Travel
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Where to Eat in Port Stephens
It’s school holidays, and you know what that means? It’s time to pack up the kids and take them on a road trip. Whether you’re planning on overnighting it somewhere or maybe working…
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Things To Do In Port Stephens – Like a Sunset Camel Ride on the San Dunes of Anna Bay
Riding into the sunset on a camel, across the stunning san dunes of Birubi Beach at Anna Bay in Port Stephens – what an amazing experience. It was a request from my sister…
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Exploring Sydney: A Photo Diary of Cockatoo Island
Exploring Sydney’s amazing ship building history on Cockatoo Island. Cockatoo Island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove River in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales,…
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A Historic Stay in the Southern Highlands
The Fitzroy Inn first opened it’s doors as a travellers inn in 1836. It is one of Bowral’s oldest surviving colonial homes. Now trading as a hotel and a popular venue for weddings…
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Where to Eat Vegan Foods in Bowral
Even if you aren’t vegan, these are the best places to enjoy a meat-free meal in Bowral. If you’re visiting Bowral and your unsure where to eat if you’re vegan, there are so…
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Sydney Dark Colonial Past at the Parramatta Female Factory
Parramatta Female Factory was Australia’s first purpose built institution for the confinement of convict women and their children from 1821 to 1847. Situated on four acres of land, alongside the Parramatta River, it…
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Exploring the Old Parramatta Lunatic Asylum
Founded in 1847, the Lunatic Asylum was purpose built for Invalid Convicts who were coming into Australia. It remained largely a female institution until 1852, and by 1855 with the introduction of males,…
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Is Parramatta Goal Really Haunted?
Took a stroll through the old Parramatta Goal, learning about some old history and some new. Growing up in Castle Hill, only thirty minutes (or so) from Parramatta, I spent a lot of…
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Have You Ever Walked Through Parramatta Park in NSW?
If you didn’t know already, Parramatta Park is full of some of Australia’s oldest colonial historical buildings. From the old government house, Wisteria House and an old dairy farm, an hour stroll through…
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Horse Riding at Glenworth Valley in Peats Ridge, NSW
Spent an amazing Saturday horse riding through Glenworth Valley on a very cold and wet Sydney day. I haven’t ridden a horse for many years, in-fact the last I rode was back in…
