A visit to Cairns would not be complete without a trip ‘up the hill’ to Kuranda. Known as ‘the village in the rainforest’, Kuranda is just a 30 minute scenic drive from Cairns. There is lots to see and do …
Speaking the Language of Australian Flowers – Moxom & Whitney
Floriography is the official and quite lovely word to describe the ancient art of communicating with flowers.
Flowers have been symbolically used for thousands of years to send messages – even to this day we send a bunch of blooms …
10 Reasons to pack up and take your kids travelling
When we tell people our plans to sell all our things, rent our lovely house out and travel around Australia in a converted bus, we get a variety of reactions. From looks of disbelief to high fives, we’ve had it …
Brisbane with Toddlers – free things to do and see!
Brisbane is a fantastic destination to visit with toddlers, babies or children of any age – and what’s best of all is that you don’t need to spend big dollars to have big fun!
We have visited the mighty Bris-Vegas …
The Junk Weavers Inc – Talking Garbage from the heart
Facebook is a funny place – you can jump on there for one thing and end up doing something completely different. Like at work when I have to manage my business page I can quite often log on to update …
Top Tips for Travelling with Toddlers
I love the word oxymoron. It’s one of my favourite words in the English language – but just like my other favourite word ‘monster’ there’s not a lot of use for it in daily conversation.
To be honest I’ve probably …
Shove your travel snobbery in your backpack!
Is it just me or is anyone else sick to the back cover of their Lonely Planet guide of seeing quotes/memes and very reputable travel companies advocating that we all stop being a tourist and actually start travelling.
Well I …
Not the nine o’clock news
Today’s news was not good. To be honest, watching the news is never a happy affair but the news of another mass shooting in the US was on loop on breakfast TV this morning and the grief, incomprehension and pain …
The Canopy Treehouse – Rainforest Accommodation in the Atherton Tablelands near Cairns
It can’t be a coincidence that the town name Tarzali is so similar to Tarzan and evokes images of lush jungles, wild creatures and exotic isolation. Because that’s exactly what we found when we travelled an hour and a half …
A letter to my amphibious Aussie mates
Dear Aussies,
This is a heartfelt letter to all you amphibious Aussies out there taking on the ocean like its a back yard paddling pool. That huge expanse of salty, wavey water is home to many a creature but not …