We have just spent a fabulous 4 days in Dunsborough. We stayed at the 4Elements farm stay we have stayed before and it had a really familiar feel that was lovely. It is such a great location for city slickers or people with kids. The 2 bedroom cabins are large, clean and modern, and the kids have a ball feeding the crazy hungry goats, chicken and horse and part from playing cards at night they were off wandering whenever we were home. The kids are a bit older now so it was great to just watch them wander around a farm and be kids... Mud, sticks and electric fences lol! Location wise, it is within walkingdistance to the Bootleg Brewery, and walk we did :) we did jump an electric fence and walk through a paddock ... read more

It's nearing the end of summer vacation so it was off to Bali for 6 days for the family to rest up before school starts for the year. We booked in to the Hard Rock Hotel in down town Kuta as although we've been to Bali a few times since the kids were born we have stayed away from this party area. But the swimming pool was drawing us there with slides , kids play equipment and a sand entry so we wouldn't have to hold the Little Miss and she could play in the sand. And, it was excellent! I don't want to sound like a hotel review but it was really fabulous (disclaimer, this is for a family with young kids)! perhaps because we were in a kids suite we had extra things thrown ... read more

As Thailand is my favourite destination in the world, a sale on Thai Airways was just the reason to stop in Bangkok on our trip to France. We've been through Bangkok maybe six times but this was the first time it was our actual destination and we had 5 days to have a look around and try and get over jetlag on what is pretty much the same timezone as Perth (1 hour difference). We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Silom in a Kids Suite. We've stayed in a similar suite at a different location but this one had a seperate room for the kids (rather than half a wall hiding them) so that was very useful sound wise when the Little Miss was screaming at 2am :( The pool was just a normal pool ... read more

The last couple of days we have spent visiting tourist locations in the morning, and having a siesta and relaxing in the village at night. It is school holidays here and very busy, even arriving at 10am as things open there are heaps of people and lines and no parking. But...everything closes from 2pm to 4 for everyone to have naps - how very civilised :) Tuesday we headed out to Les Baux de Provence. This was an amazing old castle with the most beautiful little village up the hill to the castle. The village was tiny cobbled walkways with shops and cafes coming off it and at the top was the old castle. In the 1400's the Duke of Barcelona owned the castle and area and although not as good as some other castles in ... read more

I've listed this under Victoria as we sort of travelled around, rather than stayed in any one place. We initially went to visit family but threw in some great history and nature along the way. We flew into Tullamarine airport, hired a car and drove out to Daylesford (1.5hr north) to visit my hubby's father. Daylesford is a lovely little town known as the 'spa capital of australia'. It is full of relaxing retreats, spas, springs and some very impressive 4 and 5 star restaurants. We had last visited when the Little Man was 2 and it wasnt very toddler friendly then, but i had investigated better this time and the children are better at being 'still'. But...it was cold :( On Saturday it was maximum of 8 degrees - eeek! The temperatures never hit that ... read more