The hubby was off to Sydney this time so i figured i'd join him with the Little Man shorly before the Little Miss came along... a bit easier to travel with one child by yourself than two :) So we flew over on a Thursday in July hoping to do some tourist stuff and catch up with the inlaws. We stayed at Goldsborough Oaks Apartments just a few minutes walk from Darling Habour. The location was good and bad...it was a little bit dodgy to be walking around at dark by myself under a trainline and a freeway however it was really less than 5 minutes walk to Darling Harbour and for the price of a 1 bedroom apartment in the inner CBD that was excellent! The apartments themselves was quite interesting as it was an ... read more

Its always a controvesial topic in Perth...Broome or Bali? Perthites who dont like to leave the country generally say that Broome is the best place in the world, or those who are mad about Bali go there 2 or 3 times a year and own a villa of some kind. We hadnt been to Broome before so decided to get educated about it all :) Luckily we had some friends who lived up there but were coming down to Perth for Easter so they lent us their 4wd...a car is very much needed in Broome. It is a lazy 2.5hr flight from Perth on a tiny little plane...but all nice and cosy and a full service flight. We stayed at the Mangrove Resort hotel as a friend had recommended it and it was on the Town ... read more

Tiger Woods is coming to Australia! Tiger Woods is coming to Australia! This was a very exciting news event and 6 months before he was due to play the Australian Master in Melbourne i had bought tickets to Day 2 of the game with the small problem of it being in Melbourne. And...we had a 23 month old that probably wouldnt stay still and be quiet as watching golf really requires. But... i had tickets!!!! So we headed over to Melbourne and stayed at the Plum Apartments on Collins Street which is a fantastic location. It is within walking distance of everything or less than a block to trams and 1 block from Flinders Train station and Federation square. We rented a 2 bedroom apartment as my fil was coming along to the golf too and ... read more

This was our first trip to Thailand with our little man and we were looking forward to some relaxing, yummy food and lots of swimming. My sister in law decided to come along too as she'd only stayed at the Hyatt before so we hoped to show her what we enjoyed of Patong. We stayed at the Patong Merlin where we have stayed a few times before and they had upgraded - so the rooms were a lot more modern and nicer than ever before. Very good to show off for the sil :) The pools were slightly slippery and moudly though but with the new expansions these would be tidied up shortly. We had stayed at this hotel prekids and never noticed 2 toddler pools! Funny how your requirements change and we in fact probably ... read more

We decided to try a new destination (for us) in Malyasia for our Little Mans first overseas trip - so off to Penang we went. Travelling with our first baby for the first time to somewhere outside of Australia we also went with what is possibly the biggest most child friendly resort on the island - Golden Sands Resort. And it was excellent! The hotel and room was very nice and clean and big with some amazing swimming pools. One of the pools had a sand embankment that slowly got deeper which is absolutly perfect for toddlers. Next door and quite huge in size was some sort of childrens themepark. It was associated with the hotel but i think you had to pay seperatly for it. Our little man at 6 months was too young but ... read more