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Snowy Mountains Mini Road Trip: Our Family Trip to Australia’s High Country

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
Watching the Campfire in the Snowy Mountains

Our children cackled as they hit me in the face with a snowball.  I quickly reciprocated the favour by setting up a rapid fire of snowballs right back at them as they quickly scattered in all directions, with their laughter and screams following behind. During the spring school holidays we went on a mini road … Read more

Categories Getaways from Sydney, Canberra

Canberra Mini Road Trip: Our Family Holiday in Australia’s Capital City

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
Via from Mt Ainslie over Canberra, with the Australian War Memorial and Parliment House

My ten year old daughter’s eyes filled with sadness as we tried to explain what happened during World War Two, and how so many Australians died during the conflict.  She got it.  At the same time my two younger sons were oblivious and were just enjoying seeing the ships, airplanes and weapons at the Australian … Read more

Categories Getaways from Sydney, Canberra

Questacon Canberra: Kids + Science = Fun!

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
Questacon Entry in Canberra

My 5 year old son came to me with a look of consternation on his face.  He had initially gleefully followed his older brother and sister to have a turn on the 6 meter high Free Fall slide.  And had then gotten scared and decided not to have a turn.  We encouraged him to have … Read more

Categories Getaways from Sydney, Canberra

Why Every Australian Should Visit the Australian War Memorial

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
Our Guide explaining about the Roll of Honour to Our Son

On the first look it was an amazing display.  Seeing the famous G for George Lancaster bomber aircraft still standing after so many missions and the amazing ambience and audio visual display was great.  On the second look and reflection it was a heart-wrenching display.  Seeing how so many Australians and other nationalities had fought … Read more

Categories Getaways from Sydney, Canberra

Photo Essay: Floriade Night and Day

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
Photo Essay - Floriade Day and Night

As we turned the corner our spirits lightened upon seeing an amazing display of ever changing lights, music and flowers.  Not just any flowers – these were the largest inflatable flowers we have ever seen!  Our children giggled and pointed at the fairy wonderland before us and danced along with the music as we slowly … Read more

Categories Getaways from Sydney, Canberra

7 Family Friendly Ways to Discover Springtime Canberra

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
7 Family Friendly Ways to Discover Springtime Canberra

Many visitors to Australia think that Sydney is the capital of Australia, but they are incorrect – in reality it is Canberra!  As a result Canberra is often overlooked as a tourist destination. Canberra is Australia’s 9th largest city with a population of around 380,000 people, with a large proportion of the population working for … Read more

Categories Getaways from Sydney, Canberra

Why My Family is Heading to Floriade This Spring (And You Should Too)

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
Floriade in Canberra, Australia

You can’t visit Canberra in Spring without also visiting Floriade. We previously visited Canberra for a mini family holiday in Spring of 2007 with our two toddlers who were aged 3 and 2 years old at the time.  We had a fabulous time exploring the bright tapestry of flowers at Floriade, and it was hard … Read more

Categories Getaways from Sydney, Canberra

Planning a Mini Road Trip: Canberra and the Snowy Mountains

by Anne Sutherland-Smith
View over the Snowy Mountains in Australia

For a few years I have had an aspiration to do the walk to the highest mountain peak in Australia, (no I can’t spell it without spell check either) Mt Kosciusko.  At the grand height of 2,228m (7,309ft) it is on a small scale compared to significantly higher peaks of other continents.  The great thing … Read more

Categories Canberra, Getaways from Sydney




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