I just walked in the door, unpacked and put a load of washing on and thought it a good time to fill you in on our long weekend. We headed off down the Great Ocean Rd for 3 days, even though it was winter I thought it was still as good a time as any for a visit. Nothing like taking an independent Great Ocean Road tour and stop when you like and stay for as long as you like. (more…)
In September we’re going to visit Vietnam with kids, our 3 kids! Craig and I had our honeymoon backpacking in Vietnam and I am super excited about heading back there with the kids. Its been over 11 years since Craig and I were there and I am expecting that plenty will have changed. (more…)
Over the years while the kids were young, we have gone to Queensland on a few occasions to visit the theme parks. Depending what age the kids are at the time, depends on which parks we visit. Most recently we visited SeaWorld, Wet’n’Wild and Movieworld on a VIP 3 park super pass. We even managed to get a special price of buy 3 get one pass free which saved us $89. Its definitely one of the better Gold Coast theme park packages. (more…)
Recently I’ve been adding some posts from our earlier trips to New Zealand. So far I have covered off on our road trip to Wanaka from Christchurch, our road trip from Wanaka to Queenstown and Milford Sound with kids. We decided that we wanted to do something considered a little extreme while in the extreme capital of the world, the Shotover Jet was a far as I would go! (more…)
When we took the kids to New Zealand, Craig was very keen to take us all to Milford Sound. He had been before a few years back but the kids and I had not been there. Its a long drive from Queenstown to Milford Sound but one Craig thought was worth making. (more…)
If you have been following this blog you will have seen an earlier post explaining that I have some good friends in New Zealand that I met in London on my solo trip in 1994! They told me you can’t be in Wanaka and not go to Queenstown. (more…)
Over Easter we embarked on a road trip to southern New South Wales to pick up the camper trailer we purchased online. We left on Thursday afternoon and drove 6 hours to Orbost. Finding suitable Orbost accommodation wasn’t that much of a struggle. (more…)
Over the Easter long weekend we finally visited Cape Conran in East Gippsland. I say finally because my friend has been going there for 14 years and has asked me pretty much every year to come along but for various reasons we just haven’t gotten around to going. What a mistake, big mistake! (more…)
I have two very good friends in New Zealand that I met while backpacking over 20 years ago. Twice in the last few years I’ve made the 8 hour road trip from Christchurch to Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand to visit them.
Do you struggle to pack just what you need for your kids when going on holidays? I think I have mastered it now, after travelling regularly with our 3 kids over the past few years, I think I have had a bit of practice. For each person that subscribes to our blog, you will automatically receive my Kids Packing List, perfect for a 2 week holiday. (more…)