A Lazy Weekend in Trentham : In the Land of the Wombat

A Lazy Weekend in Trentham : In the Land of the Wombat

A lazy weekend in Trentham – visittrentham.com.au sounds wonderful, and it truly was! Situated halfway between Woodend and Daylesford in Victoria, this small country town really punches above its weight in offering lots to look at as well as taste. Just an hour out of busy Melbourne, Trentham is making a name for itself as …

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Five equipment-free travel games which help ease culture shock by creating a mental cocoon (transport edition)

Travel made easy without the need for screen time!

Sea World on the Gold Coast Queensland

Dolphins, Water and Fun: Sea World on the Gold Coast Queensland

With a VIP pass in our hands and a trip to Movie World already ticked off our Bucket List our next adventure on the Gold Coast was to Sea World.  We packed a set of bathers in our bag in case the kids got wet, a tube of sunscreen (you need to keep applying this stuff …

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Movie World on the Gold Coast : Superheroes, Cartoon Friends + Laughter

Movie World on the Gold Coast : Superheroes, Cartoon Friends + Laughter

If you are travelling to the Gold Coast with kids then I am assuming that you probably have a theme park or two on your itinerary. We have had the luxury of exploring all the theme parks and most attractions in the Gold Coast over a number of trips North over the last few years. …

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Scitech Discovery Centre – Western Australia

Scitech Discovery Centre - Western Australia

Science is an incredibly exciting field of study allowing children right up to adults who make it their occupation to build and organise knowledge through developing hypothesis which we then test to develop our own idea of how things work in our universe. Obviously there are many branches of science. For those of us who have …

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Clock Flower : Telling Time with a Dandelion Globe

Clock Flower : Telling Time with a Dandelion

  When I was a little girl my mum taught me how to tell the time by blowing seeds off of a dandelion globe that has gone to seed. Of course it doesn’t really tell the time, but it was easy to be drawn into the folklore as a young child. I would search across our …

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Jamie’s Italian Perth – Luncheon Fun With the Kids

Eating out with kids can be lots of fun if you choose your restaurant or cafe well. Don’t choose where to dine simply on their kids menus, we rarely order from these anymore preferring to order a main which we can divide between our two or an entrée  each. No, look for restaurants with space, great …

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Gardening with Jamie Oliver : The Creation of a Greenhouse Herb Garden

Gardening with Jamie Oliver : The Creation of a Greenhouse Herb Garden

I am not necessarily your typical consumer. I shy away from reward cards (unless I can link them to my frequent flyer card) and have resisted signing up for a Woolworths Rewards card. But I do have children and they, as most marketing teams know, make a beeline for a good promotion. We have collected …

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Trainspotting at Train Works Thirlmere

Choo Choo Chugga Chugga - Trainspotting at Train Works Thirlmere

Click to read our update on the NSW Rail Museum. Travelling with kids is always an adventure whether it is a long haul trip overseas or just a short stroll from home. With a third day added to our weekend thanks to the Queen’s Birthday holiday we decided to take advantage of our Sunday and …

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Show and Shine: A Trip to the North Coast Street Machines Show in Ballina

Show and Shine: A Trip to the North Coast Street Machines Show in Ballina

When I had the idea up of a spontaneous trip to Queensland my husband was quick to agree. A little prompting and I discovered that the North Coast Street Machines Ballina, Show and Shine just happened to be on in Ballina – one of the towns we would drive through on our way North. We had to …

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When Spontaneity Strikes: An Impromptu Trip To the Gold Coast

When Spontaneity Strikes: An Impromptu Trip To the Gold Coast

We were sitting outside talking about travel one January evening  when I convinced my husband that with a couple of weeks before school resumes we should travel somewhere. Without thinking, we jumped on Stayz.com.au, searched the listings in Burley Heads on the Gold Coast and promptly booked accommodation for a week. You can’t be more …

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The Cicada Place: A Trip Down Nitmiluk Gorge in the Northern Territory

When planning our trip to Darwin I was very keen to add a trip to Nitmiluk Gorge (also know as Katherine Gorge) which is a little distance south and sits on the southwest edge of Arnhem Land. Growing up in the Top End, I had visited a number of times when I was around the …

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A Trip Back in Time – Father’s Day at Belgenny Farm (The Birthplace of the Australian Merino)

A Trip Back in Time - Father's Day at Belgenny Farm (The Birthplace of the Australian Merino)

If you know anything about Australian history you will know that John and Elizabeth Macarthur are considered the pioneers of agriculture. Australia is the largest wool producing country in the world thanks to the foundation the Macarthur family created with their herd of Merino sheep. By 1803, through sheer hard work, Elizabeth and John grew their herd …

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