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I must admit, I often take control when it comes to planning our travel, in fact I can be obsessed with planning, often staying up very late at night scrolling through google. So, as the younger two children have become older, I have found myself beginning to involve them more […]

Travel planning with kids.

16 May, 2018 in Booking holidays / family / recommendations / travel / Travel tips / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / ideas / top 5 / travelling / travelling with kids / travelplanning / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2172 days ago)

While most people set themselves new year resolutions focussed on stuff like eating healthy, getting fit etc my goals are more aimed at where I would like to travel! Here is my travel goals for 2018 Camping and hiking in Mount Kosciozko. Mount Kosciozko is Australia’s highest peak on the […]

My 2018 travel goals!

17 Jan, 2018 in About me / Adventure / dreams / Inspiration / travel / Travels with mum blog tagged 2018 / about me / family travel / ideas / inspiration / kids / single mum / travel goals / travelling / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2290 days ago)

At the beginning of the year I talked about my travel goals for the year. Like all New Years goals / resolutions it is always interesting to revisit them to see what was achieved…. or what was not! So here is my look back on my 2017 travel goals! Kangaroo […]

End of 2017 review!

31 Dec, 2017 in Camping / dreams / family / Inspiration / recommendations / review / Travels with mum blog tagged 2017 / about me / Australia / family travel / ideas / review / single mum / travel / travel goals / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2311 days ago)

Travelling with Children can look like this…. and this….. and sometimes like this…. Travel with kids can be hard. Travel with kids is not always roses and sunshine. Sometimes travel can cause a little ones world to fall apart. There might be tantrums, tears and meltdowns. There might be teasing, […]

The truth about travelling with kids,

22 Nov, 2017 in Adventure / family / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / Australia / family / family travel / kids / single mum / travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2346 days ago)

I saw somewhere on a blog (or maybe it was Instagram) a person who had written ” 20 things you might not know about me(them!)” and I sat there thinking that would be interesting to share. I don’t think I could come up with 20 …. so cut it down […]

5 things you may (or may not!) know about me.

5 Nov, 2017 in About me / dreams / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / family / single mum / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2364 days ago)

Travelling costs, it doesn’t matter how you do it, whether it’s camping or staying in luxury hotels, you will need money to travel! Lots of people think they can’t save for travel, it’s out of their reach. But if I, as a single mum, can do it so can you! […]

Saving for Travel series: My Favourite Cooking books

22 Oct, 2017 in recommendations / review / Saving / saving for travel / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / budget / cooking books / family / ideas / recommendation / saving for travel / single mum / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2375 days ago)

Comparison. Its something we all do to a point, and it can be a killer. I thought I had outgrown it. I thought that I had moved on. I thought that I didn’t compare myself to others. I thought that it didn’t matter to me what others had, what others […]

Comparison is my weakness.

18 Oct, 2017 in About me / travel / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / family / family travel / single mum / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2381 days ago)

The alarm calls to me from under my pillow. It’s early and it is still very dark. Quietly, I shimmy out of my sleeping bag trying not to wake the two, small bodies lying either side of me. I grab my trusty camera, slowly slide open the noisy tent zip […]

Sunrise

27 Sep, 2017 in About me / Australia / dreams / Inspiration / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / family / memories / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2402 days ago)

By the time I began writing this blog I already had been a single mum for 6 years, I had travelled to five countries and had gone on numerous camping and road trips within Australia. It had become very easy for me to just pack up the kids and go. […]

How I gained confidence to travel solo with my kids.

30 Aug, 2017 in About me / Inspiration / Travel tips / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / family / family travel / inspiration / single mum / solo travel / solo travel with kids / travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2430 days ago)

Travelling costs, it doesn’t matter how you do it, whether it’s camping or staying in luxury hotels, you will need money to travel! Lots of people think they can’t save for travel, it’s out of their reach. But if I, as a single mum, can do it so can you! […]

Saving for Travel series: Thrift Shopping.

20 Aug, 2017 in Saving / saving for travel / travel / Travel tips / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / budget / family travel / ideas / recommendation / saving / thrift shopping / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2441 days ago)

Sometimes I wonder why I even attempt this travel blog thing. I struggle to put words down, often writing sentences that make no sense. My spelling and grammar is atrocious ( thank god for spell check because I can’t spell atrocious!) and my typing is not much better. It often […]

Sometimes I wonder why I blog…

12 Jul, 2017 in About me / family / Inspiration / travel / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / family / family travel / inspiration / single mum / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2479 days ago)

For the second time ever I found my self with some free time to myself! So I packed my bags and car and headed south to Kangaroo Valley for four nights. ( The first time I camped solo was here) After my first time camping by myself I felt […]

Traveling Solo: Four days alone in Kangaroo Valley

10 May, 2017 in About me / Australia / Camping / recommendations / solo travel / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / Australia / Camping / family / inspiration / single mum / solo travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2203 days ago)