You have to love a city hotel that treats its littlest guests like VIPs or, as is the case with the Holiday Inn Potts Point, VICs – very important campers! We’re on a staycation in the city as a treat for the kids before they return to school, and we decided to do things a […] Read more…
Warning, warning! If you are prone to getting squeamish, do not read any further. I repeat! Do not read any further. But if you are a fearless foodie like me, prepare to bug out about Bug’s Cafe. Before I tell you about Bug’s Cafe, let me explain a bit about Cambodia. A few decades ago, there […] Read more…
The Cambodian people love a little charred protein. But they things a little differently to us Aussies when it comes to a barbie. Like my kids, they love cooked stuff on sticks. And not just any old stuff… well, actually I suppose it is pretty much every old stuff. We braved a fair few of […] Read more…
Written by Raffles – Aged 10 My mama is the only person I know who can actually make magic happen. She’s always conjuring up incredible creations in the kitchen and has this way of making everything my sister and I wish for come true. And she does it all without even needing to use an […] Read more…
There was no way we could come all the way to Old Blighty without a visit to Marlow, a town on the Thames that also happens to be our daughter’s namesake. And darned if it isn’t as full of character and charm as she is. Located between Windsor and Henley on Thames on the River […] Read more…
We’ve had a rare few months at home and with the kids on school holidays, the temps soaring to the point of me wanting to spend the day laying in the beer fridge at our local liquor store (which would admittedly not be conducive to good parenting) and the kids’ genetically itchy feet needing scratching, […] Read more…
As far as family travel destinations go it might not make it to the top of the charts, but Cambodia is the stuff of kids’ Indiana Jones and Lara Croft-infused fantasies and should definitely be on your family holiday hit list. Not only are the people welcoming and the resorts kid-friendly, it’s easy and fun to […] Read more…
The temples of Angkor were the main reason I wanted to visit Cambodia, especially after mum let me watch Tomb Raider. But even Lara Croft, though she’s utterly awesome, didn’t prepare me for just how epic the temples of Siem Reap really are. There are hundreds of ancient ruins all over Cambodia, but the most […] Read more…
The magical Kingdom of Cambodia stole a little piece of my heart when I visited to work with a small (and now defunct) NGO in Phnom Penh, more than a decade ago. It was a place I’d always promised to return with my kids, but only once they were old enough to appreciate the country’s ancient […] Read more…