Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. Benjamin Franklin So wrong, Benjamin!! Guests can be an asset to a busy household and here’s how. My Mum and my Aunty Heather have been home for a week now. They are freezing back in Scotland and England where they live. Their three week visit to […]

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. Benjamin Franklin So wrong, Benjamin!! Guests can be an asset to a busy household and here’s how. My Mum and my Aunty Heather have been home for a week now. They are freezing back in Scotland and England where they live. Their three week visit to […]

The Bay of Fires walk was certainly a low impact way to see that spectacular and scenic part of Tasmania. Just a quick post from me today as I’m jet lagged and feeling quite unusual.  Really, though, the journey from Glasgow to Sydney was easy. I was able to spend a week with Mum in Scotland […]

In need of some calming down after the rantings of the last post….  here are some lovely photos from one night of sheer bliss at a five star hotel in Melbourne. Ah sweet memories…. I meant to post these pix much earlier but got distracted. Myself and my pal Susanne went down to to do the City […]

The back of the house, with conservatory and courtyard suntrap. I’m feeling so lucky and so very grateful to have been able to come over to see my Mum in Scotland this past week. Mum’s hip replacement seems to have gone well and she is getting about on crutches OK.  I’m here to report that […]

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. Benjamin Franklin So wrong, Benjamin!! Guests can be an asset to a busy household and here’s how. My Mum and my Aunty Heather have been home for a week now. They are freezing back in Scotland and England where they live. Their three week visit to […]

Have you been to Club Med Bali too? My twins and I had a lovely break there last year, and now I’m foaming at the mouth to get back to check out the resort’s latest luxurious improvements. The adults-only Zen pool has been completed and these photos of it are courtesy of Club Med Bali. […]

Spring school holidays means sunny weather and the opportunity to get out into the fresh air and the run the kids into the ground. This allows us to get them into bed earlier and to sit and enjoy a well-earned break/glass of wine/nanosecond of peace and quiet. Here are 15 of our favourite ways of […]

Spring school holidays means sunny weather and the opportunity to get out into the fresh air and the run the kids into the ground. This allows us to get them into bed earlier and to sit and enjoy a well-earned break/glass of wine/nanosecond of peace and quiet. Here are 15 of our favourite ways of […]

Spring school holidays means sunny weather and the opportunity to get out into the fresh air and the run the kids into the ground. This allows us to get them into bed earlier and to sit and enjoy a well-earned break/glass of wine/nanosecond of peace and quiet. Here are 15 of our favourite ways of […]

When it’s a scorching day in Sydney, yours kids might just get a bit fractious. You might feel fairly hot and bothered yourself. So, what to do when the thermometer is heading into the 30s and 40s?   Lots of kids can’t bear being cooped up in air conditioning – so where to take them?  And […]

When it’s a scorching day in Sydney, yours kids might just get a bit fractious. You might feel fairly hot and bothered yourself. So, what to do when the thermometer is heading into the 30s and 40s?   Lots of kids can’t bear being cooped up in air conditioning – so where to take them?  And […]

South Curly has a special wee place in my heart. My big boys used to do Nippers there every Sunday when they were little. Nippers is such a great way to force yourself up and out of the house on a Sunday morning, and down to the briny ocean. But then there was Saturday sport, […]

When it’s a scorching day in Sydney, yours kids might just get a bit fractious. You might feel fairly hot and bothered yourself. So, what to do when the thermometer is heading into the 30s and 40s?   Lots of kids can’t bear being cooped up in air conditioning – so where to take them?  And […]