Here’s my second ever guest post on this blog! I met Anton recently and loved the idea of his book. 75% of my children love writing stories and one of them is a teller of the most amazing tall tales… which he swears are 100% true. Here’s to the imaginations of children, and to our role […]
My weekly diary to record how I’m doing on my Do Less and Stay Calm goals for 2015. A way of keeping myself accountable. Ah, kids back to school…. it had been two months since I had a quiet day at home alone… ….and it lasted until 1pm when Teen17 came home. His Year 12 […]
Queensland, Travel February 23, 2016 Jervis Bay February 16, 2016 Jervis Bay February 7, 2016 Features, Sydney, Top Travel, Travel, Weekends Away February 1, 2016 Jervis Bay January 18, 2016 Travel, Weekends Away January 11, 2016 Top Travel, Travel, Weekends Away January 1, 2016 Fiji, Top Travel December 10, 2015 Top Travel, Travel December 10, […]
One of the reasons I started this blog was to have a place to post updates and new information on my first baby, Sydney For Under Fives. Here are some of the updates to the current third edition: p. 9 The Gourmet Pizza Kitchen at Kingsford has closed down. p. 165 Pimelea Playspace has been […]
My weekly diary to record how I’m doing on my Do Less and Stay Calm goals for 2015. A way of keeping myself accountable. So how’s the past week been? High Point – The Ocean Swim Well, I’m not taking a lot of exercise, but did do the Bondi 2km swim on Sunday, highlight of […]
This gorgeous little tacker is my first son on his first ever day at school. I cannot begin to tell you how thrilling and emotional that day was for our family: we hadn’t ever really quite believed that he would go to school. And to a mainstream school at that… he’d been offered a place […]
Well, I am so delighted to have more cute creatures to take photos of; the kids are patient but they get fed up with me flapping around them with a camera. Fritz and Max came to our good home recently as they were two lovely cats who needed one. I had been planning to get […]
Reviews It is a really handy guide, on each page there is a different beach (meaning you can just print out the page you need easily) and just about everything you can think of is covered. Looking for somewhere with a gated playground, some shade, protected swimming areas, parking and, most importantly, easily accessible […]
Now then, it had been more than 20 years since I’d stayed in Cairns and back then it had been strictly backpacker-only accommodation and all I was lugging around was my diving gear. When I started planning a spring school holiday trip to Cairns, I knew I needed to find a great place to stay. I’d […]
Do you bake with olive oil? I’d never tried using olive oil in cakes and had always been a bit horrified at the thought. A rich fruity extra virgin oil wouldn’t work at all in a cake, I reckoned. And that was the type of olive oil I always bought. I knew there must be […]
Playgrounds Deluxe, Animals, Travel, All April 28, 2014 Playgrounds Deluxe, All March 24, 2014 Playgrounds Deluxe, Cafes and Restaurants, Sydney, All January 20, 2014 Playgrounds Deluxe, Sydney, All January 13, 2014 Playgrounds Deluxe, Sydney, All December 31, 2013 Playgrounds Deluxe, Sydney, All December 29, 2013 Playgrounds Deluxe, All December 20, 2013 Playgrounds Deluxe, Sydney, All […]
Hello Sydney Kids is a PR-friendly blog and I’m very happy to discuss working with companies and destinations that fit in with the blog topics: great places to visit in Sydney with the kids, especially outdoors places like beaches and playgrounds kids’ activities in Sydney food and recipes family travel destinations weekends away from Sydney holidays/travel […]
Scotland January 11, 2012 Jervis Bay, Weekends Away January 5, 2012 Jervis Bay, Kids January 1, 2012 Jervis Bay December 20, 2011 Jervis Bay December 14, 2011 Weekends Away, Travel December 7, 2011 Weekends Away December 2, 2011 Jervis Bay, Weekends Away November 28, 2011 Videos, Weekends Away November 21, 2011 Weekends Away November 16, […]
I had a wee brainwave recently and decided to create a new series for this blog. Whilst I’m a Sydney mum writing mainly about Sydney places to go with our Sydney kids, I’ve also got to know a few useful things over the past 18 (count ’em) years of parenthood. So I’ll be writing short, […]
