Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Sydney is blessed with many different activities suitable to do with kids on the weekend or school holidays. Golden Ridge Animal Farm is a family operated business in the leafy suburb of Duralumin. We drove out to visit one Sunday convinced that it would be the place to finally milk a cow. And that is …
I’m told that you can’t go to the beach without building a sandcastle. Obviously we have been doing it all wrong because we missed that memo on previous trips and have only just thought about purchasing some buckets and spades to start including this activity in our beach adventures. Botany Bay is a great day …
A little confession: I don’t really like the beach. Actually, that’s not completely true. I just don’t like the sand. It gets stuck in all the wrong places and seems to spread. Since having children I have been trying to overcome this dislike as they adore everything about the beach including the sand. With this …
In early March 2014 we took a drive out to the annual Arcadia Country Fair which is hosted by the Benedictine Monks. This was not only a chance to acquire some produce and homemade jams but an opportunity to explore the Monastery. We were excited. The fair was fun with pony rides for the kids and …
For the past two years we have packed a day bag and headed off to the Camden Show in early April. Running a few weeks before the Royal Easter Show we find it to be much more relaxing whilst offering many of our favourite show exhibits. Typically we make a bee line for the produce …
As a kid and then a teenager I would make a bee line for the photo booth at Spencer Street station in Melbourne. It was about $5.00 back then and would spit out 4 black and white images. It was almost a rite of passage as a teen to have my image with my friends taken …
“Does it sink or float?” is a fun game you can play anytime. It’s an activity you can pull out of your parenting toolkit anytime, especially if the kids are experiencing a little cabin fever. This game requires little more than a bucket for collecting items to ‘test’ and a shallow tray or bucket with …
Keeping a journal is a great way to document your thoughts, feelings, an events from a given day. At around 4 years of age I introduce the journal idea to my children on our travel adventures. It is a great ‘down time’ activity and helps them to process the activities and sights they have participated …
The arrival of whitegoods in our house is a time of excitement. My children bustle in anticipation. They know what it means….cubby time. Whitegoods typically arrive in large cardboard boxes. They are the perfect size to create a cubby house. With a little creativity (and great dexterity with a knife) windows and doors can be …