Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Whilst the Fountain of Youth is a legend, I strongly believe that trying new things helps keep us young. Well, young at heart. On each of our travel adventures I like to seek out new experiences for our family. Sometimes I find these quite challenging, especially if heights and speed are involved. When the kids …
Living in the same suburb as our extended family has allowed Friday night catch ups to become a weekly feature on our calendar. It is an opportunity for the kids to get together with three of their cousins (when their powers combine, they are the Adventurous Five!) and hang out. Sometimes we grab a movie. We …
Travel was redefined for our family when my children arrived. Rather than the two of them fitting into our routines and travel plans, it appeared that we would be following their routines and that our adventures would predominatly centre around them as well. It made us happier, our travels a whole lot calmer and life extremely joyful. For that …
The locals of every town or city you visit are likely to hold close a whole lot of insider knowledge about where to eat, explore and even sleep which tourists are unlikely to be privy. Seeking this out can take a little strategy as well as time. However, on our recent trip to Canberra we discovered …
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra commemorates the Australians who have died in war and is a vehicle for assisting us to remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society. Dedicated to ensuring the generations of today and into the future remember, it is more than a shrine of …
One of the downsides of growing up is that the playspaces that amused our children as toddlers and preschoolers start to wane. Spaces with more concrete for scooters or flat fields for ball games start to be sought, with the playgrounds of their younger years no longer truly functional for their size. I was hopeful that the National …
Over the years we have been in the audience at many Circus performances, even a previous Cirque du Soleil. They have a certain rhythm, a certain predictability. I was expecting much of a muchness as we headed to the Entertainment Quarter at Moore Park to watch KOOZA by Cirque du Soleil. I humoured the kids, yes …
Every moment of every day we are creating memories with our children. Some of them will stick only for a day or two before they float off into the ether. Others, the very precious ones, will remain vividly within their memory banks. A visit to Cockington Green Gardens in Canberra thirty odd years ago is a …
Research is the key to uncovering the delights of a new holiday destination. When we first decided to visit Canberra I hit the travel groups on Facebook asking the locals and the foodies I respected to let me know where we should be eating with our little family. Again and again The Hamlet was mentioned. I’m …
Our Spring Holiday to Canberra just happened to coincide with Floriade this year. Unsure whether it was suitable for kids, but being a festival we wanted to explore nonetheless, we made plans to visit. When travelling with kids it’s easy to fall into the trap of planning your entire trip around what you think they will enjoy. …
The Australian Institute of Sport was at the very top of my son’s bucket list when we began planning our spring holiday to Canberra. With aspirations to one day play soccer for Australia, he felt that it was the perfect time to become familiar with the grounds where he may one day play (kids!). A little …
Ever wondered where museums hoard their antiquities and wonders that are not currently on exhibition? Have you ever dreamed about exploring these collections? Thanks to a collaboration between the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS), Australian Museum (AM) and Sydney Living Museums, Sydneysiders can now answer this question with the opening of Museums Discovery Centre (MDC) …
My inner geek was first revealed in public way back at the turn of the millennium when I headed to Melbourne so I could meet James Marsters aka Spike at a Buffy the Vampire Slayer convention. I’ve so far sheltered the kids from my true geekiness but decided that this year was the year to divulge a little of this at their …