You’ve been listening to your family and friends bragging how they have been away over the holiday season. They went down south, up north, over to Bali, across to Phuket; yet you stayed home. I stayed home as well; there’s a lot to be said for the staycation. You didn’t have to book flights, endure […]
Please Note: We have since returned to Busselton in 2016 and then again in 2020. You can read more about our up to date family-friendly things to do in Busselton on our new site Tips 4 Trips. We may have been in Busselton for a few short days but we discovered we were spoilt for […]
Things to do with Kids in Busselton – Yallingup Maze Have you ever gone out for the day with the kids and wished you could lose them? Then taking the kids to Yallingup Maze or any maze for that matter could be the answer. During the last weekend of the October school holidays we headed […]
More than 20 tall ships from around the world are making their way to Australia for the International Tall Ship Festival in 2013. The first 3 have already arrived in Perth’s port of Fremantle. The day after they arrived in Perth they were open to the public to view for 1 day only – we […]
When I was a child I loved it when my parents took us on a picnic that involved a lot of rock climbing, preferably with a bit of water. It would keep my sisters and I happy for hours. So it was with great delight that I watched Lewis thrive playing on the rocks at […]
A Personal Development Day the schools call it. Personally I think it’s just a scam so the teachers can add an extra day off onto a long weekend or the school holidays. However whatever I think, it really becomes a day where I suddenly have to think up an activity (usually at the last minute […]
This Sunday morning we had pottered about the house, by 1130 we started questioning LUNCH? “How about a BBQ at the local park,” Steve suggested. Lewis jumped up and down shouting with excitement. With a plan set, I headed to the local supermarket for sausages, chicken and fresh rolls. I returned home and marinated the […]
When Steve and I first met we use to regularly walk the Mt Henry and Canning bridges. 7 years later and now with a preschooler we have become slack and 10-15 kg heavier. With that thought we decided it was time to do something! View Larger Map This day trip began slowly over the course of a few […]
Even when you haven’t made huge plans for a day trip, you can still turn a spur of the moment decision into a great day. It was a typical Sunday morning in summer. We had a few errands to run that morning along with stopping at Steve’s office to put out the rubbish bins. We have to […]
