This year is rushing past so fast! It's less than 6 months to go until our big overseas adventure, but meanwhile I'm loving reading about all the fabulous holidays these gorgeous families have been on already this year. 1. This one blew my mind! What a precious experience for Robyn and her family to get up close and personal with elephants in South Africa. 2. Seeing … [Read more...]
Jervis Bay – The Classic Beach Holiday
The Jervis Bay area, 3 hours south of Sydney, is summer holiday heaven with its large bay, never-ending flat, wide pristine beaches and a string of lovely little seaside towns, like Hyams Beach, Vincentia, Huskisson and Currarong. Over Easter we borrowed a friend's beach house in Jervis Bay. Backing onto Collingwood Beach, in between Vincentia and Huskisson, … [Read more...]
The 9 best bits of Melbourne for kids
We moved to Sydney before we had kids, so for over 7 years now we've been taking the little munchkins back to Melbourne regularly to connect with family and friends. We're down there at least twice a year, so we like to keep our favourite Melbourne attractions on regular rotation. It really is a wonderful destination for a holiday with kids. These are the places that the kids … [Read more...]
9 family-tested summer holiday destinations
Have you just sent your munchkins back to school? How are you coping? My youngest had his first day yesterday, so I'm a bit of an emotional mess right now. Not him though. He's loving it! I've been distracting myself reading about the fabulous holidays all these lovely mamas had with their families over the summer. 1. It was all about the surfing and the … [Read more...]
Review | Swissotel Sydney
Recently, my extremely excellent parents came up to Sydney for my birthday, and very generously offered to look after the munchkins so hubster and I could have a night away. Well we grabbed that with both hands and booked ourselves into the Swissotel Sydney. Smack bang in the centre of the city shopping precinct. Here is my lovely hubster at one of our favourite cafes, … [Read more...]
How to survive the last week of the school holidays
Well here we are. Only one week until the kids will be back at school. How have the holidays been for you? Are you revelling in the time with the kids, each day more fun than the last? Or perhaps you started strongly, but your enthusiasm is waning. Hopefully it hasn't been a hard slog from go to whoa. Christmas was in Melbourne for us. All our family is there, so it's a good … [Read more...]
Staycation | Reconnect around an open fire
January is a good time to slow down. Take a breath. Soak up the lack of drop-offs, pick-ups and after-school activities, and just be. It's a wonderful time for a staycation. An opportunity to reconnect with family by doing an activity that you can enjoy together. Long, light summer evenings are an open invitation to toast marshmallows over a … [Read more...]
How to turn a sporting event into a holiday
I found another excuse for a holiday! Cadel Evans is retiring :( . This may not be earth-shattering news in some households, but in this one he is greatly admired. I watch my share of road cycling thanks to hubster's MAMIL (Middle Aged Man In Lycra) status and we were beside ourselves with excitement when he was the first Australian (and only the second … [Read more...]
Review | Oscar on Main, Gold Coast
Hubster's parents are of the grey nomad variety and every year escape the Melbourne winter by heading north. We first stayed at Oscar on Main because it is located directly behind the beachfront caravan park where they make their temporary home. But we keep going back because we love it! This visit, our third or fourth stay at Oscar On Main, we had a … [Read more...]
