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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Having some fun this afternoon. Pushing his face up against the fly screen door. This is a face that only a mother (and father) could think is beautiful. Reuben you are oh so funny. My little [...]
We’ve only been waiting for two weeks but we’ve finally go some sun here on the Sunshine Coast. What a relief it was to get outside today and enjoy it. I only managed a couple of [...]
I’ve been blogging away here for two weeks now. I have yet to write anything about where we are now. Why? Because it’s raining. It’s been raining for two weeks. Two weeks of [...]
Welcome to the first post on flashpackerfamily.com! We have created this blog to document our semi-nomadic life, share our travel knowledge, encourage location independence and connect with [...]