Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
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 …
Click to read our update on the NSW Rail Museum. Travelling with kids is always an adventure whether it is a long haul trip overseas or just a short stroll from home. With a third day added to our weekend thanks to the Queen’s Birthday holiday we decided to take advantage of our Sunday and …
When I had the idea up of a spontaneous trip to Queensland my husband was quick to agree. A little prompting and I discovered that the North Coast Street Machines Ballina, Show and Shine just happened to be on in Ballina – one of the towns we would drive through on our way North. We had to …
We were sitting outside talking about travel one January evening when I convinced my husband that with a couple of weeks before school resumes we should travel somewhere. Without thinking, we jumped on Stayz.com.au, searched the listings in Burley Heads on the Gold Coast and promptly booked accommodation for a week. You can’t be more …
When planning our trip to Darwin I was very keen to add a trip to Nitmiluk Gorge (also know as Katherine Gorge) which is a little distance south and sits on the southwest edge of Arnhem Land. Growing up in the Top End, I had visited a number of times when I was around the …
If you know anything about Australian history you will know that John and Elizabeth Macarthur are considered the pioneers of agriculture. Australia is the largest wool producing country in the world thanks to the foundation the Macarthur family created with their herd of Merino sheep. By 1803, through sheer hard work, Elizabeth and John grew their herd …
By chance, I happened upon the free geocaching app during my lunch break at work. I was curious: what was geocaching? Who were Muggles (outside a Harry Potter story)? So I read a little more and did a quick survey of the local area and discovered that there was a geocache nearby. I coaxed one …
An abandoned train station begs to be explored, don’t you think? When we spotted a Sunday market on the grounds of the Trentham Train Station we diverted our course to have a look. Trentham is a little town nestled between Woodend and Daylesford, Victoria. It is approximately an hour from Melbourne, so perfect for a …
This year we have only travelled interstate a couple of times. There was the Perth trip back in January and today we flew to Melbourne for a surprise birthday party (happy birthday mum!). On both trips we have flown Virgin Australia and have been incredibly impressed with the service. Virgin is an airline that doesn’t …
Earlier this week I came across a wonderful article by Emma Marris who spoke to Matthew Browning about letting kids run wild in the woods, build forts and pick flowers. What an interesting read! Browning was advocating for all the things I actually did as a child. I’ve come to realise that my parents probably fall into …
Spending so much time near the water is certain to eventually lead to a bunch of questions from the kids. “Are there sharks in there?” “Where do the fish go to sleep?“ “Who rides the seahorses?“ Of course I never have the answers to all their questions. I freely admit this when I don’t know, …
There are times when my husband and I scratch our heads wondering what we can explore over a weekend that won’t be heavy on our wallets. We usually fall back on a park with Sydney offering so many to explore. One of our favourites is probably most famous for the tall chimneys that stand above the former brickworks …
Parenting is such an honour. We have the opportunity to experience magic through the eyes of our children. They see it all around in things we overlook with our adult eyes. Their imaginations are vivid. Fairies, goblins and even dragons are not so far fetched. Our little family regularly travels south to visit my parent’s on …