Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Tokyo Samurai Museum With Kids Having practiced martial arts since he was three years old, the world of the Samurai and Japanese Martial Arts is one of my son’s obsession. When he heard my husband and I discussing a possible trip to Japan, his eyes instantly sparkled and he whispered “can we go and see …
There are a bunch of things you need to know about Tokyo before you visit and I’ve rounded them up to 10 key points to make it super easy. Japan has been on my Bucket List ever since I first watched an episode of Astroboy as a kid. It always seemed so surreal and quirky, …
CoisCéim Dance Theatre Brings The Wolf and Peter to Australia When I was in early primary school, both of my parents worked during the school holidays. My middle brother and I usually found ourselves enrolled in school holiday programs where we would go on some amazing adventures. It was on one of these outings that …
Fort Scratchley with Kids Newcastle had never really piqued my interest until we were invited to stay for a couple of days. I had this notion that it was an industrial city with little to offer the family traveller. Well, I didn’t need to dig deep to find out this was a pretty big misconception. …
The dingo is the only wild canine to be in Australia pre-European arrival. It is an ancient dog, whose taxonomic status still incites much debate about whether it is a distinct species from the modern dog. Today is it is vulnerable to extinction by both mass baiting by farmers and interbreeding with domestic dogs. Fortunately …
I’m going to put it out there and admit that yes, yes I have a girl crush on Justine Clarke. Obviously when I received news that Justine Clarke’s Look! Look! It’s a Gobbledeegook! was heading to the Sydney during the winter school holidays, I did what all manipulative good mothers do and convinced Sunshine that SHE …
Titanic the Exhibition Sails Into Sydney As we lined up to board the large passenger ship, the largest of its time, we were handed a boarding pass which correlated with one of the original passengers. Our job was to discover whether we had survived one of history’s biggest shipwrecks. Yes, we were about to explore Titanic …
Tokyo DisneySea with Kids : What to See, Eat and Do There’s no escaping the fact that Tokyo boasts not one, but two Disney themeparks: Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea. Leaving it off your itinerary if travelling with kids in Japan is sacrilege to some. Having visited Disneyland in Anaheim, we were keen to provide the …
My mum was the primary audience for the Kid Bucket List when we hit publish on our very first blog post. We could never have imagined that we would be working with some of our favourite travel brands and attractions a few years later nor that our audience would span the world and reach over …
Travelling with kids is an amazing adventure which parents love to capture on film so they can recall those memories later on. When we first started travelling with the kids, I would cart my DSLR camera around with us. It was quite cumbersome and often got in the way, bashing me in the hip when …
Discover the perfect family getaway with a farm stay near Sydney! Farm Stays are a wonderful family break where parents and kids can bond with nature, learn about farm life, and create cherished memories together Farm stays offer kids (particularly urban kids) a unique opportunity to reconnect with nature. They can experience hands-on learning about …
One of the best ways to see Australia is by car. My kids have been quite familiar with this version of a family travel adventure since they were babies with our family farm being a far distance from any public transport hubs. It can be a very convenient way to travel too; you have absolute freedom …
“We believe things like art history and the individual artist’s intention are interesting and important—but only alongside other voices and approaches that remind us that art, after all, is made and consumed by real, complex people—whose motives mostly are obscure, even to themselves.” MONA Museum of Old and New Art When talking about a trip to …