The Grounds of Alexandria : A Lunch Date with Kids

The Grounds of Alexandria : A Lunch Date with Kids

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 …

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Celebrating the Autumn Harvest at Rouse Hill House and Farm With Kids

Celebrating the Autumn Harvest at Rouse Hill House and Farm With Kids

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 …

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The Tea Room : High Tea at the Queen Victoria Building

The Tea Room : High Tea at the Queen Victoria Building

Between work and family outings I have walked through the Queen Victoria Building thousands of times. I almost always wistfully gaze around the beautiful structure and promise myself that ‘one day’ I will attend High Tea in The Tea Room – www.thetearoom.com.au.  One day. During the  last school holidays, T and I took a trip into the CBD to run …

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Beekeeper’s Inn – Honey Tasting in Vittoria with Kids

Beekeeper's Inn - Honey Tasting in Vittoria with Kids

With wings that beat 200 times a second and a talent for creating honey, bees are an amazing insect that has populated every continent on Earth except Antarctica. with 20,000 species worldwide, Australia hosts around 1,500 native bees who often compete with the commercial honey bee which was introduced to our continent in 1822. Recently we spotted what …

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