I am writing this weeks Mummy Mondays from the Black Opal capital of the world, Lightning Ridge. I don’t know what I expected when we got here but the first stand out thing beside the fact it is opal country, is that all the signs around town are very punny. We broke the kids out […]
A night alone with my husband …. #MummyMondays
A night alone with my husband? With four kids, that is a distant memory. I can barely even remember what it is like to be honest. Up until recently it had been well over a year since the kids had gone and stayed elsewhere for the night. With their grandparents living only an hour and […]
Cold Snap Brings Snow To NSW
The cold snap that hit New South Wales saw the onset of freezing weather, icy roads and snow in areas including Barrington Tops, Bombala, Orange, Tenterfield and Walcha. Having never seen, felt or experienced the beauty of snow before Mr C made sure we were not going to miss out. Barrington Tops Snow The alarms […]
The Essential Camping Checklist for Families
This camping checklist will take out all the uncertainty and provide you with an inventory of all the items you need to enjoy a comfortable night away from home with your family. We have young children – ages 7, 5 & 1 so we want to make exploring the outdoors and nature as relaxed as […]
Camping at Lake St Clair
Over the school holidays we tried to jam pack as much activity into the 2 weeks as we could. This included camping. We chose somewhere local (approx. 1 hour from where we live) as Poppet hadn’t been camping before so we wanted somewhere that was close enough to home in case it was a failure. […]
