This was our first full summer holiday living on Waiheke Island and the first few weeks were filled with visitors. It was wonderful to see so many friends and family but it was also quite exhausting for us all. I realised that we hadn’t built in any real downtime for the family and so 4…
We are off camping this Sunday for 5 nights. We haven’t been camping for at least 2 years now … possibly nearly 3 years! We are super excited. We are off to Motutapu Island and will be getting there via a water taxi service from Waiheke Island – much simpler than dealing with ferries. With…
I am blessed to live on an island filled with amazing walking tracks. They follow the coast, cut through vineyards, lead you to waterfalls or just help you cut across a hill. I love heading out to explore new tracks, either alone or with the kids. The Waiheke Walking Festival starts on the 19th November…
“Mum, when can we go back to the desert?” asks Miss 5 the other week. “I’m not sure. Why would you like to go back?” I ask. “I want to see the flies again” I had to chuckle, the flies were definitely memorable … here I am trying not to swallow any!! In late October…
This post was originally published on the 4th March 2014 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. Beach or river? Fishing or swimming? How lovely when these are the most complex decisions that need to be…
This post was originally published on the 7th February 2014 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. A few Christmas’ ago we did road trip between Melbourne and Sydney we decided to break the trip up with…
This post was originally published on the 29th April 2014 on the website Mums on the Go. With Mums on the Go closing down in March 2016 I wanted to ensure this story was preserved. “Hello Quokka” “Quokka STOP! “Hello Quokka” This was the conversation repeated endlessly by my 20 month old daughter, every morning…
One of the first thing my kids asked me when we moved to New Zealand last December was – “Can we go to the snow now?” With a three kids in tow, and our youngest being only 3 years old, the idea of trying to do a whole week at the snow and skiing felt…
Many moons ago my husband and I spent 365 days traveling the world together living out of our backpacks which taught us the art of keeping things simple which still influences how I pack today when traveling with kids. When I stand in line at an airport and watch many families with small children struggling…
Last weekend I zipped back to Sydney for a weekend of child-free fun with a close friend of mine – who was also able to wrangle being child-free for the weekend! We delighted in the ability to do any thing, any time, just because we felt like it. We went to markets, ate LOTS of…
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