Moving With Kids

This post is going to help you, whether you’re moving with kids or without! Moving is hard. Moving with kids can be even harder! In this post I’m going to touch on a few things that will help you in the preparation stages but I’m also going to focus on what you can do on […]

3 years in Australia

3 Years in Australia I have debated writing about our 3 years in Australia. The day came and went and I didn’t even notice. My husband may have noticed but it wasn’t something that we discussed or analysed. The 3 year anniversary of being here was just another day in our Australian life. With this […]

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Helpful links and information if you’re moving to Sydney

Helpful links if you’re moving to Sydney Moving to Sydney or Australia or interested in getting a feel for what its like… Moving to Sydney or Australia, interested in making the move, just thinking about the move? Here is some information and a list of links that will help give you an introduction to Australian […]

2 years in australia

2 Years in Australia

Today marks 2 years in Australia We’ve been in Australia 2 years today. Two years.   In some ways it feels like the time has flown and its been easy. In other ways it feels like its been made up of 731 long days.    I had completely forgotten that today marks the day until […]

Saying goodbye 

Saying goodbye is just heartbreaking   Goodbye.   It is so unbelievably hard to say goodbye.   It’s a pain to your stomach that makes you feel ill, it’s the lump in your throat that wants to choke you and it’s the ache in your eyes because you’d like to cry an ocean.   I […]

C’mon South Africa – this is just not good enough

Not good enough Yes we left but we still care We left South Africa 18 months ago to start a new life in Sydney, Australia. If I listened to a whole bunch of South Africans, I would know that it is not my place to comment on South Africa. No comment on its politics, the […]

Flying long distance with kids Part II: we’re alive. 

Flying long distance with Kids  We’re alive. All three of us. Flying long distance with kids alone is not easy. I’m sorry it’s taken so long to write this, it’s not that the flight was awful. It’s that I’ve just woken up. I got here two weeks ago and handed both kids to my parents […]

Flying long distance with 2 kids Part I: The fear 

Flying Long Distance with 2 kids Part 1: The Fear The fear is real The fear is real. I am in complete denial. When people ask me if I’m excited to go back to South Africa I go quiet. My eyes get the look bunnies get before a 2 year old picks them up for […]