by Andrea Rowe | Jul 24, 2014
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 to...
by Andrea Rowe | Jul 20, 2014
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 Heritage...
by Andrea Rowe | Jul 18, 2014
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 our...
by Andrea Rowe | Jul 3, 2014
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...
by Andrea Rowe | Jul 1, 2014
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...
by Andrea Rowe | Jun 29, 2014
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...
