Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Leah 
If you are Travelling to Los Angeles it’s highly likely that you will try to fit a trip to Universal Studios on your itinerary. It’s touted as the place to go if you want to learn about the production of movies and TV shows. Prior to leaving Australia, T let me know that a visit to …
Birthday Parties have been a passion of mine ever since I learned to blow out birthday candles . Whilst I can count the number of actual parties that I had as a child on one hand, I have always found even the simplest of celebrations to be magical. There’s something about balloons, streamers and cake that brings …
I grew up in the goldfields of Victoria where it was not uncommon to have a metal detector stored in your back shed. I have vivid memories of visiting Sovereign Hill as a kid where we would gold pan in the river that ran through the site. My brothers and I took the skills we learned …
On our recent trip to Bathurst we learned a lot about the people living in the town during 1800s. We explored the city and were impressed with architecture from colonial, Victorian and Federation periods. I was delighted to hear that there was a historic mansion on the outskirts of town that was built in the 1870s. Of course …
Just after Easter we decided to take a road trip across the Blue Mountains and base ourselves in Bathurst for a few days. Bathurst is said to be the oldest inland settlement in Australia and has a rich history built upon Gold. When preparing our Bucket List for our adventures the kids kept asking if we …
Miss N’s best friend is dinosaur mad. She threads dinosaur facts through her conversations and is always quick to tell us how our budgie compares to the latest prehistoric species that she is reading about. Her obsession for these reptiles is widely known so it was no surprise to see her recruited as one of …
A world of scientific exploration opened up to us when I discovered that there were dozens of ways my kids could participate in authentic scientific research and studies overseen by professional scientists from our own backyard. Have you heard about Citizen Science? Citizen Science projects are scientific initiatives supported by universities, research laboratories, scientists and/or …
Image: Supplied Monkey – Journey to the West has arrived at the Sydney Opera House and is showing from 04 April 2015– 19 April 2015! Image: Supplied As children of the 80s, both T and I have the adventures of Monkey Magic (Saiy?ki – ???) firmly ingrained in our memories of after school television viewing. …
As a huge Clint Eastwood fan, Alcatraz has been on T’s top 10 Bucket List destinations for a very long time. There was no doubt that when planning our family adventure to California that it would be on our itinerary. By the time we arrived in San Francisco tickets to Alcatraz were only available for dates …
A little over a month ago I received a copy of Season of Salt and Honey in the mail. I was teary before I had even finished the first chapter. Written by Hannah Hunnicliffe, a New Zealand born author, mother of two and avid traveller, the novel is a rare delight that takes you on …
The Sydney Royal Easter Show is something that both my kids have been talking about for the last month or so. It has been a destination we have previously avoided – what would we see there that we couldn’t see at the smaller country versions? Turns out quite a lot which we discovered over the weekend. The …
If you’re in Sydney and looking for a place to take the kids that won’t break the bank, will keep them occupied for a few hours and is guaranteed to ensure that by the end of the day they just want to go to bed after dinner I have the place for you. Designed by James …
When I was young, the milkbar was the favoured hangout for all the cool kids. I appreciated our local establishment mostly for its assortment of mixed lollies which could be purchased for 1 cent, 2 cents and 5 cents a piece. It wasn’t until I was an adult that the ambience, the chatter and even the …