The Andy Warhol Ai Weiwei exhibition at Melbourne’s NGV is another example of why the NGV is a premier attraction for families in the city. Perhaps not content with the family friendliness of the main Andy Warhol Ai Weiwei exhibition (which is by the way very family friendly) they have extended on the exhibition…
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…
The Melbourne Town Hall provided an elegant backdrop to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Stan and Mabel. The pipe organ loomed large in the foreground as the musicians took their places. This was not a traditional orchestral performance however. The MSO musicians were attired in brightly coloured polos, the audience sat on the…
One of my own favorite childhood memories is attending a Disney on Ice show. It’s a memory that I am sharing with my kids who are really, really, really looking forward to the upcoming Disney on Ice presents Dare to Dream tour. Here’s a little of what I’ve been told about the show, and…
My kids love Cairns for a few reasons – they love spending time in the water every day, they love the tropical nature play and they love the wildlife interactions. Last week they found one more reason to love Cairns, the Cairns Children’s Festival. As a regional city Cairns punched above its weight in the…
Lovingly tended gardens are magical places. The Gardens of Tieve Tara in Victoria’s Mount Macedon goes further for young visitors, inviting them into a fairy garden. Roaming through the extensive property we found hints of fairy inhabitants – a fairy tree here, fairy toadstools there. Much of the garden is a traditional Victorian garden, with…
Kid’s science museums are just about my favourite place to visit. Fortunately, my two boys are just as enthusiastic about science as I am so we head out to Melbourne’s Scienceworks Museum a couple of times a year. The team at Scienceworks has outdone themselves with the new exhibition Alice’s Wonderland by combining children’s literature…
Note: We currently have a family pass up for grabs via our Facebook page. Hop on over there to enter! This is one for the “Sweet! Wish this was around when I was a kid” files. Recently the entire family (baby too) donned skin tight wetsuits to mingle with some amazing sharks and stingrays at…
When are kids old enough to start talking to them about war do you think? As with many things, I have started talking to them about war as they started to ask questions about it. One of our stops on a recent epic 2000km road trip was Canberra. We only had twenty four hours to…