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Our Tasmania Roadtrip – Part 2

After our wonderful first week in Tasmania, we met up with my parents and my aunt on the Tasman Peninsula. Our last few stops on our roadtrip around Tasmania were Fortescue Bay, Port Arthur, Hobart, Mt Wellington and the Mole Creek Caves. Read Part 1 of our Roadtrip in Tassie here Fortescue Bay, Tasman Peninsula We had mostly been staying …

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Christmas Activities with Kids in Melbourne

It was our first Christmas in Melbourne and we wanted to share with you the fantastic Christmas activities with kids in Melbourne that we explored in December. I have been in warm climates before for Christmas and it always feels a bit strange and Australia was no exception.  December also brings the end of the school year and so for …

Update from Oz

Looking at the blog, I can’t believe almost a month has passed since my last post.  I want to write more about India, our time in Thailand and some of the exploring we have done in Melbourne.  But I can’t gloss over the past month and the struggles I have experienced.  I haven’t posted frequently to social media lately, but …

A Winter Holiday Wonderland

My brother and his wife are blessed to live in Canmore, Alberta, in the Rocky Mountains.  We found out they bought a bigger house while we were living on the boat and at the point we invited ourselves out for Christmas (and they graciously welcomed us).  We descended on them for two weeks and also brought along my parents flying …

Road Tripping Alberta

My brother and his now wife live in the Canadian Rockies and instead of flying out just for their wedding, we planned a whole trip around it.  We are very aware that we have not traveled enough in our own country.  We have visited many far off countries and we have been through many parts of Canada, but we haven’t …

Musings from Malaysia

  Living in Malaysia in 2011 is a pretty neat experience because you get to watch a country heave its way towards modernity at breakneck speeds.  Malaysia is certainly not a third world country; it would be classified as a developing country.  It has made a lot of progress in a short period of time and it is interesting to …