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Snow Time In The Hunter Valley Gardens – Family Pass Giveaway

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The July School holidays are coming in just three weeks. Hooray! Here’s the first of a few great giveaways for readers of this blog. This one of for family passes to all the icy fun at the Hunter Valley Gardens’ Snow Time which runs from 29th June to 14th July.

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AMBA NSW, The Carrington Hotel Katoomba, + Plans Going Awry

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Well, the PLAN had been to write a good, long post about that grande old dame, the Carrington Hotel in Katoomba. I stayed there last Friday night, as a guest of the NSW Branch of the Australian Multiple Birth Club, whose seminar was on the Saturday.  I gave a talk on ‘Autism Spectrum Disorder and [...]

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Flying Into Sydney – Now That’s What I Call A Great View

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I’ve been flying in and out of Sydney Airport for a bit over 25 years and it’s something I’m still passionate about. The first time just blew me away; there were so many beaches, in a city – unheard of! And all the swimming pools! My absolute fave is when the plane comes in over [...]

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Improving My Travel Photography – Panoramic Shots

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Where better to read about photography than on a flight overseas?  I had bought a couple of ebooks from Digital Photography School but had never studied them in detail. So I’ve been reading up on photography whenever I’ve been on a plane this year. Click on the photos to see them at double the size. 

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Wee Pressies From Scotland For You {Giveaway ended}

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We’re back! Just… The flight should touch down at 6am on Monday so I’m scheduling this post before leaving Scotland. It’s always nice to bring a souvenir or two home from your travels, and a few wee presents for family and friends. And this time, I’ve brought some gifts from Bonnie Scotland just for you blog [...]

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Scottish Stories – Sunshine + Rain, Laughter + Tears

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Typical Scottish April weather we’ve been having here. Maybe a wee bit nippier than usual. There’s sunshine when it’s raining, then lowering grey skies, then wee blue patches. Always changeable, very breezy. You need to be prepared for all possibilities, and go nowhere without a waterproof, a hat, scarf and gloves. Life’s like that too, [...]

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Scottish Stories – A Muddy Walk To See The Lambs

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So it struck me as we walked along this muddy farm track, that my wee lass has never really spent much time in mud. What fun she’s missed! A lovely cousin of mine has a house that was originally an old farm steading. We visited one day and went for a walk to see the [...]

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Scottish Stories – The Knitting Knapper Strikes Again

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It was all Minnie The Minx’s idea. She’d seen some knitting needles in a shop and was keen to have a go. AND we were heading to Scotland. Minnie is left-handed and so is my big sister. ‘Aunty Mairi can teach you to knit!’ I said. I like that passing-the-buck school of mothering, don’t you?

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Scottish Stories – At Yellowcraig Beach Today

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Well, it’s a long way from Sydney’s beautiful beaches!  I heard that my hubby and Teen16 and Rusty Rocket were swimming in the sea yesterday at Jervis Bay. Not us here in Bonnie Scotland. The wind is perishing and the sea would be worse.

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Scottish Stories – On Friendships Old and New

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I ran away from home when I was 16 years old. Well, actually, I got myself a scholarship to a school on the West Coast of Scotland where I boarded for the equivalent of Years 11 and 12. Luckily for me, another new girl started at the same time, and, like me, JV had come [...]

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The Kids’ Clubs at Club Med Bali – Our Family Review

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Let me just get this out there straight up; this was the best kids’ club we’ve tried so far. My twins have experienced a few kids’ clubs in their nearly seven years, and they’ve generally been fairly reluctant, at least at the start. At Club Med Bali, they were genuinely asking to go back. Hooray!!

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The Kids Clubs at Club Med Bali – More Photos

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11 Club Med Bali Photos for Wordless Wednesday

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Club Med Bali – Body and Soul, Four Colors in Four Days: A Health + Wellness Retreat

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How very fitting that at the end of my 10 Weeks of Self Care on Saturday posts, I’m reporting in from Body and Soul, Four Colors in Four Days, a health and wellness retreat here in beautiful Club Med Bali.   Look, it’s a tough job but somebody had to do it.

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Murray’s Beach at Jervis Bay – And The Shark That Got Away

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BIG4 Valley Vineyard Tourist Park in NSW’s Hunter Valley – Our Family Review

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Who loves a wee trip to the Hunter Valley?   Me too!! Here’s where we stayed the last time, I’d call it a camp site but of course it isn’t really that at all.  There are heaps of different types of accommodation. Not a sponsored post, by the way, we paid our way and enjoyed [...]

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Huskisson Triathlon Festival – Ocean Swim Classic 1km

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We’d booked ahead to avoid disappointment, and avoid it we did. Myself and Minnie The Minx and I whizzed down to Huskisson a couple of weeks ago for the 1km Ocean Swim Classic. That’s just one of the first events of the fantastic weekend that is the Huskisson Triathlon Festival.

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A Golden Rule For Beach House Weekends

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Aargh, I’m such an idiot!! After a lovely weekend at Jervis Bay, Minnie the Minx and I drove back to Sydney last night… fuming! Which is when this golden rule for beach house weekends struck me – and hard.

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Five Fab Family Holidays – That We’re Not Going On!

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Oh it never hurts to have a dream, does it? To check out a few pretty pictures. We’ve had some great overseas holiday in the past few years, great overall that is. There’s always been some dramas and explosions, some tantrums and traumas along the way.

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Guest Posting Over At Kids Travel Blog

Just a quick hello today and a pointer in the direction of the lovely blog ‘Kids Travel Blog.’ I’ve had a guest post published over there on our campervan adventure. Highly recommend a wee visit, a bit of surfing around can give you some great ideas and advice on family travel. And there’s nothing like [...]

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