This time last year, I was kicking back on a banana lounge, cocktail in hand, in Bali. It was a great holiday all round, and one of the easiest to …
Tips for Families Travelling to the US
Travelling to the US with kids is a big call. Firstly there is the distance to get your head around and that 14 hours or so direct flight between Australia and …
Welcome to the Weekend Rewind: The Holiday Hangover
Good evening and welcome! It’s a great pleasure to be the guest host of this week’s Weekend Rewind. Thank you Bron, Kelly, Sonia and Sonia for having me. It’s so good …
21 Awesome Things to do in New York
New York City is a place like no other. It’s also a place I find difficult to describe in words. For a start, it’s hard to convey the scale of it …
Tips for Disneyland
It was not my idea to go to Disneyland. When we were planning our recent trip to the US, precipitated by Mr SnS’s conference in San Diego, it was not …
Postcard from Santa Monica
When we came to the States for the first time eight years ago, we stayed for a few days at either end of our trip in Los Angeles. We began …
What’s News at Shenanigans Central?
Well, just for something different, it’s been busy times here at Shenanigans Central. In amongst the usual first term shenanigans, I’ve been madly preparing for our upcoming trip to the …
Holidays with Kids: Where to Go in Australia
Updated July 2016 In today’s post, the third in this series of How to Holiday with Kids, I’m sharing some of our favourite family holiday destinations within Australia. (I’ve previously covered …
What to do on the Mornington Peninsula with Kids
Updated December 2016 I’ve been holidaying on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula my whole life. As a child, we spent summers visiting our cousins in Dromana, spending most of our time in …
Holidays with Kids: Where to Go in Victoria
Updated September 2020 Welcome to this second instalment of my series: How to Holidays With Kids. Thank you for the great response to the post How our holidays have changed …
How to Holiday with Children Part 1 – How Many Kids
Since we had our first child nearly nine years ago, our holidays have changed. A lot. We’ve had some OK holidays, some mildly enjoyable holidays and some downright shockers. Big …
Palm Cove With Kids
We recently spent an unexpected but fabulous week in Palm Cove with our three children aged 8, 6 and 3. Why unexpected? Well, it was a bit of a last …
Bali with Young Kids
Editor’s note: we returned to Bali with our three boys now aged 6, 9 and nearly 11 in June 2017. To read all about this trip – where we stayed, …
Style Snippets & Review: The House at Smoko
Last school holidays, Mr SnS and I and our three boys drove up the Hume highway and spent a lovely week in Smoko, a tiny town just outside of Bright. …
Bright with Kids: Part 2: Where to Eat & Shop
Updated September 2019 Whenever we are away on holidays, I love to explore the local foodie scene and find great new places to eat. It is not exaggerating to say …
What to Do in Bright with Kids (Activities)
Updated October 2019 Anyone who has visited Bright, in northeastern Victoria, will tell you it lives up to its rep and then some – it really is such a beautiful …
The Top 5: Family holidays – Tips for Packing for Young Children
As much as I love the idea of holidays, packing for several people is not much fun. Particularly as this task is done in between the gazillion other daily tasks …
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