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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Earlier this month a new partnership between Code Club Australia and the Tasmanian government was announced. This partnership will see coding form part of the primary school curriculum across Tasmania, the first state-wide roll out in Australia. In no time coding with kids will become the norm. I find this incredibly exciting and whilst I am not gearing up to …
Throughout Australia there are heritage sites hiding in plain view awaiting a little exploration. The adventure is finding them! For this the internet is your friend and regularly searching sites for upcoming events is something you need to stay on top of to know what is happening around town (or just ask us on the …
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 …
It has been over a decade since T and I joined the Qantas Frequent Flyers program. Within a couple of years we were able to use our points for business tickets to Perth return, upgrade a few flights and even book a quick trip to Melbourne for a weekend. For a while now we have been …