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Why do people love it so much? Lockdown was officially over, and I was happy.. we were “free!”, but I didn’t crave going to the shops, cinemas or even the pub… I craved a camping trip, even if it was only for a couple of nights and close to home. […]

Swansea Lakeside Holiday Park

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I am always looking for short hike in campsites that I can recommend to other who want to start their Overnight hiking journey. This Campsite that is found on the Central Coast of NSW ticks all the boxes for a starter overnight hike with the family. Firstly the hike (or […]

Little Beach Campground

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Whenever I head north on road trips I always seem to get to the Bryon Area and am ready for a well deserved rest. The drive is long as a solo traveller, so by the time I have made the 7 hour journey I am more then ready to find […]

Camping at Alstonville Country Cottages.

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Recently the Wildlife Sydney Zoo had a new arrival – an endangered Goodfellows Tree Kangaroo names Kofi! He has started to settle in after arriving from Victoria and we were so lucky to be invited to say hello to him and the other amazing Australian animals that they have in […]

Wild Life Sydney Zoo!

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With so many beautiful gardens within the Blue Mountains Area it was hard to find just one to visit. After searching on the internet and asking around on Instagram I finally decided on the Blue Mountains Botanical Gardens! My decision was made based mainly on two reasons. Entry into the […]

Blue Mountains Botanical Gardens.

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So, when I found out my sons last soccer game of the season was up at Port Stephens I took the opportunity to find a place to camp and come across the Koala Shores Holiday Park it look enticing and it was literally less then a kilometre away from the […]

Big 4 Koala Shores Holiday Park…. Port Stephens.

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During this time of craziness we are calling Covid many people have been going mad with online purchases or just buying stuff in general! The shops have been full ( post isolation) with people buying stuff and online purchases have sky rocketed. Now generally speaking I am not a big […]

Top 5: Favourite Covid Purchases!

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Recently we were so excited to be invited to the amazing Illawarra Fly Treetop walk on the South Coast of Australia. It was an experience we will remember for a long time. Entry and drinks were gifted to us, but all opinions are my own. Check out our YouTube video […]

Illawarra Fly TreeTop Walk

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I love giving experiences for gifts, I have written about this before here, here and here. So, when my son turned 12 last year I gifted him a day of abseiling with a local company, Out and About Adventures. It took a while to get it all organised with so […]

First time abseiling.

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So I have found myself having “NO spend ” weekends. It have enjoyed the challenge to have a great weekend without spending any money and I thought I would share some ideas on how we do this. Firstly our “No Spend” weekends came about not only because some weekends we […]

Saving for Travel Series: No Spend ...

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