Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Thinking about where to stay in Sydney with kids? Sydney is an incredible city to explore with a multitude of pockets of delight awaiting your call to adventure. As a destination, the city offers a number of areas to explore. Creating your Bucket List of places and spaces is all part of the fun but …
As the school term drew to an end and we found ourselves on the cusp of the school holidays, the excitement began brewing in our house as Sunshine and I packed our overnight bag for a fun staycation with her cousin at the Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific hotel, our very first Manly accommodation with kids experience. Little did …
Discover the perfect family getaway with a farm stay near Sydney! Farm Stays are a wonderful family break where parents and kids can bond with nature, learn about farm life, and create cherished memories together Farm stays offer kids (particularly urban kids) a unique opportunity to reconnect with nature. They can experience hands-on learning about …
Until recently, Newcastle has eluded our attention. We thought of it pretty much as an old industrial town full of steel. But then we received an invitation to stay at the Crowne Plaza Newcastle Hotel and the thought of a night in a luxury hotel had us changing our mind. Oh boy I am glad it …
Did you have any idea that there was an amazing resort perfect for families only a couple of hours north from Sydney? We didn’t. Completely oblivious. And then we were invited to experience the Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley and it was like an enlightening. We drove to the Hunter Valley straight after work on a Friday …
In early December we found ourselves heading north to the Port Stephens area for a good friend’s milestone birthday celebration. We had months to prepare but, in our typical style, we left sourcing accomodation to the last minute. We decided to throw caution to the wind and book directly through Expedia’s recommendations without doing much research. We booked …
In the early months of the year, Striker and Sunshine conspired with their three cousins to pressure our combined families to take a family holiday together in spring. Of course, I was easy to convince as I love traveling but agreeing to a location that all nine of us were happy with proved to be …
There is no hiding the fact that our little family loves to travel. We try to catch an adventure most weekends and fill our holiday periods with road trips, staycations (that’s a new buzz word 😉 ) and flying trips when we can. I’ve noticed that we are being approached more and more by other …
Becoming accustomed to four and five-star luxury is not always a good thing when travelling with kids. When we decided to travel across the Blue Mountains on a road trip I was a little apprehensive. Where would we stay? Would the kids cope with a motor inn or cabin after spending much of summer in …