Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
For the last few years images and news from the annual Hornsby Gang Show have flooded my news feed during the winter school holidays. I’ve always been intrigued by the event and this year I decided to find out a little more and perhaps even attend. Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to meet up …
Documenting our family adventures is something that I am extremely passionate about. I write, photograph and collect mementos, storing them in catalogue boxes which I draw out to revisit with the kids months (and sometimes years) after we’ve returned home. They instantly transport out minds back to our trip and help prompt some of the …
Our Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo 2017 coverage is now LIVE! Click across for full details. Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo? Oh yes, it’s happening of the very first time this year as part of their Centenary celebrations! I first heard about this when I attended the Taronga Zoo 2016 Education Launch and then signed my school …
Our Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo 2017 coverage is now LIVE! Click across for full details. Last year was my first visit to the Vivid Festival with the kids. We rugged up and headed to Darling Harbour for dinner before walking up to Martin Place and on to Circular Quay. It was an amazing evening, …
Despite living in Sydney for well over a decade, I estimate that I’m yet to discover more than a sliver of the hidden wonders my city has waiting to be explored. I seek them out with the kids, convinced that each will add to our Sydney experience. Over the weekend I asked my Sydney with Kids tribe …
As a young girl, one of my favourite books was Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel, The Secret Garden. I would often whittle away an afternoon or two rereading the pages of my copy, transporting myself into the garden with Mary, Dickon and Colin where I would join them as they played within the walls. I even tamed a magpie, …
If you’re heading to a new city it pays to do a little research when working out where to eat with the kids. To the dismay of T, I’m not so good at that and often feel my way to a new cafe. Lucky for us, on our transit to San Francisco, he read a little write up about …
Over the weekend, news of a new playground opening in Waterloo with a gigantic slide fuelled my kids excitement and saw us heading there for a visit. I didn’t let on to the kids that our Lord Mayor Clover Moore had officially opened it was back in the first week of April, allowing them to think …
Over two hundred years ago, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie’s second wife Elizabeth would leave her house each day and take a walk along a small peninsula where she would find a ledge to sit and watch for ships sailing into the harbour from Great Britain. By 1810, convicts had hand carved her a chair into the sandstone. It has become …
When we head out an adventure, every member of our family has the opportunity to put forward the places, attractions and experiences they would like us to do at some point. I usually put forward museums, art galleries and historical venues. The kids offer suggestions of amusement parks, anything with water and perhaps a doughnut …
On our last visit to Universal Studios Hollywood I caught a glimpse of a large construction site. I was curious and asked what was being built. To my dismay we were a year too early to experience The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. (psst…read our post about The Wizarding World of Harry Potter au Universal …
For the last five years, the Sydney Brick Show has been held in the CBD for one weekend to showcase the latest original LEGO brick designs created by LEGO fans from across Australia. Last year, over 15,000 visitors walked through the doors to admire the creations and speak directly to AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) and creators of the MOCs (my …
You’re back from an amazing trip, some would say a trip of a life time. The kids have returned to school. Your savings account is starting to build up again ready for your next trip. You’re excited about all the adventures you experienced with the kids and can’t wait to share them on your blog. You have …