Top 10 Places to Visit in Tasmania with Kids

Salamanca Market with kids

Tasmania holds a big slice of my heart not only as the place of my birth, but for the nostalgia that quickly envelops me when I think of this amazing state. You see, it was one of the first holiday spots that Tee and I visited as a young couple and spent the first month …

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MONA Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart with Kids

Travelling in Japan with Tattoos 

“We believe things like art history and the individual artist’s intention are interesting and important—but only alongside other voices and approaches that remind us that art, after all, is made and consumed by real, complex people—whose motives mostly are obscure, even to themselves.” MONA Museum of Old and New Art When talking about a trip to …

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Cascades Female Factory : Exploring A UNESCO Site With Kids

Cascades Female Factory : Exploring A UNESCO Site With Kids

The Cascades Female Factory focuses on the experience of convict women – the only site dedicated to this in Australia. To open my first history lesson for the year, I asked my students to write down as many figures from Australian history as they could in 5 minutes. They jumped straight on task, some listing …

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