As this month we're celebrating our first whole year in Australia, I'm turning my attention to some freelance writing projects about the subject of emigration. I thought I'd use this post to ask you a question: have you ever thought about moving abroad? Whether to move as a family, work abroad as a couple, travel long term or even teach English abroad?If you've ever thought about doing it (even if you didn't really have the intention of following it through), what were the road blocks that . . . Keep Reading
Our first year in Australia!
Can you believe at the end of this month we've completed our first year in Australia? It feels like we've been here for way longer, yet it also feels like yesterday we said tearful goodbyes to our family and friends back in the UK. It has been the busiest 52 weeks EVER.The first three months were taken up sorting out all of the admin, finding a suburb we liked, looking at rentals, buying cars and picking a school for the boys and daycare for E. Then it was Christmas already! The kids . . . Keep Reading
Travel tips for kids: Survive air travel with parents
Here’s the list of travel tips my five-year-old twins - T1 and T2 - would write as their entry to the Virgin Australia ProBlogger competition. If they could type. And if they could sit still for long enough without getting distracted by Hot Wheels cars, Angry Birds or trying to ride their scooters indoors. . . . Keep Reading
Family fun in Brisbane CBD with Novotel
If you follow me on social media, you'll have seen we were planning some family fun in Brisbane last weekend. We'd been invited along to enjoy a staycation at the Brisbane Novotel to watch the Disney Pixar movie, Inside Out. We loved our stay at the Novotel Twin Waters on the Sunshine Coast earlier this year, so we were really looking forward to chilling out in the city hotel. . . . Keep Reading
Finding a routine that works: Balancing kids, work and life
I've been neglecting this poor little blog since we arrived in Australia last year. It's a bit like how a builder's house is always in need of some tlc because they're so busy off working for clients. As a professional blogger and ghost writer, you will probably read lots of my words on other sites - you just won't know they come from me!But anyway, the main reason you've not seen me around here so much is the age old issue of juggling work, family and life in general. You see, . . . Keep Reading