Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
I lived in Darwin for the first half of the 80s. I don’t really remember the heat. What I remember is how fun my childhood was and the endless days of sunshine and fun. Darwin was called a city but really it was the size of large country town. Our days were full of adventures, exploration …
As you have no doubt read previously, we are raising our two children in the city where they are not exposed to the same incidental learning opportunities that I took for granted living in the country as a child. Whilst I was continuously exposed to animals birthing (sheep, cows, horses, dogs and cats mainly) my …
I adore this post. Travelling with your kids is an adventure and full of delight if you are happy to frame it that way rather than thinking if it as something that needs to be endured.
Whilst I grew up in the country where kangaroos fed in our top paddock, wombats dug their burrows under our fence line and koala fed in eucalyptus tree right next to my bedroom, my children are growing up in the suburbs where the only native wildlife they see are the birds that feed from our …
Early last week we posted our June/July Adventure Bucket List on our Facebook page. We received a number of suggestions on what we could add on our Sydney adventures. The suggestion of Barrenjoey Lighthouse was a standout, especially with our fondness for lighthouses since visiting Cape Leeuwin. So with a blue sky forecast for Sydney …
We love going to Garrison Point (off Henry Lawson Drive, Georges Hall). It has sprawling grass fields to run and play sport; a well maintained cycle track; a number of playgrounds and endless opportunities to spot native wildlife. On the weekends it is filled to the brim with picnicking locals. Take a trip there on …
Investigating one of the forts On every adventure we take, my husband and I sit down and discuss the top 10 places that we each want to visit or activities that we wish to enjoy during our visit. Usually there is a lot of cross over. On some occasions our lists can be completely different and …
A lazy weekend in Trentham – visittrentham.com.au sounds wonderful, and it truly was! Situated halfway between Woodend and Daylesford in Victoria, this small country town really punches above its weight in offering lots to look at as well as taste. Just an hour out of busy Melbourne, Trentham is making a name for itself as …
Travel made easy without the need for screen time!
With a VIP pass in our hands and a trip to Movie World already ticked off our Bucket List our next adventure on the Gold Coast was to Sea World. We packed a set of bathers in our bag in case the kids got wet, a tube of sunscreen (you need to keep applying this stuff …
If you are travelling to the Gold Coast with kids then I am assuming that you probably have a theme park or two on your itinerary. We have had the luxury of exploring all the theme parks and most attractions in the Gold Coast over a number of trips North over the last few years. …
Science is an incredibly exciting field of study allowing children right up to adults who make it their occupation to build and organise knowledge through developing hypothesis which we then test to develop our own idea of how things work in our universe. Obviously there are many branches of science. For those of us who have …
When I was a little girl my mum taught me how to tell the time by blowing seeds off of a dandelion globe that has gone to seed. Of course it doesn’t really tell the time, but it was easy to be drawn into the folklore as a young child. I would search across our …