If you’ve been following our travels then you’ll know that we’ve spent a lot of time exploring coastal, regional, outback, inner and outer Australia, and enjoying hundreds of occasions of beautiful Aussie hospitality. We’ve been welcomed into towns, villages and …
The Day We Won a Car!
I am a huge fan of competitions! If there is a giveaway, raffle, promotion or sweepstake I’ll give it a go – my life motto could easily be ‘you’ve got to be in it to win it!’ (It’s a constant …
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 …
New Year’s Resolutions – An Ode to My Loved Ones
New Year’s Resolutions – the time has come round
To kick those bad habits, or lose a few pounds
Exercise more, drink less,
Declutter your home, tidy the mess
Kick the cake, jump on the …
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia – Real People Making a Real Difference
I’m generally not a crier. If I do have a bit of a blub it’s usually at a really cute toilet paper advert or when someone gets married. It’s normally the happy stuff that gets me right in the heartstrings …
Why I’m Christmas shopping from my friends this year
I got a little bit annoyed this morning after checking my Facebook feed (I get irked quite often as you’ll probably know if you’ve read some of my previous posts such as this one) and I thought I’d have …
Opinion rhymes with onion. Or is that just me?
I’ve been fascinated, horrified, scared and amused by the recent ‘blog war‘ that’s been going on between Constance Hall and The Notorious Mum. To be honest I’m actually sensationalising it a bit myself here – for those who …
Tutu or Not Tutu
I absolutely love reading inspirational stories on Facebook and get a fabulous sense of righteousness when I share an exceptionally uplifting post. It happened recently with a story about a young boy and a tutu (and I wasn’t the only …
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 …
