Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
With no firm plans or holiday destination planned for Easter and only a small budget, T and I decided that it was about time we started exploring regional New South Wales (NSW) with the kids. I left the planning to T and found myself buckled in and headed across the Blue Mountains just after Easter – destination …
A couple of weekends ago illness crept in and cancelled our travel plans. Of course, the youngest in our family was still full of beans and wouldn’t settle for a day in front of the TV to recuperate (she won’t even stay still for an episode of her favourite show) so it was up to …
Despite friends reporting the extra long waiting time even with a reservation, The Grounds of Alexandria – thegrounds.com.au has been on my ‘must try’ wish list for some time. Their social media and website show a site full of great food, gorgeous plants and even its own menagerie of animal friends. A line would never deter me, especially after spending a month …
As regular visitors to many of the venues under the Sydney’s Living Museums umbrella we were delighted to discover that Rouse Hill House and Farm was set to host the inaugural Autumn Harvest in Western Sydney on the last Sunday of May. We knew we had to visit and started encouraging friends and family to attend as …
Can you believe that it is June already? Winter has hit Sydney with what feels like an Antarctic wind blowing across our city. I hope it’s a little warmer in your town. I hope you enjoyed sharing your May adventures over at The Climbing Tree last month. Reading your posts was so interesting and added a plethora of destinations …
Do you have a sweet tooth? I do so felt it was perfectly natural for a little indulgence over the weekend when Miss N and I were invited to a high tea at Passiontree Velvet , Macquarie Centre with a girlfriend and her two daughters. We were promised an indulgent high tea with Passiontree Velvet blending the …
If you have a car enthusiast in the family, a trip to Bathurst is going to offer you a number of opportunities to explore Australia’s car history and even take a drive on the most famous track of all. Bathurst is home to both the National Motor Racing Museum and the world famous Mount Panorama Motor …
On every trip we take it is certain that somewhere on our Bucket List I will have a museum or two listed. I can’t help myself – they’re just such a wealth of knowledge. It will not surprise you then to hear that I had quite the list for our California trip. Can you guess what …
There’s no doubt about it: babies are precious cargo. It’s therefore understandable why parents go to great lengths to find the best way to secure their babies when travelling. As well as keeping them safe, in most states here in Australia there’s also a legal obligation to use child restraints and safety seats. But seats …
On my first trip to the Gallery of NSW back when I was doing my HSC I came upon a number art works by Norman Lindsay. I was instantly enamoured with his oil paintings. His paintings, etchings and drawings kickstarted my love and real appreciation for Art. As a parent I am always on the look out for …
To be a serious Travel Blogger there is often an expectation that you travel all the time. That travel becomes part of your identity, your career and your lifestyle. For us that will always be difficult. Just before the new millennium, T became very sick on returning from a huge European adventure. He wasn’t expected …
Up until recently, Master R has suffered from motion sickness. The nausea comes on quite quickly, is unpredictable and provides no time to quickly grab a towel or bag. Despite prompting and practice he has never worked out that learning forward onto the xx . As you know, we love to travel and have never …
Pick up almost any Californian Tour book or brochure and you will find a few pages dedicated to the very small town of San Simeon. Positioned almost halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles you could blink and miss it while driving along Highway 1 with its entire area only 2.1 square kilometres in size. So …