Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…. Our sausages are grilling to perfection as we chat and drink with a lovely family from Wales, UK. The kids are playing ‘Hide and Seek’, and couples swim in the slightly heated pool behind us. We are staying at McLaren Vale Motel and Apartments, and it is the perfect place to stay, […]
Here’s my list of Top 10 Things To Do with Kids in McLaren Vale, South Australia. Plus I’ve added a few extra Time-Outs for the adults too! (These are not in any particular order). Many of these activities are also FREE! Number 10 – Ten Woodstock Winery – Feed Australian Wildlife By Hand And It’s FREE (including Soy […]
“OH MY GOSH! “ I look up as I’m drinking my coffee on a misty Summer early morning, to almost come face-to-face with a Koala, looking right back at me. We are housesitting in a hilly suburb about 20 km from the center of the city of Adelaide. This is suburbia. This is Australia. This […]
16 Family Travel Blogs to Follow in 2016 Family Bloggers To Follow This Year We are very excited to be included in this list of family bloggers. These are all traveling families, stemming from all over the globe. Families that have left their homes, and are exploring the world with their children. Take a read […]
Do you feel like you are about to explode with the pressure life is putting you under? There is never enough time. You are not in control. You have to work so much; do so much; pay so many bills… Then read on – this five-minute read will help you make changes you need to […]
” What is world-schooling? “ The Advertiser Newspaper asked us this very question, and we tried as thoroughly as we could to answer how we educate and travel. We are excited and pleased to share this terrific article written by The Advertiser Parenting Writer Liz Walsh. We hope you enjoy reading about it. Here is […]
Recently we visited Bali. Although maybe a lot of our readers don’t realize, being on the go is exhausting. We don’t have our own home. We don’t have our own car. We live out of suitcases. We move from place to place. Country to Country. And that is tiring. Especially as an older single Mum […]
If you are looking for the perfect place to enjoy a sunset cocktail or a snack by the pool as you unwind after a hard days shopping or golf in Bali, then the Watermark Hotel and Spa in Bali is the perfect place to stay. This is a new hotel (in the last year), and so […]
Traveling the world (as we do) has some amazing and unusual opportunities. Not only are we able to explore fantastic locations, and stay in beautiful places, we are also able to try new and interesting foods. When we recently visited Bali, Indonesia, we were invited to try Japanese food for breakfast at Nishiazabu Imadoki Restaurant. […]
Mention ” Bali “, and most Australian families will instantly tell you that a MUST visit is Waterbom Park, and experience The Boomerang. So on our second day in Bali, Explorason could wait no longer and we caught the hotel shuttle bus to Discovery Shopping Centre in Kuta opposite. Waterbom Park is the #1 Waterpark in all […]
Firstly let me share some small and interesting facts with you with you. Bali is NOT its own country, It is an island of Indonesia or a Province of Indonesia … but it is not its own country! Also, whilst Indonesia is predominantly Muslim, this island has Hindu faith. We arrived in Bali on a hot […]
“Ruth Johnston, (that’s ME !!), Australian travel writer and full-time housesitter, travels around the world with her son by housesitting, volunteering, and finding new and exciting locations for travel journalism. They find that housesitting saves them money and enables them to keep traveling around the world. In this our choice for the 2015 HouseSitMatch ‘New […]
