Our Family Holiday 2013

Day 1

• Drove to Bairnsdale for supplies
• Stopped in at Lakes Entrance for Bait
• Arrived at Pettmans Beach just after 2pm
• Jie helped me set up the tent by hammering in the pegs
• Nevaeh Jie and I all took turns pumping up the air bed mattress
• The Kids helped Pop bait the rods

• Nevaeh caught her first fish by putting the rod between her legs and reeling it in as fast as she could
• Nevaeh caught a baby brim at Trident Arm
• The kept busy finding shells 
• Jie caught 2 more baby brim before dinner

•  The sunset was extraordinary and definately a highlight of the trip
• Jie drove the car back to camp
• Nevaeh sat in my lap in the front seat as Jie drove
• Dinner was canned spaghetti as Dad and I couldn't work out the gas stove
• I read from Jie's bible before the kids called it a night

Day 2

• Wheetbix for Breakfast before jumping in the car
• Jie and I spied a beautiful black wallaby in the bush
• We drove past the legendary Snowy River
• We drove to Mallacoota 
• The beach was spectacular but unfortunately I left my camera in the car
• Nevaeh chased baby fish in the sandy rock pools
• Jiedyn and Pop went for a walk up the beach and found stunning shells, a baby crab and a few sea snails
• Nevaeh and I swam in the shallows and built sand castles
• We then drove to Gypsie Point eating icy poles the whole way

• We returned back to camp
• Worked out how to use the portable stove and cooked up snags for dinner
• We then went surf fishing at the beach
• Within minutes of casting in we caught beautiful sized salmon
• Nevaeh caught herself a salmon too
• Pop caught four salmon
• I caught 2 salmon and 2 crabs (which seemed to be Dad's highlight of the trip)
• We got back to camp after dark, had some munchies and went to bed.

 3rd and final day..

• Pop had already packed most of the camp up before we got up
• Back in the car we drove out to Lake tires then to the lovely Lakes Entrance

• We also drove out to Metung
• Drove alongside the Tambo River
• Got fish and chips in Painsville 
• Caught the kids first ferry over to Raymond Island 
• Spotted 3 koalas in gum trees on the way to a remote beach/jetty
• Ate fish and chips on the bonnet of the car before having a swim
• I even did handstands in the water
• We got home after 8pm, I showered the kids and put them to bed
• Dad and I stayed up watching The Hunger Games and Abduction

I never actually got time to relax, but if I got anything out of this trip, it was that the beauty of this God created country is absolutely and completely stupendous!