We ventured into Darling Harbour en masse via the light rail to find the Thailand Grand Festival 2014 was happening in Tumbalong Park. The children had their picnic lunch and then the three of us headed into the Thai food stalls to pick up some lunch. I also had an odd drink with coconut milk and mixed jelly. After the kids had tired themselves out by playing in the water and sandpit they headed home whilst I went to the Chinese Garden of Friendship. This traditi...

This morning started with an effort to find shoes for this evenings outing. Helen and I headed out in the car to the Broadway shopping mall. After yesterday's efforts I didn't really care how cheap the shoes were so long as they worked with my dress and lasted the night! I ended up with the same shoes as Helen in a different colour from KMart! At around £8 for the pair you can't complain! I spotted a Havianas vending machine in the mall, next to the ...

Today we went to Sealife Sydney, located in Darling Harbour. I had, in an attempt to save money, tried to book online, but had experienced a technological glitch. Long story short, I got in for half price! We got the light rail into Pyrmont Bay and walked across the bridge to the aquarium. To start with William was fab and showed me lots of things. My first thing to be impressed by was the platypus. There was more than one, but I don't know the plural! Platyp...

Hmmmm... I woke up feeling a little worse for wear this morning. I chatted to Gaz and still didn't quite know what to do with myself. I lolled around for a while and packed eventually to check out at 11am. It was a lovely sunny day in Hobart and I had a few hours to kill before my plane left. I decided to visit the Female Factory, a world heritage site and one of five female prisons for convicts. I couldn't face the bus, so I walked along the Hobart Rivul...

I opened the curtains to find a very overcast Hobart with some clouds holding promises if rain. After some brekkie I walked down to the waterfront and joined a very long queue for the Mr-I MONA ROMA cat ferry to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art. For the duration if the 30 min journey up the River Derwent I clung onto the rails whilst getting battered by the wind on the deck. We went past the catamaran ship yard and the zinc factory before reaching the distinct...