Family road trip Brissy-Tamworth

[MistyFying]

OK we're going to visit my husband's parents who live in a small town outside of Tamworth. We've decided to drive there (from Brisbane)... any ideas about things to see and/do or cost-effective places to stay on the way there?

It will take us about 8 hours to drive there, so we're thinking we may need a few sanity savers along the way

[Olive]

portable DVD player!

[kitten2b]

funny, I am making the Sydney - Tamworth trip tomorrow

Sanity tricks - parks on the way - get the pent up energy out of the kids, cds play until you crack. Not sure where to stay going that way unfortunately

[BrightSparkles]

i'm going there in 2 weeks! LOL
dvds....
Misty... depends on which way your coming down from brissy...

[Phteven]

Yep, parks. Get off the highway into the small towns and find parks with playgrounds and let the kids burn off some energy as often as possible.
Play traveling games - I Spy, treasure hunt (write a list of things to spot 1st spotter gets credit, black cow, red car, a statue, a bridge etc), snacks keep the busy. I give them packaged snacks because fighting the wrappers takes up some of their time.
The DVD player is great when you need a bit of peace and quiet but I try to limit it because I don't like my children wasting the experience of a journey staring at the back of the seat.

[MistyFying]

Thanks for the ideas girls.

Jenni we're coming down the inland route - DH has a conference he has to speak at in Toowoomba on the Saturday, then we're coming down after that.