One Blogger’s Quest to Nab the Best Job in the World
Lion tamer, fire walker and fellow travel blogger, Hilary Billings is up for one of Tourism Australia’s Best Jobs in the World. Hilary has just over one week left to convince Australia to let her spend the next year as Queensland’s Park Ranger – a position that will see her exploring the best parks, beaches [...]
Things to Do in Port Douglas with Kids
Port Douglas, Luxury Resort Town or Family Destination? Since the 1970s Port Douglas in Far North Queensland has been known as an upmarket playground for the rich and famous. Celebrity sightings aren’t uncommon, the marina is full of beautiful charter boats and there is plenty of top end accommodation and dining. But times are changing, [...]
Flashpacker Family 2012 – A Year in Pictures
Despite travelling for almost ten years, 2012 was the first year in which I blogged about my travels. What a difference it has made to how I travel! I’m so much more conscious of what I’m doing, photographing, eating, seeing. I’ve begun thinking in terms of blog posts. I research travel completely different. Knowing now [...]
Lessons from the Road of Life
Since we’ve been a family Lee, Reuben and I have visited six countries together. From each of them we learnt a little about ourselves, our family and how we want to live. Picking up a way of being from the culture, being inspired by a community we were visiting or learning the limit to which [...]
What We Learnt On Our Flight From Brisbane to Bangkok
We’ve been in Thailand just over a week but already our two months in Australia seem like a distant memory. It seems so long ago but our flight from Brisbane to Bangkok via Singapore went rather swimmingly. Our flight from Brisbane to Singapore EK433 left at 2.30am. That is a crazy time to be headed [...]
A Typical Day in Mooloolaba
A typical day for us in Mooloolaba goes a little something like this… 6am: Reuben wakes us up. The sun rises at around 5.30am here so it’s hard to sleep in. He’s pleasant in the morning. We always cuddle in bed together for a few minutes. 6.15am: Reuben and I get up. He eats breakfast [...]
Planning for Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore – Four Days to Go
We’re on the countdown to our first big trip around Asia. Four more sleeps to go. I am now (slightly) regretting booking the Emirates flight from Brisbane to Singapore that leaves at 2.30am. We are technically leaving on Thursday 26 April but I need to drill into my head that we’re actually leaving on Wednesday [...]
Every Day is a Saturday When You’re Location Independent
Not having to wait until the weekend to have fun is one of the things I love about being a location independent family. We get to do interesting activities every day, as a family, while most other families only get Saturday and Sunday to spend quality time together. We usually make an effort to avoid doing what [...]
Why Travelling During School Holidays Sucks – Even When Your Kids Aren’t In School
School holidays ruin everything. The Australian and New Zealand School holidays have ruined my plans for keeping our end date on our trip to Asia as flexible as possible. We were hoping to simply book a fare back from Singapore to Brisbane closer to when we want to travel, after around two months of travelling. [...]
A Day Out in Brisbane
Today we headed down to Brisbane to get our visa for Thailand processed and to have a bit of fun on the South Bank. Brisbane is about an hour and a half drive from where we are on the Sunshine Coast. If you’ve got a little more time Brisbane accommodation isn’t badly priced and it’s [...]
