Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Lah-Lah and her Big Live Band have become the main feature in our house with Miss N finding every opportunity to belt out one of their tunes when we are on the way to an outing. She’s even taken to wearing red and white stripy socks! I think we’ve just encountered her first band crush. …
Back in the 80s, my Sunday evening was often spent curled up on our family lounge watching the latest Disney movie. My love of Disney continued to blossom from my formative years, right through my teens when I talked my Year 9 mates into heading to Melbourne to watch Aladdin when it first hit the big …
Discovering new parts of Australia has become a Kid Bucket List passion. When the school holiday’s hit we love jumping in the car and heading off on a road trip to places we have not explored. In this past this has proved a little expensive in terms of our cellular data costs, but I’ve found …
When we headed to the east coast of America over Christmas, each member of our family created their own bucket list. Mine was filled with museums and galleries. The kids covered all the theme parks. T concentrated on the addresses of the reality TV shows he watches. America is the birthplace of the Reality TV …
This post is brought to you by Nuffnang and Lonely Planet Kids (with all opinions my own!) When I think back to what sparked my wanderlust and what spurred my deep need to explore and discover, I am certain it was the numerous books that have found their way into my hands. It started off with the Famous …
On every trip we take it is certain that somewhere on our Bucket List I will have a museum or two listed. I can’t help myself – they’re just such a wealth of knowledge. It will not surprise you then to hear that I had quite the list for our California trip. Can you guess what …
To be a serious Travel Blogger there is often an expectation that you travel all the time. That travel becomes part of your identity, your career and your lifestyle. For us that will always be difficult. Just before the new millennium, T became very sick on returning from a huge European adventure. He wasn’t expected …
I feel the need, the need for speed! As a child of the 80s I was indoctrinated into the Top Gun fangirl brigade in my early Primary School days. Maverick, Goose and Charlie were names we went on to name the pet sheep, goose (original) and chicken. Iceman was applied to the blonde boy at the …
Just after Easter we decided to take a road trip across the Blue Mountains and base ourselves in Bathurst for a few days. Bathurst is said to be the oldest inland settlement in Australia and has a rich history built upon Gold. When preparing our Bucket List for our adventures the kids kept asking if we …
As a huge Clint Eastwood fan, Alcatraz has been on T’s top 10 Bucket List destinations for a very long time. There was no doubt that when planning our family adventure to California that it would be on our itinerary. By the time we arrived in San Francisco tickets to Alcatraz were only available for dates …
George Barris opened his first custom shop in the suburb of Bell back in 1944 and later on Compton Avenue in Los Angeles with his brother who was discharged from service after WWII. Their business grew into Barris Kustom Industries which is now a mecca for any individual enthusiastic about custom cars. The Barris brothers developed a number of …
California has boasted a culturally and linguistically diverse population for as long as it has been inhabited. Pre-Columbus, 70 distinct groups of Native Americans called this state home. By 1770, Spanish missionaries began establishing 21 Californian missions to convert the indigenous population to Christianity. On our family trip to California, we decided we had to …
There is no avoiding the Hollywood Walk of Fame when you’re in Los Angeles. Since 1958 when it was established, it has been a landmark that almost everyone is familiar. What you may not know is that it spans 5.6 km in total across two sections. Just like you’ll see in Pretty Woman, some of the areas are not …