Accommodation costs can be so prohibitive to family travel. Our family has only recently cottoned on to the perks of Mystery hotel deals, and consequently our travels have become significantly more affordable. Mystery hotels are typically four or five star properties that generally cost 40-50% less than the stated rate at similarly ranked properties at [...]
I remember the first trip I took as a mum. The suitcase I shared with my baby was jammed full of baby items. Melbourne mum Bec has created a business that I wish I new about when I first started traveling with my sons. She created Baby Packs Lite as she found that packing a gigantic [...]
Character experiences featured prominently on our recent trip to Queensland’s Gold Coast. Sponge Bob Square Pants was an elusive target that thankfully made an appearance on our last morning at the Sea World Resort. My two year old found Dora the Explorer a little scary but was particularly fond of Boots the monkey. I don’t [...]
Have you checked out the Family Friendly Accommodation website yet? Melbourne mum Amanda launched the website last year allowing parents to post reviews of family friendly accommodation in Australia and around the world. The most recent post on the site’s blog Family Gathering is by yours truly. On the blog I write about why a [...]
So, I’m still rather new at this social media thing. GIven this blog’s first birthday is coming up next week I thought it was time for me to take some grown-up steps forward with Bubs on the Move. The first step forward was a blog redesign proving I have in fact learnt a bit in [...]
I never would have guessed that I would have a little boy that loves the Disney Princesses. Last year we enjoyed our first Disney vacation together at Disneyland California and together we met every single princess. Closest to my four year old son’s heart is Ariel the Mermaid who my son is determined to make his [...]
Has anyone read the blog Going Anyway? It shares the adventures of a slow traveling Australian family of seven around the world. Among their brood is their daughter Sparky who has cerebal palsy and requires a wheelchair for mobility. This is a real intrepid traveling family and one that causes me to question my own style of travel since I [...]
Of course it had to happen at church. My then three year old and I were playing up the back in crèche when I heard the words “You can’t have it. I don’t like brown people.” A tussle over a toy with an Aboriginal child had led to a racist slur. “Where on earth did [...]
To tell the truth I don’t usually pay New Years much attention. My family’s Christmas is just so full on that I am over celebrated by the time New Years rolls in. As a result I am too exhausted for either partying or reflection. This New Years is different though because I just received in [...]
As we prepare to embark on a journey south to spend Christmas with loved ones I will add one item to my packing list – a book that retells the Christmas story. It is too easy to disconnect from stories that we are familiar with and for this reason I am seeking to remember some [...]
