So Jonathan came home on Friday night and said lets go away for the weekend on a driving trip :)
Its something we used to do ALL the time, like every other weekend before we had kids - but our kids aren't great in the car, i can count on 1 hand the times the both of them together have fallen asleep in the car - so we have flying to go on holidays or going like 40 mins down the road to the beach and staying there! which is quite limiting and funny as we go to the beach most weeks so to go and stay in a hotel like 40 mins down the road is a bit silly - but when the kids arent great in the car cos mainly the dont sleep its quite limiting and we just love to go on holidays.. we get cabin fever if we dont go once every 3 months on average so wher as before kids we'd dake off on a driving trip or head off on a plane somewhere but now of course we have limited funds so the plane - which is the easiest option and Miles LOVES going on planes .. but we cant afford to go tripping off every 3 months so we also used to go on driving trips - well we thought this weekend as we were both desperate for a trip away - yes i know the last time we went was only in Sept when we flew up to Cairns for a wedding and before that July when we went to Thailand and the UK - but that was 3 and 6 months ago - ok so i know not that long but we LOVE holidays :) Hence the reason we emigrated to Australia - for 2 pomes its like being on holiday every day with this weather and pool in the back yard - ok im going off course here badly..
So we decided to put the kids in the car and go for a weekend away as we have limited funds we couldnt afford flights, anywhere nice on the northern beaches which is 40 mins away was out of our price range at present. So we decided to just go for it and jump in the car and drive north as it'd be hotter up north and Miles had asked to go to the beach for a couple of days so that meant we had to stay close to the coast - so decided on a spot called Lemon Tree Passage which had a bush walk to look for koala's and is right on the river and a 20 minute drive to a stunning beach that you can also drive on - we love 4 wheel driving but havent done it since the kdis were born of course cos not very safe to do with kids in the car but thought a drive down the beach would be safe enough!
SO off we go - we sent off on Saturday morning, decided to let Greta have her morning nap at home then set off after that - so come 12pm off we go - thought she might have her 2nd nap in the car (haha, yeah right!) so we all had lunch at home and put the kids in the car- put a big esky in the middle with snacks and drinks for us all and off we went - piccie:
3 hours later we arrive - neither kid had slept at all! can you believe we had driven for 3 hours straight and both wide away!!!! but amazingly they were so good.. they played with a few toys i packed and read books together and Miles found a ball and they threw that between the 2 of them and wer just fine - and here was J and i avoiding long car trips as we know the 2 of them dont sleep and they were fine, awake but fine! So thats opened up a whole new holiday world to us :)
As for the trip it was great, we bush walked, played and drove on the beach, had BBQ dinner and breakfast and a yummy pub lunch.
Then back home on Sunday night - oh and we sent off at 3pm and would you believe BOTH kids fell asleep 5 mins into the return trip and slept for the entire 3 hours!!!!
Anyway a FANTASTIC weekend away, LOVED it and it opened the door for us for more road trips as the kids were great and it was so cheap too.
A few pics:
