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Oahu, Hawaii: Three quick days
It’s been five months since my last blog post. I’m sure most of the readers here have given up hope of new content by now! There have been so many things I’ve wanted to write about, and yet I haven’t...
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A week with family in Maui, Hawaii
When I turn sixty, I hope I can do exactly what my mom did to celebrate her birthday. She rented a big house in Hawaii for a week and invited her five children (plus spouses and children) to come...
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Byron Bay — an updated list of our favourite spots
The last time I wrote a guide to Byron Bay, we weren’t even locals. We had just spent a month here in Byron on our round-the-world travels, so I was only scraping the surface of this beautiful area....
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Our home featured on The Design Files
I can’t tell you how excited I was to receive an email from Lucy at The Design Files asking to feature our home on her site. I’ve been a reader of The Design Files since we renovated our last home...
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Summer camping adventures
This summer we managed to escape busy Byron and enjoy two successful camping trips with friends, both in national parks within a 2-hour drive of home. How lucky we are to be surrounded by such beauty...
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Tent Camping: what you’ll need
I shared this list on Babyccino a couple weeks ago, but thought it might be good to share here too: a handy reference list for what to pack for your camping trip! Packing is always the hardest bit...
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Our new home — more photos
Our architect, Fiona Gibson, had the house photographed a few months ago for her website and recently shared them with me. I know we’ve already shared the photos of our home featured on The Design...
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A few (scorching!) days in Rome
I remember overhearing a conversation between two men at the post office when we first moved to Byron. One man was telling the other about an upcoming family holiday — the first holiday for their...
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A return trip to the Blue Mountains
I meant to write this post in April when we returned from the Blue Mountains… but somehow it has taken me until August to do it. Whoops! The last four months have been busy, I guess. Anyway, this past...
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Working on ways to reduce our carbon footprint at home
A few months ago, I shared a post on Babyccino in honour of Earth Day and the ‘Restore our Earth’ theme with some things we do in our family to help reduce our carbon footprint. I wanted to share some...
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