Day 4 Portland

A nice lazy start to the day with all three kids sleeping in to a decent hour!! Yay. After breakfast outside again we headed off to the Portland Strawberry Farm. It was obviously a popular place as we were there soon after 10am and they had already sold out of punnets of strawberries – if you wanted any you had to pick them yourself. So we headed out to the strawberry fields armed with a plastic bucket and three excited children! Zac and Ethan got right into the swing of it eagerly pointing out the berries – Ethan frequently exclaiming “ I love it” Pretty soon they were finding good sized ripe berries and adding them to the bucket. Gemma on the other hand had a lovely time picking anything red she could get her hands on to and then eating it – she was soon strawberry coloured everywhere. Wondered if we would have to smuggle her out or pay for her by the kilo!.

We headed back to the van to wash our berries and pack for a picnic in the local botanical gardens. We enjoyed a lovely picnic under a large shady tree while listening to the oldies playing croquet. In the middle of the gardens is a croquet club!!

After arvo naps all the kids went bike riding around the block – with mum and dad looking at some lovely old homes in the area at the same time. Fish and chip dinner down by the waterfront, quick play in the park and home to start packing up camp ready to move on tomorrow.

No photos today as the internet is running incredibly slowly!