"We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us."

We are an Australian family travelling with young kids and trying to keep things fun, easy and educational. Join us on our journey and learn about new destinations, travel tips and how to make long term travel affordable.

Housesitting and the Wonderful Online World

Housesitting and the Wonderful Online World

This whole trip to Europe was a little last minute. We decided to go a month before we left and we didn’t really have a plan. I managed to rent out our Bali house to some friends I had made through an online travelling families group so the Bali side of things was fine, however we really weren’t sure where we were going beyond Cambodia. In fact we only had a oneway ticket into Cambodia until about a week...

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Things to Do With Kids in London

Things to Do With Kids in London

We took the kids to lots of different place in London but the three most popular ones were the Science museum, the Natural History Museum and a River Cruise. The Science Museum is located next to the Natural history museum in South Kensington (very close to the south side of Hyde Park) and has a fabulous inside “garden” for young kids. It is a hands on play area for little ones. The museum is excellent. It is really interesting,...

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London Pubs, Parks and Old Stomping Grounds

London Pubs, Parks and Old Stomping Grounds

We left sunny and warm Cambodia and flew to London. One of the things we miss in Bali is beautiful green parks and wide footpaths! It is very hard to find somewhere safe and level to walk around, hence we were super excited to head to London for a few weeks. Scott and I lived in London (Marble Arch and Putney) from 2002 through to the end of 2004. We had a great life and loved pretty much every...

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Cambodian Adventure

Cambodian Adventure

Here is a little overview of our Cambodia trip. We stayed at the Angkor Reflections Resort, which is a little bit out of town but is a large resort with a massive pool and a few restaurants. We organised a pool view room that comfortably slept all four of us (a rarity) and got a good deal on Expedia where we initially booked it for two nights, but when we got here we liked it so much that we...

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