I’m bored! What to do on the school holidays with your kids

I am looking to the upcoming summer school holidays with a mix of excitement and dread. You see this is the first summer school holidays EVER that I not been working. So I need to know what to do on the school holidays with my kids. I am excited because I like doing things with … Continue reading “I’m bored! What to do on the school holidays with your kids”

Aussie family’s French adventure on a road less travelled

Trying to decide on a family holiday that older children will enjoy too can be hard. In this special guest post, Philippa Shelley-Jones, creator of the family tourism app Kid Tracks, tells us about her family cycling trip in Provence.

Trying to decide on a family holiday that older children will enjoy too can be hard. In this special guest post, Philippa Shelley-Jones, creator of the family tourism app Kid Tracks, tells us about her family cycling trip in Provence.

Food, fun and football – our St Kilda ‘staycation’

Holiday at home – how to have all the fun of holidays with kids close to home and without breaking the budget.

Holiday at home – how to have all the fun of holidays with kids close to home and without breaking the budget.

Experience our colonial past at Tasmania’s Woolmers Estate

Ever since I was young, I have loved visiting historic homes. There is something that hits me when I think about the people who have lived inside the walls across generations – and wonder at the lives they led. In Australia, despite the beauty and opulence many of these homes display even today, there is … Continue reading “Experience our colonial past at Tasmania’s Woolmers Estate”

Family friendly ghost tour impresses younger visitors

Despite her bravado just a couple of hours before arriving, Miss 8 dug in her heels and refused to enter the cottage to hear of the haunting tales being told within. “No mummy, no mummy, no mummy,” she said as she clung to my hand, before turning and running along the veranda, back to relative … Continue reading “Family friendly ghost tour impresses younger visitors”