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 [...]
In May I was invited to be a guest blogger on Sarah Pye’s blog “Kid’s Welcome“. Sarah is the author of a fantastic book “Kids Welcome to Queensland that provides specific information to guide families in their exploration of Queensland. The following is a short excerpt from my post, that seeks to assist parents in [...]
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 [...]
Hypothermia Hypothermia means a reduction in core body temperature below that which allows the body to function properly (35ºC). Hypothermia does not require freezing temperatures to occur. Just like frostbite however, it is riskier the colder, wetter, and windier it is. Children are more likely to get hypothermia the longer they are exposed to [...]
