Reviews don’t usually open with congratulations. Congratulations are entirely in order though for the just launched “Our Land is Alive. Hermannsberg Potters for Kids” exhibition. Congratulations to the National Gallery of Victoria and the Hermannsberg Potters for an exhibition that so successfully combines two Australian icons – Aboriginal culture and AFL football. “Our Land is…
Sleep deprivation, body image issues and zero personal space. Does any of this sound familiar? These are my major gripes since becoming a mother. On a good day discontent is only a distant whisper that is easily swept away, on a bad day it can permeate every waking minute. I am convinced though that bad…
Dear Patient, You’re feeling vulnerable, I know. Disempowered, perhaps. Our health care system is not perfect and as a GP that is part of that system I am acutely aware of its failings. I thought that by writing to you, to let you know a little about me and what I hope to contribute to…
If parenthood isn’t the most anxiety generating experience of one’s life I don’t know what is. I worry about my children’s safety and development more than is probably healthy. I have been blessed with three beautiful kids, two of whom are confirmed thrill-seekers, the third, aged only 18 months is a suspected one. As…
One of the perks of living in Victoria is the opportunity to explore the snowfields. This was our second snow trip in as many weeks (last week we visited Lake Mountain) and we headed toward Gippsland and majestic Mount Baw Baw. Our mission was simple – tobogganing, snowball fights and snow angels were on the…
Have you heard of Periscope yet? It’s the newest social media platform connecting people around the world and it is actually pretty neat. Using just a smart phone Periscope users are able to live stream audio visual content to their followers in real time. What this means is that you can see and…
I love the snow, I dream about it if I haven’t seen it in a while and so as a family we make a plan to visit the snow annually. I know that snow holidays are expensive so I have previously advocated that families visit the snow as a day trip, for some traditional…
Traversing the tea trees, boogie boards in hand I wasn’t sure what to expect from our first sand boarding adventure. It was a mid-winters day and the kids discarded their shoes the minute we reached the soft sand on the ascending side of the dunes and raced ahead. Suddenly my four year old raced back…
When I was six my dad, a devoted Geelong supporter took me to a football match. For the duration of play a grizzly old guy in front of us shouted obscenities at the players. When my dad asked him politely if he would mind moderating his language around his young kids he was told to…
Being a parent is beyond tough. Add a few degrees of parenting difficulty and knowing exactly how to keep all the balls in the air is tricky. What do I mean by degrees of difficulty? Well for a start living away from social supports like family, having a fly-in-fly out partner, or being a single…