"The Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award recognizes the unique voices of women bloggers around the world.” A big shoutout and thank you very muchly to Fairlie from Feet on Foreign Lands for nominating me for this cool award. I was so touched by her words - "You offer your own unique voice, stories and interpretation of the world around you. Reading your blog posts, and/or … [Read more...]

Let me introduce you to Leanne. This woman of awesomeness and all-round lovely lady runs Getaway Guru, an online agency offering a large and VERY tempting range of Australian- and NZ-owned holiday rentals in France and Italy (I'm dreaming of this one!). She is my go-to gal for advice and hand-holding for holiday rental accommodation anywhere in this wonderful world. This type … [Read more...]

So far so good is where I'm at these school hols. There's been a lot of fun and very little pain so far. How are you coping? Having a ball or barely hanging in there? I never know how it's going to go. I look forward to them because by the end of term we're all tired and in need of a break from the routine. But I'm always worried how long it will take me to lose my … [Read more...]

There's something about holidays that make you think that normal rules don't apply. When you're leaving your everyday life behind, it feels like you will have all the time in the world. You dream about all those loooong, empty days waiting for you. Then you think about all the money you've spent to get there. So you start making a massive list of things to do to make the most … [Read more...]

If you're on Instagram, then chances are you've noticed that everyone and their dog seems to be on holiday at the moment. Although it makes me a little bit sad that I'm not off on a fabulous adventure of my own, I can't get enough of the gorgeous photos that are filling my feed. Are you on Instagram? What sort of pics do you love best? Travel? Homewares? Clothes? Shoes? … [Read more...]

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...]

A couple of months back the kids and I enjoyed following hubster's week-long charity bike ride by making a travel map. See How to make a travel map to track a traveller. But that was just a trial run for the main event! We are all going on our Disney Extravaganza later this year, and to help with the anticipation and planning, we have made a new travel map. I remembered to … [Read more...]

Travelling vicariously through someone else can be surprisingly satisfying. Once you get past the intense jealousy and hatred that is. It's Claytons travel - the travel you have when you're not really travelling. I guess you could call it armchair travel, but it's rarely that relaxing. Hence the reference to the classic 80s ad for a non-alcoholic drink called Claytons - "the … [Read more...]