Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Ballarat, Victoria’s largest inland city, is a mere 90-minute drive from Melbourne’s CBD making a perfect day trip destination for families in the city.. In fact, with a plethora of things to do in Ballarat with kids, it’s a destination you could spend a few days exploring. Having spent my first year of university in …
Drive from Sydney to Melbourne is an easy road trip that will either take you along the incredible coastline of NSW and Victoria or through the countryside between Australia’s two largest cities. Whether you are looking for the most picturesque or the fastest route, we answer all your questions and provide suggestions to help you …
Beechworth is a stunning township in North-Eastern Victoria, perhaps the best preserved historic gold-mining town in Australia. There are a plethora of things to do in Beechworth Victoria with kids (or without) making it the perfect weekend destination from Melbourne or the spot for a longer stay. My first visit to Beechworth was on Grade …
Growing up in regional Victoria, a trip to Bendigo was always exciting because the city boasted a Myer Department Store, a Movie theatre and more. In fact, there were numerous things to do in Bendigo with kids that my parents often took us there for special occasions. As bonafide history buffs, we love exploring Bendigo …
With a bounty of things to do in Bright with kids (or without) it is possibly the best place to base yourself when exploring the Victorian high country. The historic township of Bright itself is around 3.5 hours from Melbourne (and in our case, around 7 hours from Sydney). It has become one of the …
Melbourne is one of our favourite cities to visit and explore as it has a bounty of incredible sites. Expand that to day trips from Melbourne and you can never get bored exploring this place. Our recent explorations took us to Maldon in Victoria’s goldfields. Yes, Maldon with kids is quite an adventure to enjoy! …
The Great Ocean Road is a 250-kilometre long road that wraps along the southwestern coastline of Victoria from Torquay through to Allansford. It is touted as one of the most beautiful drives in the world and a trip that should feature on any Australian bucket list. Over summer we took the Great Ocean Road Tour …
Phillip Island is a beautiful destination for a long weekend or holiday adventure with the kids just under two hours out of Melbourne CBD. If you’re really keen, you could probably do a day trip here during the summer months when the days are a little longer too. With a wealth of things to do …
When it comes to Victorian Bucket List destinations, Mornington Peninsula’s Peninsula Hot Springs with kids needs to be on the list. We head to the Hot Springs in the summer of 2020 and quickly decided that it was one of our favourite Victorian experiences. Thank you to Peninsula Hot Springs for hosting our visit. All …
Situated in North-West Victoria, Swan Hill straddles the mighty Murray River and has been a township that we’ve had on our Kid Bucket List for a decade or so thanks to a little nostalgia built upon memories of a grade five school camp to Pioneer Settlement. We finally made the trip there on our return …
Since watching a show called Gondola on the Murray which was broadcast in the late 90s/early 00s, T has been super keen to explore the foodie paradise which he envisioned Mildura to be. Yes, for our family, Mildura became a bucket list destination thanks to a chef by the name of Stefano de Pieri. Food aside, there is actually …
The Murray River Paddle Steamer conjures up a little nostalgia in those of us who watched All the Rivers Run or enjoyed a Echuca Paddle Steamer Adventure as a kid. A Murray River Cruise has been on our Kid Bucket List since the kids were little, with our hope that it would awaken their love of …
At the foothills of the Great Dividing Range there lies the town of Daylesford which is famed for its naturally occurring mineral springs. It is a town with a rich Swiss-Italian heritage with many of the early gold miners who arrived in town coming from Ticino region in Switzerland. We visit annually with my parents farm a short …