Wed 30 Sep 2026 - Mogo and Corrigan's Beach - Day 6

Wed 30 Sep 2026 - Mogo and Corrigan's Beach - Day 6

Sleep in day

After breakfast, we take a drive to check out the shops at Mogo

Small strip of shops - there is a craft shop but I resist the urge to check it out. 

Look in a clothes shop "Madeleine Lane" - very expensive but nice clothes. 

Have a look at "In & Out at Mogo" - lots of kitchenware. 

Look in "The Middle of Mogo" - games, gifts, candy and ice cream. Kids go crazy looking at the lollies.

1:20pm Have ice cream. Soph buys the kids sorbet and for me Macadamia ice cream.

1:300pm Have pies from the Mogo Pie shop. I have the chicken stroganoff - not so good.

2:00pm Drive to Corrigan's Beach - kids play in sand and water - Zachy chases a bird all the way down the beach. Janet sits in the shade. Play with Ally, making sand castles, looking for shells.  Justin finds bones from a huge fish. 

4:20pm Leave beach to shop at Aldi.

5:12pm Order Dan's Meat Mountain from Smokey Dan's (or as Soph calls it Red Dog. Besides the IGA at the entrance to the resort. Smoked Brisket, Smoked Pulled Pork, sticky wings, bbq pork ribs, fresh apple slaw, pickle, onion rings, smokey sauce and 2 slider buns.

6:40pm Dinner is bbq pork ribs, smoked brisket, smoked pulled pork, sticky wings etc.

After dinner pack up stuff ready for checkout tomorrow

Tue 29 Sep 2026 - Ally's 6th Birthday - Mogo Zoo - Day 5

Tue 29 Sep 2026 - Ally's 6th Birthday - Mogo Zoo - Day 5

Soph is up before the kids wake up and is blowing up foil balloons, so I help her.

Zachy is still scared of balloons but is okay with the smaller ones.

Ally wakes to her surprise and we give her her presents. 

Have breakfast. Pan fried sausages, scrambled eggs, cucumber with turkish bread.

After breakfast we drive to Mogo Zoo

10:00am Mogo Zoo - Soph booked tickets online. Spend 1/2 the day at the zoo.

Start with the meerkats, monkeys, leopard, humping tortoises, see the cheetah. Then listen to the lion talk, feed the animals - kangaroos, goats, camels, deers. Soph pays additional $50 for the kids to feed the giraffes up and close. 

Zebras, lemurs, rhinocerous, then back around to see the other animals. I bought her a Unicorn egg.

2:00pm back at the resort

5:00pm dinner and the cake time

   

6:30pm play switch games

9:00pm shower and wash hair

Play Plate Up until 12 midnight

Mon 28 Sep 2026 - Bodalla Dairy Shed and Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden - Day 4

Mon 28 Sep 2026 - Bodalla Dairy Shed and Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden - Day 4

Nice sunny day

9:18am After breakfast we drive to Eurobodalla

9:50am Arrive at Bodalla Dairy Shed in time for the 10am feeding of the baby cows. Goats and chooks.

10:30am Cool treats. I buy Iced chocolate $8.50 - the others have sorbet.

Take a walk to check out the shops - hippy shop. Soph buys donuts.

11:56am drive to the Eurobodalla Regioal Botanical Gardens

1:00pm have lunch at the cafe - Mossy on Gardens before going for a walk throught the gardens. Kids go to play area, Spot kangaroos in the lawns - go for closer look.

Walk the pink & blue trails - find a hidden slide which the kids love.

3:30pm head back to resort

Play switch games

5:30pm Make chicken wings. JT makes a vegie soup and vegies.

