About Me

Hello, thanks for coming to visit this website.  On this page is info about me and a bit about our family, plus contact details at the end.

My name is Seana Smith, Seana is pronounced ‘Sean-a’ by the way. It’s the Irish spelling although I was born in Scotland.

Since you asked, I was actually named after a little West Highland Terrier….

Here’s my biography from  Sydney For Under Fives. (Did you know that most authors write their own little biogs?)

Seana Smith was born in Edinburgh and studied Latin, Greek and scuba-diving at Wadham College, University of Oxford.

Arriving in Sydney in 1987 with her snorkel, flippers and a great deal of youthful energy, she began a TV career working on The Midday Show with Ray Martin and later worked as a producer of children’s television with the BBC.

None of this study or work prepared her at all for the great task of motherhood.  Seana’s under fives adventures began in 1997 with the birth of her first son. A second son arrived in 1999 and then there was a blur for a few years.For some strange reason a third child seemed like a good idea but fate intervened and twins were born in 2006. Oops.

Seana and her husband live in Sydney and are totally  outnumbered, outclassed and outgunned by their four jet-propelled children.

About This Blog

On this blog, I’m continuing to deliver useful information, served with a smile.

I have lots of posts with full descriptions of some wonderful, family-friendly Sydney places, with lots of photos and links.

Updates to the information printed in Sydney For Under Fives is also here, plus posts about perinatal depression and anxiety. (The Australia Autism handbook has its own website and blog.)

I blog about myself and my family a bit, and plan to focus more on travel because that’s what I love most, even though it’s never been quite the same since having those pesky children.

About The Family

My kids are sons aged 14, 12 and boy/girltwins are five.  You know those delightful children you see carrying their violin cases into school… well, mine are nothing like that.

The bairns are:

Giant Teenager, aged 14 and towering miles above me.  He plays rugby league, he plays the drums and the bagpipes.  His developmental history has been eventful…

Able, aged 12 but going on 32.  In year 6 at school, he loves the cat, the twins and all weapons.

Rusty Rocket, aged 5 and full of beans, one of the few foods he likes eating.

Little Ms, also aged 5 and just five minutes younger than her twin, she has to be tough to keep up with three brothers but she swathes her steel in many layers of pink.

Contact Me

My email address is seana@seanasmith.com, drop a line, go on, please do!