Tag: travel
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Fiji for the family 2 – budgets, booze and bulla buses!
Waking up to the sound of the waves gently breaking, the dappled tropical sunlight peaking through the curtains and hearing the palm trees starting to stir with the morning breeze is one of the things I most treasure about the first morning of your tropical holiday. Of course our first morning in Fiji wasn’t anything…
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Fiji for the family! Part 1 our arrival to Denarau
The first thing you feel when you disembark from your plane in Fiji is a sense of relaxation. As you walk through the open balcony of the airport the topical breeze hits your face, combined with the instant warmth of the locals you can feel the stresses of every day life evaporate. If you’re like…
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The realistic toddler version of the baby McCafe ad!
If you haven’t seen it already there is a cute as video doing the rounds of a dad trying to get his coffee from McCafe with out waking a sleeping baby! Well boy oh boy did it bring back some memories of the days I used to stress myself out driving through drive through desperate…
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We unleashed our pre-parental selves and hit up Newcastle!
When someone says ‘weekend away’, 25 year old me says…hell yeah im in…30 something mother in me says… what the hell would I wear, what happens to the kids and should we be spending any money! So I was pretty grateful when Chris simply said we’re heading to Newcastle for the weekend you have no…
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Top tip for winter whingers… top tips for surviving the cold season!
Winter is here folks! Baton down the hatches, hold on to your head scarfs and brace yourself because winter has hit much like a white walker ice dragon hitting the northern wall! If you’re like me then you have rapidly found yourself turning into some kind of withdrawn hermit crab. When people round the office…
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A guide to an American/ British tea party!
If you, like me are running on Royal wedding excitement and preparing yourself for the big evening ahead (Aussie time) then you’re probably working out what to eat while you watch the best of the best strut their stuff at Harry and Meghan’s shindig! While the reception is likely to be catered in true opulence…
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Camping – the good, the average and the different!
Ok so here’s the thing, I am a non-camper! Now before you jump down my throat with the “princess and diva” comments, which I happily embrace, my dislike of camping stems back many many decades, back to the good old days of school camps. You see school camps and I didn’t ever see eye to…
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I’m back b*tches….with a Spring in my step!
Today is my happiest day of the year! (and no it’s not my birthday) It’s fair to say that for the first time in a while, I woke up with a spring in my step! And it couldn’t be a day too early. You see if you are like me then you have most likely…
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Are we losing interest in the Olympic dream?
With the Rio Olympic opening ceremony just over 24 hours away, I can’t help but ponder….are we a bit over this international sporting event? Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to say that there isn’t a place for the Olympics, but I’m just wondering if the shine has tarnished a bit on this…
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Hawaii 2.0 – Waikiki, the holiday destination
My earliest memory of Hawaii was as a young girl walking through the markets. I met a lovely lady who called me a pretty young thing and proceeded to offer to paint my nails for me. She painted palm trees and a sunset on my nails….it blew my mind! I’m pretty excited to be back…
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