By Robyna from The Mummy & the Minx When I think about taking my kids to see animals in Brisbane and greater surrounds, I immediately think about Australia Zoo, Sea World or Lone Pine. All great places, all great days out. But none are cheap and all are a good distance out of the CBD. …
Melbourne hidden places for kids | Street art walking tour
By Kate Nelson | meetoo My six year old happens to be studying street art this term at school which gave us the perfect excuse to head into Melbourne’s CBD for our own walking tour of some of the best street art in the world. We visited a few spots that I was already familiar with and I…
Brisbane hidden places for kids | Hidden World Playground
By Ngaire from Brisbane Kids Hidden World Playground (HWP)is a play area in Brisbane shrouded in mysterious codes and whispers of hidden underground tunnels. For the innocent visitor, the playground is simply an impressive creation by artist Russell Anderson. It is a colourful and inspiring playground, open-plan and a welcome sight for active children on an…
Blue Mountains hidden places for kids | Katoomba Cascades
By Christine Knight The Blue Mountains is full of secret walks and waterfalls, just waiting to be discovered. Our favorite place to take our preschooler is Katoomba Cascades, a small waterfall on a trail that starts at Katoomba Falls Park, on Cliff Drive. The short 300 metre walk down to the falls takes about 15…
Perth hidden places for kids | Ellis Brook Reserve
By Tash from Little Bit of Thyme Tucked in the foothills, in Perth, is a well-kept secret. Ellis Brook Reserve and the Sixty Foot Falls. Over the weekend, we headed there to have a picnic lunch with the kids, and make the most of the still lovely autumn weather. Ellis Brook is part of the Banyowla…
Teach me | How to punctuate correctly
The ‘teach me’ series is all about learning how to do things I can’t from clever clog wearers who can. I’m learning so much as we go and I hope you are too! Today we are lucky to score Emily from Emhawkerblog to teach us how to use punctuation correctly. Now, I confess to being…
When real is really scary
I have offered my blog as a safe-haven for a writer to write something out… Firstly thank you to Maxabella for offering to me to write this post. It is the hardest thing I have ever written. It makes it real, for so long it has felt safe in my head, a story, a…
Timed out
Yay for me, we’re on hols for a week. We’re off for a bit of family fun and sunshine (please!). Bit random, but there you go. I’ve got a guest postie delivery scheduled over at Diminishing Lucy’s on Tuesday, so be sure to visit us there. Lucy’s blog was the third blog I ever read…
Work / life integration
My life as a ‘working mother’ is not something that I talk about half as much as I’d like on my blog. Naturally it comes up from time to time, but to give it the same amount of focus that it has in my real life, well… I think my corporate job would bore the…
Postie delivery: Clutter buster tips
Today I’m over at Deb’s excellent life coaching blog Home. Life. Simplified. Don’t tell Deb I told you this (hi Deb) but in another life her blog is exactly the kind that I wish I’d started. Just useful, important stuff about life as we know it (rather than impractical but mostly pleasant ramblings about the state…