One Blurb Book done!

No blog updates for over a week!
No late night TV for over a week!
Wifey and I have been working madly to finish our first Blurb book for our Round the World trip in the summer of 07-08.  We were nearly able to finish 1 city per night, but then we hit Paris and found we [...]

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Camping

We went camping on the weekend..  and we froze our butts off!
Yes it was fun!  The kids loved getting back to “nature”, playing in the forest, going on bushwalks, having smo’s on the fire…
But when it came to sleeping time, we freezed all night!  Maybe it was the air mattresses we were on, letting the [...]

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Holidaying at home

With Wifey away on her school tour, I took 2 weeks off to holiday at home with the kids.
One thing that we did that the kids really enjoyed was staying overnight at a hotel in the city.   Hardly any driving, minimal packing, but the kids still got the same excitement of checking in, finding our [...]

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Melbourne holiday planning part 2

So we’ve booked our accomodation.  The next thing I usually do is start investigating what we can do once we get there.
And so I looked up Melbourne and Sydney on lastminute.com and tripadvisor, and drew up a list of potential activities for us and the kids – Phillip Island penguins, Great Ocean Road, Queen Victoria [...]

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Melbourne holiday planning part 1

It’s been a little while in the making, but we’re planning a trip to the eastern states with the kids!  So far, we’ve organised the flights (using Frequent Flyer points) and some shows to see.   We know our itinerary of Sydney then Melbourne, but we haven’t booked any accomodation yet.
So, I started up my favourite [...]

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