Category: Australia

Manballoo Caravan Park At Manballoo Caravan Park there is a short walk down to Katherine River, it looks picturesque however it may have salt water crocodiles, so unfortunately there was no swimming. It is a beautiful spot with beautiful shady trees, water, rocks and fishing. Its a beautiful place to spend...

Spirit of Tasmania, – travelling with kids Back in October last year we took our four kids over to Tasmania, when we were planning it we were tossing up whether I would fly over separately with the four kids and my husband take the car and caravan over, or whether we...

Explore Australia 2014 I am always hesitant when I head into an expo in its first year. You never quite know what you are going to get, whether they will have stands full of products, great deals. Or empty stands and the normal products you see at every other...

Travelling on the Final day. The thing about travelling with children is they often wake you up early and our last day was no exception. Our children all woke up before the alarm clock which allowed us to get on the road as the sun was rising. Our aim...

One day, 980 kms down The advantage of taking your time on the way up is when you get motivated, and the children travel well you can achieve some serious kms on the way home. Yesterday we got up early and left Ayers Rock (Uluru) to head south. The...

Ayers Rock and surrounds We have spent today exploring Ayers Rock and surrounds. The campground is huge and there is a variety of little shops, service station, cafés and restaurants, as well as a Supermarket to allow us to stock back up on essentials before we head back south...

Central Australia Back in 1998 I took a trip to Central Australia, and today I retraced one of those days. It was not on purpose however as the day progressed I kept thinking to myself I have been here before. Our first stop was Standley Chasm, if you can...

Alice Springs! Our first leg of our journey is finished we have made it to Alice Springs, the red centre. The trip today was short only 200kms so allowed us to arrive just after Lunch. It was a great way to end our journey up here, the short trip...

The Explorers Way I have been amazed by the quality of the Stuart highway on our trip North and today as we headed up the explorers way it was no exception. We left Coober Pedy this morning and continued on our journey to Alice Springs. The children were very...