Mum's gone 2 Aus

It’s been a while since we’ve posted a Photo Friday article but Mum likes the opportunity to share a fun or quirky moment from life in Australia so this week we’re reinstating Photo Friday and hope to post a weekly photo as we did before. You can view previous Photo Friday articles here.

Today we’re sharing something topical and typically Australian; it’s also something that Mum is a little dumbfounded by: Showbags.

Sydney Royal Easter Show

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The school Easter holidays are fast approaching and you may be looking for new activities to fill your days. You may be receiving overseas visitors and need to draw up an itinerary of things to keep them busy.

During the Australian summer holidays we had visitors from the UK and yet again, we discovered some fantastic family friendly activities in and around Sydney. Last year, following a visit from our boys’ Great-Grandmother we shared our Top… Read more

The first few days of Autumn in NSW and Victoria have been particularly wet and wild, but the start of the Australian footy season means many people won’t be complaining about being stuck indoors.

Do you know your footy from your soccer?

Last September, at the end of the footy season Mum explained the difference between footy (football) and soccer in Australia – we’re talking NRL, AFL, and Socceroos. We’re not exactly experts but we have… Read more

When we planned our move to Australia we were in search of a beach lifestyle. I imagined time spent playing and relaxing on the beach but because I’m not the most surf confident of mums I wasn’t convinced I’d do much swimming in the Ocean. What I didn’t realise was how many beautiful and accessible Ocean Pools there are along the majority of Australia’s coast line.

Ocean Pools offer a safe place to swim for surf… Read more

It occurred to Mum recently that Geocaching is the perfect activity for relocating families; it provides a great excuse to get out and about in your new suburb, town or city and will take you to places you might easily overlook in your day to day life.

What’s Geocaching?

Geocaching is a modern take on the traditional family treasure hunt. It’s a high-tech treasure hunt using global positioning system (GPS) devices. These days most people we… Read more

It’s week two of the new school year and already we’re dreaming of the next school holidays. In The great Australian school holiday hijack, we explained why our long summer holidays went by too quickly. We are feeling far less refreshed at this time of year than we hoped.

In need of some Vitamin Me?

Tourism Queensland recently launched a campaign explaining how a trip to the Sunshine Coast will boost your Vitamin Me….Vitamin Me?

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This week, since it has significantly warmed up in Sydney, we’ve been reminded that children invariably prefer playing with items around the home that aren’t toys. Our boys can be presented with cars, trucks and trains and will often spend longer playing with the packaging than the toy itself.

Our Sydney back yard has a water and sand table filled with toys, a beautiful cubby house and several ride on cars, bikes and scooters but for… Read more

Last week we published part one of Mum’s top ten public BBQ spots in Australia. We have also written about Public BBQs in Australia – a way of life and provided our tips on how to use public BBQs like a local. Were you inspired? Have you found a favourite BBQ spot in Australia?

Here is part two of our list – the remaining five public BBQ spots that we’d recommend:

1. White Sands Park, Huskisson, Jervis

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Earlier in the week Mum wrote about Public BBQs in Australia – a way of life and we provided our tips on how to use public BBQs like a local.

In today’s Photo Friday we are listing Part One of Mum’s top ten public BBQ spots in Australia. We’ll publish Part Two next week.

If you have a favourite Public BBQ spot in Australia please let us know, Contact Mum to send photographs or leave… Read more