Holiday with kids

  • 6PR Perth: Regional shows make great roadtrips

    As we find ourselves feeling the warmth of Spring and looking up at bright blue skies, it’s time to think of getting out for a regional roadtrip. I love going to Narrogin each year for the Narrogin Agricultural Show, full of exhibitions and stalls, animals and of course sideshow alley. Through October and November is…

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  • 6PR with Burgo: A list of what we don’t like about travel … without being grumpy

    No matter how much you enjoy travelling, there are bound to be things you don’t enjoy. From people standing in the aisle of the plane when it stops to putting croissants on conveyor toasters, our discussion won’t solve the problems of the world but it might make you feel better just knowing these things annoy…

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  • 6PR with Fred: First Travels

    On 6PR with Fred we listed a few of our favourite travel firsts. First flights. First time overseas. First family holiday. Enjoy the discussion in the audio file below. Let me know what your favourite travel first is. I was in South Australia recently and my son Tom, who has travelled the world, was amazed…

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  • The West Australian newspaper: Bibbulmun walks with our kids

    The story attached below was published by the West Australian in 2016. For some reason I never put in this website. Matilda and I were a lot younger than the pic I’ve used for the cover image of this post. The cover pic is actually of Matilda and I in the Dryandra Woodlands when we…

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  • ABC Victoria Statewide: Theatre tourism can be far away and close to home

    With Prue on ABC Victoria Statewide we discussed the strategy required for that short interval break during a theatre show. Do you run for the bar or the bathroom? Do you try both? We explored London’s West End, New York’s Broadway, The Loop in Chicago and even closer to home in Perth with opportunities to…

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  • ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast:  Theme Parks from our past and present

    There are not many reasons better for a long day out, or a bucket list travel journey, than the fun to be had at a theme park.  The rides, the costumed characters, even the overpriced food and merchandise is an experience most of us will indulge in. On ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast we had a…

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  • ABC Saturday Breakfast Discovers Karrinyup and Gwelup

    Last week for Hidden Treasure I explored Scarborough and promised something more about the area that make it a hidden treasure and perhaps the opportunity of a staycation to enjoy the sunset coast for longer than a day trip. Earlier this year, Molly gave me some homework, made me read a book, and I think…

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  • ABC Saturday Breakfast: From the Porongurups to Rotto, Tassy gin to South Australian cuttlefish and the wonders of Malacca.

    A recent conversation with the ever bubbly Andrea Gibbs on ABC Perth Saturday Breakfast explored some destinations that took us around Western Australia, over the border to some of my favourite states and finally overseas to a destination that’s just so cool to say and even better to experience. Firstly, with ABC Producer Molly Schmidt…

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  • Wadjemup Rites of Passage and New Opportunities for Adventure

    There’s a little island off the coast that for quite some time now has attracted Western Australians, other Australians and increasingly the international traveller seeking a genuine sand-in-your-toes destination or maybe just an insta-worthy-pic with the worlds cutest animal. Wadjemup (Rottnest) has just taken a couple of Red Bulls and is revved up for a…

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  • With Russ and Nadia on ABC Breakfast Radio: What have you taken from a hotel room?  Be honest now.

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HhYe64zC_Q_JH8k4Kl8eo6PdBLqfiOnC/view?ts=5df04623     Wonderful discussion on the ABC Breakfast Show with some very funny talkback callers confessing to all sorts of things that have just ended up in their bags. Do we leave our values and compliance with rules at home when we check in to a hotel?  As the hotel card is pushed down…

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