Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Leah 
Discovering new parts of Australia has become a Kid Bucket List passion. When the school holiday’s hit we love jumping in the car and heading off on a road trip to places we have not explored. In this past this has proved a little expensive in terms of our cellular data costs, but I’ve found …
Brought to you by Nuffnang and Disney Junior Whoever said that magic doesn’t exist has never picked up a book and read it. Books have the power to take the reader on a journey beyond the realms of reality. Better still, you can share the magic through a little read-aloud storytelling. Long before my children …
Birthday parties are something I have been incredibly passionate about since my children arrived. Despite being time poor, each year the kids and I sit down and negotiate a theme from which I source entertainment, decorations and the cake. It takes patience, a little creativity, and a whole lot of time. Despite this, I love …
Science is an incredible discipline through which the greatest of all discoveries are made. The idea of developing a hypothesis based on what you already know from data or experience, and then testing it out to see if you’re right is such an exciting process. We often head to the museum for a little hands …
The memory banks of our children are a curious construct. Mention something once or twice and it’s likely to be stored away ready to utilise at the most unsuspecting times. When my children were toddlers, their Aunty Cuddly was on the Australian Skydiving team. She regularly flew to Arizona, USA to train in their wind …
Our little family has become incredibly curious about the source of the water that comes out of our tap. Earlier this year we ventured off to the West Ryde Boiler House where we learned how water is pumped and gravity fed around Sydney. Our next step was to head to the water source itself. T and I had already …
Some of Sydney’s most unusual and awe inspiring marvels are often overlooked while its inhabitants go about their daily routines. It’s only since my children have arrived and we have begun adventuring off the beaten track that I, myself a resident for the last decade and a half, have started to discover some real delights. Today’s Hidden in Plain …
From experience, we’ve learned to add upcoming events and celebrations to our shared family calendar so we can keep track of what is on the horizon and prioritise where to head each weekend. Earlier this year we discovered that Blue Mountains Honey “Honey Shed” in Luddenham was having an open day in early August and quickly added it …
Italy is renowned for pasta, fast cars, romance and gondolas. It is a land much studied in history books and much discussed in the fashion scene. What you may not know is that Italy has my heart when it comes to travel destinations. Currently we are experiencing a long distance love with the prospect of …
“What can we do?” “What can we see?” “Where can we go?” The questions were delivered in fast succession. “But we haven’t been anywhere for ages?” “My passport hasn’t been used for months!” With school in term, a spout of illness on my part for a week or two, and only the weekend free (and …
Musicals found their way into my heart as a result of one of my first cinema experiences. We were living in Darwin and my parents took me to see Annie. I couldn’t keep my eyes off the film. When I got home I wanted to dye my hair which my red-headed mother would not allow. …
When we headed to the east coast of America over Christmas, each member of our family created their own bucket list. Mine was filled with museums and galleries. The kids covered all the theme parks. T concentrated on the addresses of the reality TV shows he watches. America is the birthplace of the Reality TV …
Way back when the television screen was still black and white, the Munsters needed a car. George Barris of Barris Kustom Industries was called to design and develop it. He also created the original Batmobile. When we heard that he was coming to Australia we had to go. Miss N and I were disappointed when we discovered it …