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Magnificent Mossman Gorge
We toodled up the track a bit from Cairns today and popped into Port Douglas and Palm Cove. Palm Cove has been names on of Australia’s Top 10 beaches – not sure what the prerequisite was cause I reckon I’ve seen better. But maybe I caught it on an off-day! For my...
Keeping up with the kids in Cairns
Traveling with young children is not the easiest thing to do. You’d think it would be. Forgotten essentials are lamented at random intervals….the special pillow-pet left in the care of Nana, the Lego collection, the UNO deck that mum was sure she packed. Then...
Confessions of a loose leaf at Nerada Tea
I’m a tea lady. A true-blue brew girl. A leaf lover. I’m a little teapot short and stout. I simply do not get out of bed for less than a 2 cup pot of black leaf tea, well steeped and ready to pour. So it’s with great joy that we turned on to Atherton Tableland road...
Cane Cutter Way to Cairns
Everyone waves in small towns in Queensland. At least everyone on The Cane Cutter Way does. It’d be hard for them not to…as tourists drive idly past their front doors, jumping out to pose for pictures by narrow-gauge cane train tracks and hang off rusty farm utes...
The Great Green Way
The Great Green Way is a scenic route which winds itself through World Heritage forest, past banana plantations, endless For Sale signs in small towns and up into the hills. Raincoats at the ready we toodled along the scenic Great Green Way route stopping for walks...
Imagining more at Mission Beach
The Mission Beach brochure suggests: “Imagine More”. OK, so I did. I imagined there’d be sightings of Cassowaries; there wasn’t. I imagined there’d be more sun; struck out there too. I imagined there’d be more balmy sunsets as I strolled along the beach, gazing...
Daydream Believer
From time to time the camper trailer gets a little too cosy, a little too much like hard-work and a little too relentless! The cure? An escape to Daydream Island. Cruising into Airley Beach we decide that the best way for the kids to really feel the vibe of...
Turning Pages in Airlie Beach
Airlie Beach seems like a small, easy-to-find-your-way-around-kind-of-town on the map, but in all reality it’s a humming tourist mecca selling suncream, island trips, over-priced surfwear and backpacker drink 'n' dine deals. It also appears to be endlessly...
Sweet secrets of a sugar cane factory
When I was a kid I had a book called “Tiger’s Milk”. Can’t recall what the junior novel was about but I do recall that Tiger’s Milk was the name for molasses and milk that the young hero in the book craved. Somewhere along the way, I had the chance to try Tiger’s...
1770 – Cap’n Cook was here and so were we
When you are on the road ‘Would you kids please clean your room’ is easily swapped for “Would you please write in your diary?” And after comparing notes with others, I’m not alone in this fish-wife nagging. I try to get creative. Crafty. Cleverly-sneaky. Anything...
Get off the grid on Fraser Island
Don’t come to Fraser Island expecting good mobile reception, or a leisurely Sunday drive. Do come however, for a total wilderness sand island experience, where you get off the grid and off the beaten track! Fraser Island deserves every gold star in its World...
A little eco-luxury with our view please
We’re no strangers to Fraser Island. It’s the third time here for The Skipper, the second for me, and it’s a whole new world of adventure about to open up for the Squids as we explore the world’s largest sand island. It’s a first however, for us all to sink...
Life in the Go Slow Lane in Scott’s Head
Melbourne to Sydney in one run….quick overnight stop…then hightailing it straight up to the NSW Coast to the sleepy surf town of Scotts Head. We are no stranger to this no-shoes, no shirt hamlet…it’s an annual winter pilgrimage destination for us, and other...
The almost accurate Ned Kelly story
What bettter a place for a peaceful family picnic than the site of the capture and arrest of Ned Kelly (known as the siege of Glenrowan in 1880)...which is just a few hundred clicks from Melbourne on the Hume Highway. The era of Ned Kelly and his gang is one...
Off and travelling with BoundRound
There’s no fanfare, tickertape parade or marching girls as we drive out of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on the start of our adventures. Instead there’s howling winds, hail and bitter cold as we wrestle the last of our furniture into storage and send...
Getting a handle on your hashtags
If you are just starting out in hashtag-land, chances are you are feeling a tad overwhelmed. The # symbol is called a hashtag and it can actually be used across several social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and search engines. Originally developed for...
Distance Education saves our schooling sanity
We've just ticked a major to-do task off the list. We met the teachers who would become our support crew for the next 6 months. We took a break from the packing and took a city trip into the rather colourful Distance School of Education for Victoria based out of...
Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
Writer Susan Sontag once wrote “I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list” and I’m following closely behind her as I embark on a 6 mth trip around Australia This week weary winter workers step back into their corporate wear, while I’m swapping mine for camping...
How to get a handle on hashtags
If you are just starting out in hashtag-land, chances are you are feeling a tad overwhelmed. The # symbol is called a hashtag and it can actually be used across several social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and search engines. Originally...
Checking in on copyright free images
Feeling confused about where to check in on copyright and creative commons license? Online curation is still evolving, and we ain't in Kansas anymore Toto when it comes to checking in on copyright free images! We have actually come a long way from the early years...
Get your Social Media groove on Workshop
SAVE THIS DATE : FRIDAY 13TH JUNE, 2014 Dipped your business toe into social media but feeling overwhelmed as to what to do next? Confused by all the talk of status updates, hashtags, handles and follows and just want someone to tell you what it all means in plain...