A few people expressed concerns about the suitability of Vegas as a family holiday destination. But, our kids have had a fantastic time and loved exploring all the different themes the casinos along the strip deliver. We had a conversation about what they might see before we arrived, which they helpfully pointed out was apparently […]

So it’s time to pack our bags again, this time for a family trip to the US while the kids were on school holidays for Easter. Our 15th wedding anniversary falls while we are away and given I’ve always held a secret wish to be married by an Elvis impersonator in Vegas, it seemed like […]

The MCG is the largest sporting stadium in Australia. On Friday night, it was was home to the 2013 AFL Grand Final replay match between Hawthorn and Fremantle. With two mad Hawthorn fans in the family and the official unfurling of the 2013 premiership flag taking place, it was always going to be a game that we were […]

Continuing on from my previous posts on our weekend in Dubai, we wanted to make sure we saw as much of this amazing place as possible in the short time we had. So, we headed out (in the Burj Al Arab Rolls Royce Phantom with in-car wifi obviously!) to be shown around by the very […]

On our recent trip to Dubai for the Dubai World Cup, we were fortunate enough to stay at the Burj Al Arab. While you may not know the name, you will definitely recognise the amazing sail-shaped building, renowned as being the world’s only 7 star hotel. From the minute we were collected from the airport in […]