The Day We Met Our Favourite Celebrities : A Trip to Sydney’s Madame Tussauds

The Day We Met Our Favourite Celebrities : A Trip to Sydney's Madame Tussauds

In 1760 over in Strasbourg, France, Marie Grosholtz was born to a housekeeper. Growing up in the home of Dr. Philippe Curtius in Bern, Switzerland, Marie became skilled at sculpturing wax under the physicians guidance. At the age of 17 she created her first wax sculpture of a person. She had chosen Voltaire for the privilege. She went on …

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Featherdale Wildlife Park : Hands On Learning With Australian Wildlife

Featherdale Wildlife Park : Hands On Learning With Australian Wildlife

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 …

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Geocaching With Kids : Finding Hidden Treasures Under Our Noses

Geocaching With Kids : Finding Hidden Treasures Under Our Noses

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 …

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