ODONOVAN, Himself writes:

New York Times questions timing of Obama family Australia/ Indonesia
trip: No real diplomatic reason to go but it is the kids' spring
break. Date night was cheap by comparison , but this?

The current President has regularly demonstrated that he wants to take his
family on vacations paid for by taxpayers no matter how many millions of
dollars they may cost. Since it has burned through trillions of dollars in
taxpayer money to keep rich bankers rich, it should come as no surprise that
he would waste taxpayer money to give his wife and kids a succession of exotic
luxury vacations.

IOW just a taxpayer funded junket for the kids and the whole Obama
entourage?

Exactly, like a number of other trips.