Canberra is a fantastic place for a mini break with the family. Only four hours from Sydney, there is so much to see and do. Here are our favourite places to visit, eat and stay in Canberra with kids.
We love camping! We go away 2-3 times a year with a group of families and it’s so much fun! The kids get to run around the campground unsupervised and the adults get to relax. The one thing that can be made harder at camping can be cooking dinners. Not all campgrounds have a well equipped camp kitchen so I wanted to share four easy camping dinners that can be cooked on the BBQ. We are going one up here from the basic sausages but all these meals just need a BBQ!
Wondering what to buy the kids this Christmas? Here are some of the hottest toys for Christmas this year…
Need some kids birthday party ideas? Bluey is every preschooler’s favourite TV show it seems! Taking over the ever popular Peppa Pig, Bluey, on ABC Kids, is a toddler celebrity. She is a six year old blue heeler who lives with her Mum, Chilli, her dad, Bandit, and her little sister Bingo. Every episode is around seven minutes and is entirely play and imagination based.
Bamboo is a magical fibre and I love it! These days I just want everything in my life to be made from bamboo. It’s soft, washes well and it’a sustainable fibre that is hard wearing and great for the environment. Here are 10 reasons to swap over, plus I want to share my favourite products with you. Come and join the comfy club!
We love the film Billy Elliot so we were super excited to go to the opening night of Billy Elliot the Musical at the Lyric Theatre.
It was our 10 year wedding anniversary just recently and to celebrate we snuck off for a few days kid free to Clarendon Forest Retreat. I first heard about Clarendon Forest Retreat about 20 years ago, on an episode of Sydney Weekender and I knew I had to go there. It looked picturesque, with kangaroos and other wildlife all over the property.
Are you mad for Cadbury Caramilk? Now that it’s back in store we are jumping on the bandwagon. We have created this to die for Cadbury Caramilk Cheesecake. Made with Caramilk chocolate, Caramilk cream cheese, caramel topping and salted caramel sauce, it’s a caramilk lovers dream come true.
As a child I was a voracious reader. I was on chapter books by about five or six and I was hooked. I was never without a book – I belonged to all the libraries (although I was terrible at returning my books) and I struck up relationships with bookshop owners along the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I had my own chair at the second hand book shop I went to every day after school from the ages of eight to 10 – I was allowed to read in the store and they always swapped my books for me. On average I would read one book every afternoon, sometimes two.
Chicago the Musical! We were so excited to be invited to the opening night of this amazing musical. I’m such a massive fan of Casey Donovan so I was excited to see her take on the iconic role of Mama, and she did not disappoint!