Category: Australia

Travel stories and information from our home country, Australia.

Cycling around Uluru together

Uluru for kids! Activities, food and family travel tips.

Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) is the one major Australian tourist attraction that I had never been to but always wanted to visit. We were also keen to take our kids to Uluru as part of their childhoods, almost as a pilgrimage to the centre of our country. We...

Ant and Dante listening on our at Mungo

Camping at Mungo National Park, New South Wales.

Mungo National Park is one of Australia’s wonders: a window into our ancient past. To me the region felt sacred and visiting it was a truly Australian experience that I’ll always remember. Mungo is incredibly important to the culture of the Paakantji, Ngyiampaa and Mutthi Mutthi people, and they preserve it today...

Me at the top of Kelly's Knob

Outdoor adventures in Kununurra, Western Australia

We spent two weeks in Kununurra, Western Australia in 2016, and we absolutely loved our first big family adventure! Kununurra is at the eastern end of the Kimberleys, not far from the border to the Northern Territory.  It’s very different from our southern home state Victoria, and it’s spectacularly beautiful....