First of all, today is Mothers Day - so happy Mothers Day to our mums and sisters and all the other people we know who have babies!
So the last real update was in Eden and since then we have covered a fair bit of ground and drank a fair bit of vodka.
After we said goodbye to the amazing caravan park at Eden we set off for Batemans Bay, stopping along the way at the Bega Cheese Factory. We met some plastic cows, tasted some fairly ordinary cheese, purchased some fudge and got back in the car.
Sometime that afternoon we made it to Batemans Bay. Beautiful town, terrible caravan park. After being spoilt at the Garden of Eden this little cement city with weird shacks and strict rules and scary bathrooms seemed like caravan park hell. Ok, so it probably wasn't that bad... and we actually started to embrace it a bit by the next day - until we got told off for having Bonnie off her lead. After that it was war and we couldn't wait to get out of there. A high point of Batemans Bay was when Mikey showed up after a 5 hour drive to come and see us. And as usual when Mikey comes to visit, we spent a lot of time and money at the bottle shop and prepared our bellies and livers for a big couple of days.
The next day we all got up early despite our hangovers in an attempt to get out of the weirdest caravan park on earth as quickly as possible. Mikey had mentioned a pretty town called Kiama that he drove through on his way down so we decided to head in that direction and hope for the best. We were not disappointed. Driving down into Kiama we started wishing we'd spent the last few nights in this little paradise rather than in Batemans Bay. We found a fantastic caravan park right on the beach and spent all afternoon laying on the beach in the sun. Riley even got a good surf in and Bonnie made some new furry friends. Later that night we polished off another bottle of vodka - whoops. After an amazing walk around the headland the next morning, we decided that this place couldn't possibly get any better and were "this close" to trading the caravan in and putting a deposit on a house somewhere. But, sadly, we had to say goodbye as the caravan park was fully booked and only had room for us for the one night.
And so we started our big drive to Umina Beach - Mikey's house! This meant having to drive through Saturday traffic through Woolongong and Sydney. We tried to avoid the cities and heavy traffic areas where possible but no mater how hard we tried, there were times when traffic jams couldn't be avoided. After a few near misses and heated moments we decided Sydneysiders did not understand the road rules, especially when it came to merging, and figured it would be better for all involved if we could just stay in one lane as much as possible. We made one stop at a petrol station to refuel and buy some stale sandwiches before powering through to Umina. A highlight of the trip was driving past the Triple J car and seeing Rosie driving!!
Once we arrived at Mikey's house we did what we do best - cracked open another bottle of vodka. By this stage our livers hated us. The novelty of having a shower less than 3 meters away was not lost on Emma, who had 2 showers in a matter of hours. Bonnie had a great time trying to chase the local wildlife and Riley built a cubby house in the lounge room. A great night all round.
Which brings us to today - Mothers Day! We got up early and took Bonnie for a big walk to the beach before coming back and getting ready to hit the big smoke - Sydney! We spent all day wandering around Darling Harbour and Circular Quay, we saw the Opera house, the Harbour Bridge, the Welcome Wall and the Flag Pole.
We are planing to go to Newcastle on Wednesday-ish and then slowly make our way North to Grafton by the 20th...
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