Farm Stays Near Sydney For a Family Getaway

Farm Stays near Sydney for kids

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 …

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Visiting Iwatayama Monkey Park in Arashiyama Kyoto

Visiting Iwatayama Monkey Park in Arashiyama Kyoto

When thinking about Kyoto you’re likely to think of temples, shrines and Geisha. Dig a little deeper and you will find that this former imperial capital has so much more to reveal. Thanks to the amazing Rebecca at Aldven Tours & Adventures we were able to uncover a few of these including Iwatayama Monkey Park in …

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Featherdale Wildlife Park : A Private Animal Encounters Experience

Featherdale Wildlife Park : A Private Animal Encounters Experience

Each year we welcome family and friends from all over the world to our home city of Sydney and without fail they ask us to point them in the direction of the best place to see Australian wildlife within town. Featherdale Wildlife Park has been our recommendation for years, so we were a bit shocked …

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Hachiko : The Akita Who Waited Every Day

Hachiko : The Akita Who Waited Every Day

As a kid I heard about a famous dog in Japan who was renowned for being the countries most loyal dog. Visiting the very spot where Hachiko the Akita once sat each day to wait of this master Hidesabur? Ueno to return from work was on our Tokyo Bucket List. You see, our family have always been …

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Harry Hedgehog Cafe Harajuku Japan

Harry Hedgehog Cafe Harajuku

Having grown up with Sonic the Hedgehog, I thought it fitting to visit the Harry Hedgehog Cafe when we came across it in Harajuku, Japan. Pygmy Hedgehogs have been domesticated for decades and are seen as an easy alternative to dogs and cats in Japan. It was also interesting to read that back in the Victorian …

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Dot and the Kangaroo : A Theatrical Adaptation at the Sydney Opera House

Dot and the Kangaroo : A Theatrical Adaptation at the Sydney Opera House

The Australian bush is a magical place especially if you’ve just watched Dot and the Kangaroo. As a kid there were countless times I wandered into the bush just near our house hoping that the wildlife I encountered would suddenly converse with me as they had for Dot. When I heard that the theatre production Creature: An …

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Taronga Zoo Keeper For A Day Program

Taronga Zoo Keeper For A Day Program

Children dreaming of becoming a zoo keeper can see their dreams come to life when they head to the Taronga Zoo Keeper For A Day program. Running on Saturdays and a number of days each school holiday break, the program is available for children aged 8 and up where they have the opportunity to learn about …

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Low Head Penguin Tours With Kids

Low Head Penguin Tours With Kids

When planning a trip to Tasmania, a stay at Bicheno to see the Little Penguins was high on my list. There were tears and a little stomping of feet when I realised that the entire East Coast of Tasmania was pretty much booked out – I had left our accomodation bookings way to late. We calculated …

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RSPCA School Holiday Program : A Behind The Scenes Look at the Animal Shelter

RSPCA School Holiday Program : A Behind The Scenes Look at the Animal Shelter

As urban dwellers, my children’s interactions with animals are vastly different to that which I experienced growing up in the country. Other than the birds and dog we have at home, they have limited experience with animals and find all the things that I found laborious as a kid, a novelty. They have never watched …

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Ballarat Wildlife Park : Up Close With Australian Animals

One of the first things I taught my children when we started visiting my parent’s farm, which backs on to the Wombat State Forest, was to admire the native animals from a distance. I warned them not to walk up to the kangaroos that feed in the top paddock every afternoon. I said no to sticking their heads in the …

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Royal Melbourne Zoo : Close Encounters of the Animal Kind

Royal Melbourne Zoo : Close Encounters of the Animal Kind

Way back in 1986, my family settled in Woodend, Victoria after living in Darwin and Tasmania. I started a new primary school and for the very first time visited Melbourne zoo. It was the perfect year for an introduction to the site with the Butterfly House, the first every built in the Southern Hemisphere and …

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Taronga Zoo : 2016 Education Launch – Celebrating 100 Years of Taronga

Taronga Zoo : 2016 Education Launch - Celebrating 100 Years of Taronga

“We’re all going to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow. We’re all going to the zoo tomorrow. We can stay all day” Over the weekend I was invited to Taronga Zoo for the 2016 Education launch along with a number of other Principals and Executives from NSW Government schools. It was an opportunity to hear about the …

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Brickpit Ring Walk : Discovering the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog

Brickpit Ring Walk : Discovering the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog

What does one do when their partner is called away to help renovate his house? Certainly not spend it at home! When this happened to us last weekend the kids called up one of their cousins and we headed to Homebush to explore the Brickpit Ring Walk an area which has been on my bucket list …

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