Tell people you're travelling with a two-year-old to the other side of the world, and they look at you like you've lost your mind. And I'll admit, it's not for the faint hearted. But here's the way I look at it: two-year-olds have extreme personalities, they can be completely delightful or ...
10 reasons why you should visit Singapore with kids
Singapore is one of my favourite places in the world. The love affair started when I lived there, and has continued when I've holidayed there with kids (twice). Every time I visit it has new family-friendly attractions, new infrastructure and swanky new shopping centres and restaurants. And while ...
Family flight review: Emirates A380 economy class
Happy new year! I hope you've been able to put your feet up, read a few good books and enjoy the slower pace of January so far (at least here in Australia)? Any travel plans for 2015? This year is going to be a big one for me, with two overseas trips in the works. One with kids, one without (cue ...
Top websites for booking family accommodation in Europe
I love planning holidays. The mere mention of a possible trip and I'm off, jumping down the internet rabbit hole. I've spent more hours than I'd like to admit on Trip Advisor and travel websites, researching hotels and restaurants and museums and walking tours and cooking classes and... you get the ...
Travelling overseas with small children: the verdict
We're baaa-aaacckk! Three weeks, four countries, six flights, three children, two suitcases and one stroller. We made it! When Ben and I first booked our big overseas adventure nearly a year ago, some many people thought we were crazy to travel to the other side of the world with three small ...
Flying with young children – My Preparation
The bags are packed. The kids are counting down sleeps and I'm ticking the last-minute items off my to do list (and also running around like a headless chook getting our house ready for renovations, but that's another post!). Today I'm taking two long-haul flights over 26 hours with my kids, our ...
A weekend at the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival
It was the long weekend that I had been dreaming about for years - three entire child-free days to do whatever I liked, in one of Australia's food meccas. You know, I could have just slept and read the whole time and been happy. But, this was Melbourne! What's a girl to do but eat and shop? Eat, ...
