If you're a regular follower of my blog, you'll know that my family and I relocated to Brisbane from Hampshire in the UK back in 2014. A few months after we arrived, we bought our first home in Australia. . . . Keep Reading
New directions for Tales of a Twin Mum by Karen Bleakley
I've been blogging for a REALLY long time. My first blog was a travel blog that I wrote in 2008/09 while on our world trip. And I started writing my Tales of a Twin Mum blog back in 2011 when my boys were tiny and squishy. That's six years ago now!! . . . Keep Reading
How NOT to travel with kids and a giant mountain of travel luggage
Seeing as I’ve just launched my new migration website, Smart Steps to Australia, I’m reminiscing about the experience of moving to Australia from the UK. Can you believe we’ve lived here for almost two years already?!At the time it all felt like a huge challenge. Taking three kids away from their grandparents. Saying goodbye to our parents and not knowing when we’d get to see them again. Selling the house we’d lived in for ten years. Leaving all of our friends behind. There were so many . . . Keep Reading
Smart Steps to Australia has launched (with a sneaky peek backstage at the set up + costs)
I've been a little bit quiet on here and social media for the last few weeks. I can finally show you the reason why: Smart Steps to Australia has now launched! . . . Keep Reading
Moving to Australia: There’s no place like home
Moving to Australia was the scariest thing I’ve ever done. It’s also something that I look back on with a huge sense of achievement – we felt the fear and did it anyway – and now we’re living a life we love. . . . Keep Reading