Weekends Away – With The Family

You deserve a break, you know you do. A change of scene will clear your head.
Sit down, relax and lets start planning. Here are some of our family’s faves to get you started.

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

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

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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Christmas Lights Spectacular at Hunter Valley Gardens – 2012 Photos

Equally as spectacular in 2012 as they were in 2011! My twins insisted on going back to see the lovely Christmas Lights at Hunter Valley Gardens and I was very happy to take them.

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On The Road With A Jucy Campervan + The Kids

In search of a bit of pre-Christmas simplicity and to escape the maddening shopping crowds, we’re on a wee road trip. And I see I’m not alone in that search for a bit of slowness at the moment. I read Mrs Woog’s and Sonia’s at Love, Life and Hiccups’s posts on simplicity yesterday and could so [...]

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More Dangerous But Fun- Jumping off Moona Moona Creek Bridge

So this summer we’ve all been at it, leaping with gay abandon off this bridge into the creek below. Is anything more fun in this entire universe? Bridge jumping is an activity which has stood the test of time. Even Rusty Rocket, aged all of five was flinging himself off good style. With my wee [...]

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Welcome New Readers!!

Hello there to all the new visitors who are finding this blog via Google search. It must be the public holidays, with lots of families looking for fun places to go and checking facts on great playgrounds, pools, beaches, cinemas etc etc Anyway, it’s lovely to see a great leap in visits to the blog. [...]

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An Irish Breakfast- at Harrigans Pub

We do love a buffet breakfast. And the twins were over the moon to try an Irish breakfast when we stayed at Harrigans Irish Pub in the Hunter Valley. Me too. Mine is the plate of tomatoes, mushrooms, scrambled eggs and, yes, mince. Very Irish.

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The Twins Review – Harrigans Irish Pub + Acomodation

Oh happy days! I do just love getting away from home. Love leaving and then adore getting back. As a single young slapper I zoomed all over the place, most exotic perhaps was the scuba diving off Zanzibar. Since I had the kids, I’ve found that a trip across town can be equally challenging. These [...]

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Family Fun at Jervis Bay – Moona Moona Creek, Huskisson

Families with young children listen up! Quick, grab your buckets and spades and dash to the car. Drive immediately to Moona Moona Creek. You won’t regret it! For at Moona Moona Creek, you will find safe, shallow waters, usually crystal clear, and soft, soft sand.

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Family Fun at Jervis Bay – Nowra Olympic Pool

Oh, let it be the summer holiday now, we need to get back to Nowra Olympic Pool! Here are some photos from last summer. We’re all looking forward to swimming and sliding there again soon. Sharing the love of photos with My Little Drummer Boys Wordless Wednesday!

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Christmas Lights Spectacular Video

Now lets get this straight, I’m not saying the video is spectacular…. I mean, it’s ok, but it’s the Christmas Lights that are spectacular. Here’s a wee peek at what we saw at Hunter Valley Gardens and the twins’ not very thoughtful review of what they enjoyed.

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The British Lolly Shop at the Hunter Valley Gardens – Yum!

Here’s a visual feast for anyone who grew up in the UK. In Scotland we called them ‘sweetie shops,’ and our grannies bought sweeties from them for us. My granny always had a supply of treacle toffees for all occasions. I had missed those treacle toffees for many years! Since I’m linking to Wordless Wednesday at My [...]

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Weekends Away – Hunter Valley Gardens Christmas Lights Spectacular

The twins and I went to check out the first night of this year’s Christmas Lights Spectacular at the Hunter Valley Gardens last week— and yes, it really is spectacular! We have some pretty exciting lit-up streets near here, and we’re not averse to a few strings of fairy lights ourselves. But a million lights… [...]

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Family Fun at Jervis Bay – The Husky Bakery + Cafe

This is one of my family’s favourite breakfast, brunch or lunch spots in the lovely little village of Huskisson. The Husky Bakery delights not just for its playground – hooray!- but also it’s great food and spacious covered outdoors seating area.

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Family Fun at Jervis Bay- The Jam Shop

Newsflash! The jam man has closed up shop. I’ll keep my eyes open and if I can find another jam seller, I will post the info here. The photos can remain here though, too lovely to lose. + + + + + + + I love how pictures [...]

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Family Fun at Jervis Bay – The Wreck Walk from Abraham’s Bosom, Currarong

This is a really easy 2.5km walk, very suitable for young children and even for parents with babies and toddlers in 4WD strollers. Obviously, there’s much discussion of pirates, shipwrecks, buried treasure etc on a walk like this. My friend and I, with our four twins, went on a wild and windy day. The waves [...]

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Jervis Bay Family Fun – Five Kid-Friendly Favourites

Oh, I have a lot to be grateful for today. I’m driving down to lovely Jervis Bay to spend a long weekend with a friend and our two sets of five year old twins. And there couldn’t be a better place to holiday with young children. Joining Maxabella Grateful linky today, much gratefulness to the [...]

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Jervis Bay Family Fun- Telegraph Creek Natural Trail

Here’s a very easy and really gorgeous short bushwalk that’s suitable for almost every family. It’s only 2.4km long and takes about an hour when you’re going at childs’ pace. Last time we were down at Jervis Bay, we left Giant Teenager snoozing in his fetid pit and came walking with the three younger children. [...]

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