Phillip Island Penguin Parade

Phillip Island: More than Penguins

We have been based in Melbourne for over a year now and have explored most of the regular weekend getaway spots.  I am not sure why it took us so long to visit Phillip Island, just 90 minutes from Melbourne.  Like many, I thought it was simply the tourist place you went to see the little fairy penguins.  I had …

Bright autumn

An Autumn Weekend Away in Bright with Kids

There are so many great things to do in Bright with kids, making it an excellent family friendly destination from Melbourne.  Bright truly is a four season destination with outdoor activities galore.  For our Canadian visitors, it really reminded us of Collingwood (Blue Mountain) in Ontario. Since living in Melbourne for 6 months we have explored the city pretty well. …

Camping Weekend 1 – Murray River

We are officially a camping family!  We had done a little bit of camping back in Canada with the kids and Paul and I had camped quite a bit before kids, including our 2 month trip around Africa .  Once we bought a car and once I realized that Monday to Friday our life here wasn’t that much different from …

Weekends Away

We have been in Malaysia for 5 weeks now and with each week we feel more settled.  However, I struggle with how to approach our overseas time.  We weren’t able to bring many personal effects; in fact I filled our small shipping space with mostly toys.  We had to leave behind all our kitchen essentials, picture frames (a few made …

School, Daily Life and Weekends

We have been in Malaysia for 3 weeks now and although we still call Canada “home” we are feeling quite settled here.   Ella Starts School Ella started preschool last week at the International School in Ipoh and that has brought lots of challenges and tears.  Although the school is an International school in name, most of the students are …