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Adventures on the Daily Commute

January 12, 2018 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia Leave a Comment

Adventures on the Daily Commute

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 …

Filed Under: Musings

The Day We Won a Car!

April 22, 2017 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia 2 Comments

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 …

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10 Reasons to pack up and take your kids travelling

March 17, 2017 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia 4 Comments

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 …

Filed Under: Australia, Homeschool, kids, Learning, mum, Musings, Nature Play, parenthood, Travel, Uncategorized

New Year’s Resolutions – An Ode to My Loved Ones

January 1, 2017 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia Leave a Comment

New Year’s Resolutions – An Ode to My Loved Ones

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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 …

Filed Under: Musings, Wellness

Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia – Real People Making a Real Difference

November 29, 2016 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia Leave a Comment

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 …

Filed Under: mum, Musings Tagged With: Charity, Donation, Ethiopia, Fistula, Good cause, Hamlin

Why I’m Christmas shopping from my friends this year

November 12, 2016 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia 7 Comments

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 …

Filed Under: Musings

Opinion rhymes with onion. Or is that just me?

October 25, 2016 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia Leave a Comment

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 …

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Tutu or Not Tutu

September 3, 2016 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia Leave a Comment

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 …

Filed Under: kids, mum, Musings, parenthood

Shove your travel snobbery in your backpack!

July 16, 2016 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia 5 Comments

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 …

Filed Under: Australia, Musings, Travel

Not the nine o’clock news

June 13, 2016 by Bryony @ Coasting Australia 1 Comment

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 …

Filed Under: Australia, kids, Media, mum, Musings, parenthood, Parenting

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