way of life. To lighten the mood for the evening we headed to the lookout at the top of the hill to watch the sunset. Although the lookout facing west happened to be closed, so instead we went to the marine memorial and enjoyed a drink and a beautiful view.

After an early dinner, we managed to have everyone asleep early too. Chris and I sat around the fire pit planning the next couple of weeks of the trip. 

Kms travelled – 30