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Party days 27 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
With two birthdays in two days, our combined household in Alice Springs has been in party mode for a while. We celebrated Brioni’s birthday on Sunday, and Monday was Meg’s third birthday but she wasn’...
A day in the life 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
What does unschooling really look like? How does a homeschooling family run smoothly without schedules, learning structures and curriculum? Join our family — for just one day. Introduction For the p...
Interview: Brioni at 7 25 Aug 2013 | 04:52 pm
On our children’s birthdays, I interview them, asking them the same set of questions each year. This allows us to see how they’re changing and if they have interests that remain the same. I call these...
Reunited in Alice 16 Aug 2013 | 03:25 pm
It’s surreal to be visiting the Edinborough family in Alice Springs. The last time we were together, it was in Kerikeri, New Zealand, and baby Elijah was the main attraction. We connected as homeschoo...
Western bowerbird 15 Aug 2013 | 11:51 am
Our first sight-seeing stop in Alice Springs is at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden. In truth, we only stopped by here while we waited for our friends to return to their house, but in the garden we were...
Uluru and Kata Tjuta 14 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm
The Red Centre has a magical, emotional effect on me. This is our first time in the Red Centre, and we really only ended up here because we were bringing our friend Marcus to Alice Springs, but I’m so...
The Kingoonya shortcut 13 Aug 2013 | 07:23 am
We’re on a really tight schedule, travelling from Perth to Alice Springs (3600 km) in a week, and so when I discovered a short-cut from Ceduna to Cooper Pedy — bypassing Port Augusta — I was thrilled!...
A companion for the journey 11 Aug 2013 | 05:23 pm
When we left Perth last week, we picked up our Hobart-based friend Marcus who will travel with us to the Northern Territory. He’s been in WA visiting his brother and was eager to see more of Australia...
Lucky Bay 10 Aug 2013 | 05:05 pm
Lucky Bay is a spectacular camping ground 60km east of Esperance on the southern coast of WA within Cape Le Grand National Park. We stopped here for a week in April, and the girls were thrilled to ret...
Wave Rock and the Humps 9 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
Western Australia has a number of large granite rock formations — similar to Uluru in the Northern Territory. One part of a large isolated rock has been weathered in a spectacular fashion so that it l...
