by Anne Murphy | Aug 12, 2013 | Things To Do, Vacations
Yesterday was a day off for the children. Over the 10 day period our Royal National Show (or “Ekka” as it’s also known as) is on for, various parts of the South East Queensland region have days off. It’s a bit of a debacle really because it all...
by Anne Murphy | Jun 29, 2013 | Review, Vacations
This photo of Paradise Resort Gold Coast is courtesy of TripAdvisor I love vacations and have done quite a bit of it in my life. Since having children, we’ve managed to take the children away for a week around Christmas time to a resort or holiday house style...
by Anne Murphy | Dec 17, 2012 | Children, Christmas, Vacations
I took the kids out of school a week earlier than their scheduled break up for a week’s vacation to Rainbow Beach. We set off on Saturday morning and it took just over 3 hours to get there after a short stop midway for us all to stretch our legs. ...
by Anne Murphy | Dec 12, 2011 | Vacations
We’re back and everyone’s still in one piece although I think my children might’ve starting growing gills and webbed feet judging by the amount of time they spent swimming. We had what some might consider terrible weather the whole time we were away...
by Anne Murphy | Nov 4, 2011 | Tips/Hints, Vacations
How do you go about choosing holiday accommodation for children in Australia? [photo source] Who would’ve thought it could be so difficult? We really are spoilt for choice here in Brisbane. We are about 45 minutes from the world famous Gold Coast (which I...
by Anne Murphy | Sep 23, 2011 | Children, Family, Vacations
[photo source] …the mice were supposed to be working. Well, that was the plan. When my daughter and I took off for Melbourne last Thursday night, my husband had planned to rip up the carpet from our living room and vinyl floor covering from the kitchen. We have...
