Australia

Last week we celebrated our last Birthday for the year, Jay turned 9, and his wish was to go to Tree tops adventure park with a couple of his mates. Everyone was excited to try out the four courses which are designed for 3 to 9years olds, trying to get […]

Tree Tops Adventure Park: Review

30 Jul, 2016 in Adventure / Inspiration / recommendations / Researching / review / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged adventure / Australia / family / ideas / kids / recommendation / review / Travels with mum / tree tops adventure park by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3046 days ago)

This weekend we went to the Aberdeen Highland games, and saw a lot on men (and a dog!) in kilts! Oh, and there was also highland dancing, a tug o war competition, novelty races and alot of food and merchandise stalls. But none of them involved men (or a […]

Men (and a dog!) in Kilts at the Aberdeen Highland ...

3 Jul, 2016 in Australia / Camping / Inspiration / recommendations / review / travel / Travel tips / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / Camping / inspiration / recommendation / review / travel / Travels with mum / wanderlust by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3061 days ago)

A couple of weeks ago we went to visit the Irukandji shark and Ray Centre at Bobs farm as part of our weekend away at Port Stephens. We were all excited to visit the Shark and Ray centre, although a little wary of what we were going to encounter. Stepping […]

Irukandji Shark and Ray centre

25 Jun, 2016 in Australia / Inspiration / recommendations / Researching / review / travel / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged adventure / Australia / ideas / inspiration / recommendation / review / travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3084 days ago)

I love free stuff! I was very surprised at the amount of free places in Canberra there are to visit! Here is my top five! Australian War Memorial The war memorial is one of our favourite places to visit, they have a huge variety of exhibitions to interest everybody. […]

5 FREE places to visit in Canberra!

10 Jun, 2016 in Australia / recommendations / travel / Travel tips / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged adventure / Australia / Canberra / ideas / inspiration / recommendation / travelling / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3103 days ago)

Disclosure- All opinions are my own, I have no affiliates or connections to Blackheath Glen Holiday park. On arrival at the Blackheath Glen holiday park I knew I had picked the right place to pitch the tent for a couple of nights, while we explored the Blue Mountians. The quiet, inviting […]

Blackheath Glen Tourist Park – review.

7 Jun, 2016 in Australia / Camping / Inspiration / recommendations / review / travel / Travel tips / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog / wanderlust tagged adventure / Australia / Camping / giant staircase / inspiration / recommendation / review / travel / Travels with mum / wanderlust by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3101 days ago)

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 3110 days ago)

We were going to walk down the Giant stairway (900 stairs) beside the Three sisters and hike onto the Scenic railway. There was a problem though. As we were preparing to leave the campsite, there was tears… “I don’t want to go on this big hike!!” It was cold, quiet […]

Walking down 900 stairs with the kids…am I crazy?

24 May, 2016 in Adventure / Australia / Inspiration / recommendations / travel / Travel tips / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged adventure / Australia / giant staircase / ideas / inspiration / katoomba / kids / memories / recommendation / single mum / travel / travelling / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 3116 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 3162 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 3187 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 2998 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