I've mentioned our attempts to potty train E on Facebook quite a few times.She's been pretty switched on with the whole thing since she turned two, but with the huge move across the world we decided to wait a while before attempting it. They say to avoid potty training when you're having an upheaval - well in the space of 12 months she moved out of her home, spent two weeks with one set of grandparents, two weeks with her other set of grandparents, four weeks in a holiday home in Australia, . . . Keep Reading
Have you ever thought about moving abroad? #Myexpatfamily
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
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
Where does a freelance travel writer work?
I know a travel writer can work from anywhere...a coffee shop, a beach, a hotel, a mountain top...but I like my own space.Moving into a 4-bed house has been amazing for me; it has finally given me back a space to work. My dedicated office in the UK became the boys' bedroom when they were born and I was relegated into the spare bedroom where I had to share my workspace with the guest bed and other junk. When E arrived, that became her room so I had to move to the dining room table. I've . . . Keep Reading