After dinner, shower and then play switch games

Sun 27 Sep 2026 - Batemans Bay and Resort Day - Day 3

Sun 27 Sep 2026 - Batemans Bay and Resort Day - Day 3

Cool day today

10:30am - head to Batemans Bay - raining - no markets

Go shopping instead - Kmart, Coles, Aldi

2:20pm Switch games

3:00pm walk down to feed the fish - starts sprinkling

play with kids in playroom- tidy it up

8:00pm Soph cooks spag bol

After dinner play Plate Up with Justin

12midnight bed

Sat 26 Sep 2026 - The Moorings Phase III Resort, Moruya Markets - Day 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026 - The Moorings Phase III Resort, Moruya Markets - Day 2

Sun is out.

Check out the resort - kids room, pool and tennis courts

9:15am drive to Moruya Country Markets.  The markets are on the banks of the Moruya River.  We even got to see the seals sunning themselves. 

I bought honey and Turkish bread. Janet got the kids ice cream for Ally and frozen ice for Zachy.

11:00am After the markets we drove to the Woollies to get some supplies.

1:00pm back at resort for lunch. Bought a roast chicken and wraps, so we hade tortilla wraps

2:40pm Go to the pool - but it is freezing cold - so much for solar heated pool - Ally goes in.

Zachy and Soph came later.

6:00pm dinner. We had rice with brocollini, beans, lettuce leaves and chicken skewers. The chicken skewers were already marinated - Pan frying was difficult - the pan was not non-stick - tendency to burn and stick.

9:00pm watch Devil wears Prada 2

Fri 25 Sep 2026 - Sydney to Tomakin - Day 1

Fri 25 Sep 2026 - Sydney to Tomakin - Day 1

​Today we left for Tomakin.

Weather was around 29 degrees 

B: vegemite on toast x 2. Washed clothes.

10:00am got dropped off at Burwood Park by Lily and Nathan. Nathan had medical appointment. I walked to the plaza. Had to buy my medicine. Went to Daiso. Bought hair comb, velcro strips. Bought breadtop buns. Walked back home.

So hot. Lily and Nathan came back not long after me. They bought breadtop too as well as kebab. Nathan ate 2/3, I ate the rest. Also had a wu gok.

Cleaned the fish tank.

1:30pm We (Lily, Nathan, Janet and I drove to Hammondville in Soph’s car. The cars were swapped out on Thursday.

2:00pm played tetris with the luggage. How to bring everything in one car. Even packed a stroller.

3:00pm Lily and Nathan went to buy fish and chips, burgers, pizza, and slurpees. 

4:30pm Managed to fit everything in. Janet and Ally in the back, Zachy and Soph in the middle and Justin driving with me riding shotgun with a bag at my feet and another on my lap. Soph also had bag at her feet and bags between her and Zach. Janet was also squashed with bags too. I think Zach and Ally had the best seats.

Justin drove all the way. Arrived at the resort at 8:17pm. Drove to reception to see which unit they had assigned to us.

In G block, Unit 113. I took photos and Justin worked out where. It’s upstairs. 2 bedrooms with lounge and kitchenette. Janet and I in the master bedroom sharing a bed.  Justin, Soph and kids in the other bedroom. Double and single. 

Ally and Janet played with mermaid slime.

Zachy kept opening the fridge.

9:30pm ate some leftover fish and chips. 

10:00pm showered first. Followed by the kids.

10:30pm writing this post.

Sat 12 Sep 2026 - Out n’ About with the 2 K’s

​I invited myself to join Kaylene and Kim for an outing and good food.

Started with Messina at Circular Quay - had the Mitsu Milo Tart, while they had Mr Potato Head. 

Then we caught the ferry (no tap due to industrial dispute) for a free ride to Pyrmont Bay. 

Walked through the star and up to the fish markets. 

My first time since the new market opened. Twilight hour. Walked around checking out the food before we settled on a grilled seafood platter for 2, deep fried barramundi with thai chilli sauce, a doz freshly shucked oysters. I bought the seafood chowder with sour dough bread. 

Sat outside and enjoyed our dinner. It was nice out. 

Caught the light rail back to Central then trained it home.