Camping

Here are my top five things that can (and have) gone wrong while traveling: Melts downs; When the kids get tired because of lack of sleep over stimulation or I have pushed them too much, they inevitably have melt downs. I’m not just talking about the little ones either, myself […]

5 things that can go wrong while traveling.

27 May, 2016 in About me / Adventure / Australia / Camping / travel / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / adventure / Australia / Camping / ideas / memories / recommendation / single mum / travel / travelling / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3100 days ago)

Spending the last days of my fathers life, sitting beside him listening to his breathe rhythmically entering and escaping his body, I reflect on our life as a family and the memories we have made. Memories of watching and supporting him as he ran ultra marathons, of him being a kind […]

Travels with my Dad.

4 May, 2016 in About me / Australia / Camping / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / Camping / family / memories / travel by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3126 days ago)

Driving down through the twists and turns along the road past Fitzroy falls, heading into Kangaroo Valley, I told the kids to keep a look out for a turn off. I really had no idea of where I was going, even though I have travelled along this road many many […]

Camping with the Wombats – Bendeela Reserve.

15 Apr, 2016 in Australia / Camping / Inspiration / recommendations / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / Camping / inspiration / kids / recommendation / single mum / travelling / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3152 days ago)

In a little over an hour we had traveled, unloaded and set up in the Watagan national park, at the Gap Creek campground. It was the Easter long weekend, and we were grateful for a secluded spot that dropped down from the dirt road which had a campfire spot […]

A night up the Watagan’s

2 Apr, 2016 in About me / Australia / Camping / Inspiration / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / Camping / inspiration / travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com

Imagine staying in the heart of Sydney Harbour, surrounded by water with the ferry’s and pleasure boats sailing by and having prime viewing of the sun setting over the city as the neon lights begin to illuminate the sky scrapers. This is what awaits you on Cockatoo island, as well […]

Camping on Cockatoo Island.

18 Mar, 2016 in Adventure / Australia / Camping / Education / Inspiration / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / Camping / inspiration / single mum / travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3176 days ago)

The School Holidays are coming! So you want to camp? Don’t know where to start? Camping is the most inexpensive way to travel around Australia. There is plenty of free or very cheap camp spots and it if you do it right, even the set up costs are reasonable. If […]

So you want to go camping?

15 Mar, 2016 in Adventure / Australia / Camping / Equipment / recommendations / Travel tips / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / Camping / ideas / inspiration / recommendation / single mum / travelling by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2988 days ago)

Each week I am going to ask the kids what there favourite experiences while travelling have been so far. This week I asked Ivy (5 years old). What have you loved the best so far? Seeing the penguins on the beach is my favourite cause I LOVE penguins! Why should […]

Kids recommend: The Penguin Parade, Phillip Island.

13 Mar, 2016 in Australia / Camping / Education / Travel tips / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / Camping / fairy penguins / penguin parade / phillip island / recommendation / travelling / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com

At the end of January each year, the township of Tamworth hold their annual Country music festival. The festival runs for about 9 days and people flock from all around to listen to Country music from many local and international artists.Jasmine and I had a couple of free days, so […]

Getting all country in Tamworth.

11 Mar, 2016 in Australia / Camping / recommendations / Travel tips / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / Camping / Tamworth / Tamworth music festival / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3180 days ago)

Both the Caravan, Camping and Holiday show AND the Travel show were on at the same time in February! There was no way I could not go to one without the other, so what did I do?….I went to both in one day…with four of the kids!!!! I think I […]

How I survived two travel expos in one day…with kids!

8 Mar, 2016 in Australia / Camping / Equipment / Overseas travel / Researching / Travels with mum blog tagged Caravan camping and hoilday show / ideas / Travel expo / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com

Hello and welcome to my first blog post on Travels with Mum! I have been dreaming of starting this blog for a while now, and I have a billion different ideas for blog posts to write, but to start off I am going to share with you who I am […]

Hello!

9 Feb, 2016 in About me / Australia / Camping / Inspiration / Overseas travel / Travels with mum blog tagged about me / inspiration / introduction / single mum / travelling by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3190 days ago)