| Taking your kids out of school for several weeks | | | | each time as we included the June holidays both |
| when you go camping and travel Australia can be | | | | times. |
| a difficult choice. If you can include the usual | | | | The first trip we went on my kids were 7, 10, |
| school holidays and add a week or several weeks, | | | | and 12 years old, the eldest being in the first year |
| it will impact a bit less on their lessons. It depends | | | | of secondary school. We travelled from Victoria |
| at what stage they are at school as it's easier to | | | | to Central Australia, to Darwin, Kakadu and back |
| take them out of primary school than secondary | | | | down through Outback Queensland and New |
| school. | | | | South Wales. |
| Contact your child's school and teachers and | | | | The second trip they were 10, 13, and 15 so this |
| explain when you are going away and where so | | | | time 2 were in secondary school. This time we |
| the teacher is fully aware of your plans. In my | | | | travelled from Victoria to Alice Springs, on the |
| experience all the teachers had no problem with | | | | Tanami Track to The Kimberley, around the Gibb |
| them missing school for a few weeks. Some of | | | | River Road, then to Katherine and down the |
| them said 'they will learn a lot more' as we were | | | | Stuart Hwy to home. |
| travelling Australia and were quite happy for them | | | | The diaries that they made and the photos we |
| to go. A few teachers gave them work sheets | | | | took are great to look back on. They added an |
| to do or a novel to read while they were | | | | entry in the diary each day, with a few |
| travelling and asked them to do a daily diary of | | | | paragraphs, noting where we travelled to or from, |
| their travels. | | | | what they had seen and experienced. Then they |
| My family have had two 6 week camping trips, | | | | included a small brochure. postcard or cut out |
| the first in 2000 & the 2nd in 2003 where | | | | pictures from larger brochures. |
| my 3 kids were taken out of school for 4 weeks | | | | |