Let me be clear from the start. Any of us could, given the right combination of unfortunate circumstances forget a child unattended in a hot car. The reason – the human brain, and memory is fallible. Last week, about an hours drive from our home in Victoria, in circumstances that are yet to be made…
Packing the car for a road trip with kids is absolutely a life-size Tetris game. If you are at all like me, unless you have a list to tick off important gear is bound to be left behind. Right on the tails of a recent mega road trip with our three kids under seven…
The Hume Highway between Melbourne and Sydney is not one of my favourite road trips. As the major thoroughfare between Australia’s largest cities there has been a trade in – charm for speed and efficiency. Much of this is due to the large separated multi lane highway that bypasses most towns on the route. …
As of this week I am a veteran of a two thousand kilometer road trip with three kids under seven (and one is a baby). Writing this I am trying to wipe a cheesy, huge grin off my face because I am quite proud of myself. We took a punt you see, using ten days…
People talk about “bucket lists” on travel sites. I’m not real keen on that phrase for a few reasons that I won’t go into here. If I did have a bucket list though, taking my kids on an epic USA road trip would be one of them. After seeing my gorgeous friend Sam’s equally gorgeous…
I love road trips. Why? The sense of freedom they provide, and the ever-changing landscapes are just the start. The glimpses they offer into the lives of rural folk area are a bonus. Our kids have traveled thousands of kilometers of Australian and international highways with us. Of primary importance is their safety of…
As far as road trips go there are few as spectacular as the journey from Cairns Queensland to Cooktown on the Cape York Peninsula. We chose to journey past the white sandy, palm lined beaches of the Cook Highway before diverting through rainforest to Mount Molloy and joining the Mulligan Highway until our destination. The…
As Christmas approaches many of us will be hitting the road to spend time with loved ones. For those of us with small children a looming road trip can be a cause for significant anxiety. How to cope with little ones in a car for a whole day (or more)?! As always, put the safety…
My husband and I enjoy road trips with our children. The times our children are asleep, or awake but happy in their car seats provides us with a rare chance for uninterrupted adult conversation. There are limits to this of course and we schedule our road trips to cater to the needs of our…