The city is a noisy crowded place. It is no surprise that people flock to the State Library of Victoria to seek out peaceful, reflective space. Until Sunday 31st of August there is a special reason to take your children there – the Once Apon Time Exhibition, celebrating the world of children’s picture book art.…
This week I enjoyed an international blog swap with UK based Sarah Ebner who authors the Family Travel Times. Sarah wrote a fantastic article about visiting London with kids, full of local know how. In return I wrote an article about exploring the Great Barrier Reef with kids for her site: Stretching almost…
This week I won the jackpot in the blogger’s lottery. Digital Parents and Tots 100 have organized an international blog swap. Bubs on the Move was matched for the swap with Family Travel Times written by Sarah Ebner, a professional journalist and her daughter Jessica aged 12. Jessica’s brother Robert who is 8 sometimes guest…
When it comes to hiking my husband and I differ in our perspectives. He is very much a carry everything on your back, hike for days through pristine wilderness sort of guy. I’m more a short day hike, return to our nice accommodation sort of girl. Despite these differences we are united in our plan…
It seemed like a no-brainer. Take my movie and drawing obsessed five year old to the Dreamworks Animation Exhibition currently on display at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. An international exhibition, Melbourne is the first stop as it tours the globe. It was supposed to be the highlight of his first school holidays.…
One of the perils of travel is leaving your home unattended. This Easter we enjoyed time away as an extended family with my parents. Unfortunately, when my parents arrived home on Monday they found a scene of devastation. Their home of twenty eight years had been robbed with every room trashed. As well as…
They may be an iconic Victorian attraction however I was dubious about whether a visit to the Phillip Island penguin parade would work for our family. As I sat in the cold this Easter Saturday, snuggling my seven week old baby, praying she wouldn’t start screaming before the penguins arrived my doubts resurfaced. It turns…
Baby slings and carriers have received some negative press recently as a result of a number of tragic incidents. Since 2010 there have been three infant deaths in Australia as a result of suffocation in a baby sling. As a mother that currently spends much of my time carrying a young baby in a sling…
If you take a step back and really think about what formed you as a person you are today I am sure that your childhood memories will be one of the few things that pop into mind. But of all the mornings, days and nights, only a few always stand out no matter how fulfilled…
A garden show may not be an obvious choice of event to enjoy with young kids, particularly if you are a non-gardener like myself. My husband on the other hand is cultivating his own green thumbs at the moment so we trouped along en masse to visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show this…