Today's our final day in Brisbane. We pack up the car early to head down to the South Bank area. We park and hit up a playground immediately. #travelewithkids We walked across the Goodwill bridge on our way to the Brisbane Botanic Garden. - We came across this incredible tree! It's expanse was massive. I… Continue reading Brisbane Adventures – Day 3
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Brisbane Adventures – Day 2
So much accomplished today!! Such a fun day of 'Australia'ing' (yes that's totally a thing) After another wonderfully slow morning of enjoying a cup or two of tea and reading endless fairytale stories we made our way out by late morning. We went to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. - We got there just in… Continue reading Brisbane Adventures – Day 2
Brisbane Adventures – Day 1
We had a very quiet morning at the house. We slept in past 7 for the first time all vacation. The AirBnB we're staying in is a shared home with our rooms and a living room on one side. The kids played a bit with one of the little girls that lives here. Jumping on… Continue reading Brisbane Adventures – Day 1
Flying to Brisbane – For Real This Time
We woke up to the alarm at 7. Well everyone except Ty who was up since 3ish and went for a morning run. 🙄 Got everyone dressed and packed up. Nana reminded me that'd she'd purchased me a hard cider and her a beer last night but we'd never got around to enjoying them. Too… Continue reading Flying to Brisbane – For Real This Time
Flying to Brisbane – Kind of
Today was our travel day. Leaving Cairns on our afternoon flight to Brisbane for our last week of vacation. We got up, packed up and left Clifton Beach for Cairns. The plan was to spend some time in Muddy's Playground on the Esplanade before having lunch and catching our flight at 2. The playground was… Continue reading Flying to Brisbane – Kind of
Cairns Adventures – Day 6
We had plans for today and decided to scrap them. Today was a lazy morning and head to the pool kind of day. It was hot at 10am and the kids were practicing their diving. Beautiful, till L got mad and threw a tantrum. Then something upset R and she got fussy. So we scrapped… Continue reading Cairns Adventures – Day 6
Cairns Adventures – Day 5
Waking up on Fitzroy Island at 6am was beautiful. Poor Ty though apparently woke up at 5 and decided to go for a hike. He got some amazing pictures, plenty of bug bites, and a blister from his flip flops. - We lazed around that morning. Made some oatmeal and tea. The kids listened to… Continue reading Cairns Adventures – Day 5
Cairns Adventures – Day 4
We drove to Cairns early this morning to catch our boat out to the Great Barrier Reef!! This was a must do for us when we decided to head back to Australia. We weren't sure how well it was going to work with two young kids but it couldn't have gone better! Instead of overnighting… Continue reading Cairns Adventures – Day 4
Cairns Adventures – Day 3
We had an unexpected day in Cairns today. One of Ryder's glasses stems broke off. Ugh! But we managed to track down a company that could fix it in Cairns, thank goodness. So after dropping the frames off we headed to the Esplanade and enjoyed the Lagoon for several hours. - Ryder was loving the… Continue reading Cairns Adventures – Day 3
Cairns Adventures – Day 2
After another early 5am wake up we relaxed around the apartment before heading out to Port Douglas for the morning. We checked out lookout point. Before heading to a playground. Can't explore a new town without visiting the playgrounds! 😉 AA Our main reason for exploring Port Douglas was to ride on the Ballyhooley Steam… Continue reading Cairns Adventures – Day 2