I’m calling it. The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANNM) is my favorite museum in Australia to visit with my kids. Located in Darling Harbour we stop in every time we are visit gorgeous Sydney. The reason? Interactivity, interactivity, interactivity. Oh, and a winning combo of the following: Outdoor marine exploration aboard a fleet of…
I was a little slow off the mark discovering the great new waterplay attraction at Werribee Open Range Zoo this summer – Hippo Beach. So I am pumping this post out so that families can enjoy it before the weather cools. Hippo Beach, which is included in the general admission price at Werribee Zoo…
Forget the tropics, so far January in Melbourne has been stinking hot. While the Melbourne beaches are pretty as a picture I’m not one for sitting/frying on a beach when it is 40 degrees Celsius. In a heat wave air-conditioning and air-conditioning only is what I am after. There is a tried and tested Melbourne…
The topic for today has me toying with the idea of a new blog category. Unfortunately the category won’t fit in my header so if anyone can suggest how I can shorten the category “Sweet! I wish this was around when I was a kid” don’t be shy. A New Zealand franchise import, Inflatable…
Truth be told I am a little overwhelmed by all the fabulous goings on this Christmas season in Melbourne. There seems to be so much activity, so many gorgeous decorations, so much celebration occurring. Knowing how quickly our December calendar fills up we are leading the pack and have made a point experiencing some of…
Okay, okay – I know it is still November. Our family is gearing up for Christmas though and we kicked the Christmas season off with a bang for the kids this weekend. We visited Santa’s Magical Kingdom, an interactive carnivalesque wonderland of childhood excitement that has put down stumps at Melbourne’s Caufield Racetrack until Tuesday…
It may not seem like a big deal to some but this past weekend I did the unthinkable and whittled my brood of accompanying children down to a lone baby for a weekend away. The destination was Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast and my husband had a “thing” to go to with me as…
I love, love, love the idea of a White Christmas. It’s not going to happen for us this year unfortunately however there is a compromise. I will be taking the family to Santa’s Magical Kingdom right here in Melbourne. Okay it may not be European Christmas night markets, or Santa Claus’ village in Lapland, but…
I’ve lived in the Northern Territory where there are crocs aplenty. Once we were crossing a river into Arnhem Land in our Ford Laser (I’d watched other people do the same and it looked safe). Half way across a three meter crocodile surfaced right next to our vehicle. I remember thinking “If we stall now…
Whether you feel like giving your kids a geology lesson, or just visiting a hidden gem of a picturesque walking trail Organ Pipes National Park is worth a visit. Formed as a consequence of one of the world’s largest lava flows the basalt columns have occurred as a result of cracking and cooling lava (over…