Dear Prime Minister, The Great Barrier Reef has been listed as a World Heritage Area for a reason. The world’s largest coral reef, it is a place that we, as Australians, can be proud of; particularly proud that we have recognised its value as a place of natural beauty and ecological importance, and taken action…
One of the best things about living in the Sutherland Shire is having the bush on our doorstep. I’ve written about the beaches at Cronulla and Bundeena, but the bush is just as much of a drawcard. A few of our favourite spots are in the Royal National Park, particularly where the bush meets the…
Ah, the Sutherland Shire. Who needs Sydney Harbour when you have Port Hacking? Who needs the Manly ferry when you have the Curranulla? OK, so it’s not quite as memorable as that rocking ride across Sydney heads to Manly, and there’s no Opera House or Harbour Bridge to gawk at, but the kids don’t care…
With the summer school holidays upon us, I’m posting a series of cool outdoorsy things to do with kids, highlighting some of our favourite local spots. Our stomping ground is the Sutherland Shire, in our fair city’s southern outskirts, and while living down here (in north Melbourne, as my Northern Beaches bro-in-law calls it) can…
The kids in bed nice and early after a big day’s cycling, Steve relaxing with a beer on a beanbag in our guesthouse, I headed out to catch the twilight over George Town. Penang’s capital is renowned for its heritage district’s architecture and street art, and it doesn’t disappoint. It’s a great place to see on…
The island of Penang sits just off Malaysia’s west coast, connected to the mainland by bridge. A multicultural melting pot, it’s been British colony, opium trade port, Japanese military base, and electronics manufacturing centre – just a slice of the island’s colourful past. Today, the capital George Town’s Colonial District is a UNESCO World Heritage site,…
I’m angry. Livid. Enraged. Indignant. Infuriated. Exasperated. Furious. I’m just so angry! I’m angry that, on Sunday, Australia could have a government that will brag about being able to build dual carriageways, and pay for parental leave for the wealthy, by cutting the number of human beings to whom we grant asylum, and support with…
For the past few weeks I’ve been an imposter, of the blogging kind. Steve and I have been holidaying in Malaysia (hello, if you’ve been following!), tripping about with our four-year-old-twins. It seemed like a good time to turn Raising Explorers into a travel blog, just for a while, to try to pass myself off…
Kuching, in the state of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, is a fantastic place to visit with kids. Not only does the city itself offer an array of activities – I wrote about them in my post about the Top 5 things to do in Kuching – but there are some brilliant things to see and…
As our plane rose into the dusky evening over Kuching, bound for Penang, four-year-old Blake gazed wistfully out of the window, and said, “Oh, I miss Ka-Ching.” It’s that kind of place. The river flows quietly by, the people smile and say hello as you pass them in the street, and dozens of cat statues…
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