DAY 13

DAY 13

3^rd July

We woke up to hear Jamie crying in her swag at about 6.30am. Stu went and checked on her... she was cold, seems to have trouble staying under her blankets. She crawled in with me to get warm and fell asleep for another couple of hours. A lovely sleep in. Mike didn’t get up till closer to 10am... his biggest ever sleep in!!

Before lunch we went off for a walk to explore Purni Bore. There was lots of evidence of wildlife. Mike liked following the animal tracks and Jamie liked finding the flowers. We couldn’t find a Sturt Desert Pea. Mike took note of our direction with his compass so we could find our way home.

Lots and lots of birdlife, kites, wedge tailed eagle, ducks and more!!! A wonderful little ecosystem, a bird lovers paradise. It was a lovely little family walk together, the kids set with their little red backpacks.

Back for a nice bacon and egg fry up for lunch. We discovered today that our milk cartons weren’t standing up to the bumps of the roads and we had to have a clean out of our food box!! Guess the milk won’t be so ‘long life’ now!

After lunch the older kids, including Madi and Mike headed for a walk and a bit of ‘Bear Grylls’ style movie making. Mike was so please to be included with them. Jamie and Haley once again caught up in their own imaginary world of play. Chez and I wandered over to the shower at Purni Bore for a nice long rinse. The water was a little hard and lots of minerals but well worth it anyway. Jamie and Michael both had a turn at helping do the dishes... have to train them young. They thought it was fun!! Lol!!

Another freezing night ahead of us!!!!!!!