Travelling with Kids – Adventure isn't just about the plane trips!
Australia’s earliest Aboriginal Dreamtime legends tell of the first Australians arriving by canoes from islands to the north of our continent around 50,000 years ago. Some 48 thousand years later, Dutch and English sailors started to arrive. By 1788, the first European arrivals settled (or rather, invaded). What each group had in common was a strong affinity to the water. …
During the later part of the winter school holidays we headed off to the Sydney Opera House to watch Jack and the Beanstalk. Both T and I were super excited to introduce the kids to its stage adaptation having both viewed it as children ourselves. Nothing could quite prepare us for what we were to …
Our Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo 2017 coverage is now LIVE! Click across for full details. Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo? Oh yes, it’s happening of the very first time this year as part of their Centenary celebrations! I first heard about this when I attended the Taronga Zoo 2016 Education Launch and then signed my school …
Our Vivid Sydney at Taronga Zoo 2017 coverage is now LIVE! Click across for full details. Last year was my first visit to the Vivid Festival with the kids. We rugged up and headed to Darling Harbour for dinner before walking up to Martin Place and on to Circular Quay. It was an amazing evening, …
Despite living in Sydney for well over a decade, I estimate that I’m yet to discover more than a sliver of the hidden wonders my city has waiting to be explored. I seek them out with the kids, convinced that each will add to our Sydney experience. Over the weekend I asked my Sydney with Kids tribe …
Over two hundred years ago, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie’s second wife Elizabeth would leave her house each day and take a walk along a small peninsula where she would find a ledge to sit and watch for ships sailing into the harbour from Great Britain. By 1810, convicts had hand carved her a chair into the sandstone. It has become …
Parramatta is an ancient place. While British settlement spans right back to 1788, the Burramattagal clan of the Darug Aboriginal people have been living in the area for 60,000 years. Look carefully enough and you’ll find evidence of where they met and traded for thousands of years. When I arrived in Sydney, my first teaching …
There is solid evidence to suggest that classical music is great for children and their developing brain. Some parents even play their favourite classical pieces to their children in utero, graduating to Baby Mozart when baby arrives Earthside. But when is the best time to introduce children to live classical music? My curiosity around this has led …
When the week rolls over and the weekend arrives there can be a certain satisfaction discovering your calendar is empty. Perhaps you take the opportunity to relax in your garden, read a new book or catch up on housework. Faced with a weekend without plans, my kids spent Saturday playing in the backyard with the neighbours. …