Topping my list of “must dos” for Port Douglas is the Wildlife Habitat. I am thrilled to be hosting a competition to win a family pass to their interactive, wildlife immersion experience. Guests to the Habitat get up close and personal with Australian wildlife in a variety of ecosystems including wetlands and grasslands. Special [...]
Forget what you have heard about Canberra being a boring bureaucratic wasteland. Canberra is a wonderful place to visit with children. Those of you that read my previous post “That I will be thankful” will know that I was not looking forward to my trip to the Australian Capital Territory. The visit was to allow [...]
Many thanks to Sarah Pye, the author of the fabulous guidebook for traveling families: ”Kids Welcome to Queensland” for this useful post. All over Australia, each school holidays, families hitch their wagons and head out into the great outdoors. I should know, I am one of them! My daughter Amber and I travel around [...]
There are few vacation destinations in Australia that are as perfectly suited to a getaway with a baby or small child as Port Douglas. These include miles of stroller friendly beach, waves so gentle as to banish the anxiety that many parents experience at a true surf beach, an excess of family friendly, self contained [...]
The Qantas Club lost me when I became a mother. Prior to having children I travelled frequently for work and frequently used the Club as an office on the move. Once I had children, the business emphasis of the clubs and I just didn’t make a good fit. I recently made a discovery that recruited [...]
I get some raised eyebrows when I tell people that I love rodeos. “You don’t look like the rodeo sort.” I am told. Most commonly friends and family attribute my North American origins (I have dual Australian-USA citizenship) as the reason I would stray from my middle-class urban Australian roots in this choice of spectator [...]
I have a personal tension in writing this blog. By its nature it is targeted to the wealthy, because it is only the privileged that can afford to travel. I don’t however believe that travel is only about vacations. I have travelled with my family for work, to sit my medical specialist exam, to attend [...]
