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Do you love to eat Oysters? Do you want to learn more about Oysters? Do you love being out on (and in!) the water? Well this is the tour for you! One of my daughters loves oysters and had told me about this awesome experience with Sydney Oyster Farms tours. […]

Immerse yourself with Sydney Oyster Farms Tours!

26 Mar, 2025 in Australia / family / Inspiration / recommendations / review / Travels with mum blog tagged ideas / inspiration / oyster tour / recommendation / Sydney oyster tour / vist nsw by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 13 days ago)

3 capes walk — If you don’t already know I have a VW Transporter Camper Van which I love to travel in when I can around Australia. The last Christmas break (2024 – 2025) I took myself on a solo trip to Tasmania to predominantly hike the Three Capes Tail as well as see […]

How I camped for next to nothing in Tasmania!

19 Feb, 2025 in Adventure / Australia / Camping / Saving / solo travel / travel / Travel tips / Travels with mum blog tagged free camping / inspiration / recommendation / tasmania / travelling / Travels with mum / van life by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 48 days ago)

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

27 Oct, 2021 in Australia / Camping / family / Inspiration / recommendations / review / travel / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / inspiration / Lake Macquaire / recommendation / review / Swansea Lakeside holiday park / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 1259 days ago)

Its been a bit over a month since I came back from my Trek along the Kokoda track, and I’m finally ready to share my experience. I thought I would share on here my diary which I wrote along the way… I’m going to type it as I wrote it, […]

Dairy of a Kokoda Trekker..Part 3

4 Nov, 2019 in Adventure / Camping / dreams / hiking / Inspiration / Overseas travel / recommendations / Travels with mum blog tagged hiking / inspiration / kokoda / kokoda trek / overseas / single mum / trekking by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 1983 days ago)

Its been a bit over a month since I came back from my Trek along the Kokoda track, and I’m finally ready to share my experience. I thought I would share on here my diary which I wrote along the way… I’m going to type it as I wrote it, […]

Dairy of a Kokoda Trekker Part 2!

23 Oct, 2019 in About me / Adventure / dreams / Inspiration / Overseas travel / solo travel / travel / Travels with mum blog tagged diary / hiking / inspiration / kokoda / kokoda trek / trekking by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 1994 days ago)

Nearly one month a go I finished the grueling Kokoda trek. I hiked 96km for 9 days along a muddy, step trail with 10 other people, all who were complete strangers to me. It was hard both on my body and mind and kinda changed me a little bit. It […]

Diary of a Kokoda Trekker.. Part 1

13 Oct, 2019 in About me / Adventure / hiking / Inspiration / Overseas travel / travel / Travels with mum blog tagged adventure / diary / inspiration / kokoda / kokoda trek / trekking by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 1982 days ago)

Have you been to Scenic World, (Katoomba, Australia) lately? If you haven’t you might want to get up there soon… because they have Dinosaurs visiting!!!! Scenic World has been invaded by a herd of dinosaurs, many who are occupying the ancient rainforest. We took a trip up to Scenic World […]

Meeting Dinosaurs at Scenic World!

9 Jan, 2019 in Australia / Education / family / hiking / recommendations / review / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / dinosaur valley / inspiration / scenic world / travel / travelling by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2285 days ago)

You know when I thought back on our adventures in 2018 I didn’t feel like we had travelled alot. But gosh I was wrong! True that we hadn’t travelled overseas or even had a big road trip…. but looking back on my Instagram, Facebook, and the blog I discovered that […]

Our 2018 in Pictures…

1 Jan, 2019 in Australia / family / Inspiration / review / travel / travel with kids / Travels with mum blog tagged ideas / inspiration / kids / recommendation / travel / travelling / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2285 days ago)

Have you ever dreamed of “Going tiny”?? Have you ever dreamed of going “Off Grid” Or maybe you dream of sleeping in a loft while looking out at the stars above you? For years I have dreamt all these things, in fact some family members might say I’m overly obsessed […]

Our “In2theWild” Tiny House stay!

29 Jul, 2018 in Australia / family / recommendations / review / travel / Travels with mum blog / wanderlust tagged Australia / in2thewild / inspiration / recommendation / single mum / tiny house / travel / Travels with mum / travelwithkids by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2445 days ago)

Many times while travelling up the Blue Mountains, I had passed The Hydro Majestic. The white exterior of the expansive building caught my eye, if just for a second, every time. A few times we had stopped, gazing in wonderment from the outside, too scared to enter through the doors. […]

The Hydro Majestic.

15 Jul, 2018 in Australia / dreams / family / recommendations / review / Travels with mum blog / wanderlust tagged Australia / blue mountains / inspiration / recommendation / the hydro majestic / travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2459 days ago)

If you are going to learn meditation, then I figure you may as well learn from the best at the largest temple in the Southern Hemisphere, the Nan Tien temple. I had already enjoyed a weekend meditation retreat (check it out here!), but with my daughter being a complete newbie, […]

Learning meditation at the Nan Tien Temple.

20 May, 2018 in Australia / Inspiration / recommendations / review / travel / Travels with mum blog tagged day trip / inspiration / meditation / meditation retreat / nan tien temple / travel / Travels with mum by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2514 days ago)

I have written on here before of my love of giving experiences for Christmas and Birthdays… and last Christmas was no different. I wanted to take my third child ziplining for her present, but finding one that was close to us was tricky. Finally after a Google search, I came […]

Ziplining at the Illawarra Fly

9 May, 2018 in Adventure / Australia / family / recommendations / review / Travel tips / Travels with mum blog tagged Australia / illawarra fly / inspiration / recommendation / single mum / Travels with mum / ziplining by travelswithmumblog@gmail.com (updated 2525 days ago)