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Frenchland and back
With no offence intended to the French or the French Canadians, we were determined to experience another country within a country. We left the family and headed north around the tip of Lake Simcoe. We were told to follow the 7 highway east towards Ottawa for the prettiest route and in the hopes of spotting…
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Family is the reason
Nothing is more important than family. That is how we were raised and that is how we raised our kids. My family is everything. There is the ‘deep down maternal mother bear’ when I think about my daughters and clearly they are #1. But when I am in Canada there is some other ancestral genetic…
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Niagara Falls
Every day so far Wayne has envisaged sleeping in. Every day I set the alarm 1 hr earlier than he thinks he will want to wake up and every day we don’t need an alarm. We woke from our Hamilton stay with a slight headache but not enough to squash the excitement of it being…
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Oh, Canada Day!
Anyone who knows me, knows that Australia Day is one of my favourite public holidays. It is not celebrated on a date I support, but the concept of having a day to celebrate the country we call home is definitely supported by me and usually celebrated with gusto. When Qantas made its final change to…
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Here we go…
We have made it to fly out day, finally! We have jumped through all the hoops for international travel in this new world, checked in with success and now sitting in the airport bar about to drink our first holiday beer! Now I can be happy and relax. The pre-travel stress is done – they…
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Beachfest – where the toys shine
My husband Wayne has always had toys. You know, the kind that he dreamt about as a little kid, fast cars, motor bikes, mountain bikes and four wheel drives. We have a deal, he can have his toys as long as he uses them and I don’t need to have my own toys because I…
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The anticipation is killing me!
Wayne and I have a big trip coming up in July. I am counting down the days, literally… This is the longest amount of time we have taken off consecutively since ‘before children’ 23 year ago. It is also the most we have ever spent on holidays (not a first class kind of budget, but…
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Camping in the beautiful Mary Valley
We booked a Hipcamp, we invited the family and the stars aligned where we got enough us able to be in the same place that it was going to be one of those camping trips with the family you never forget. Well, we definitely won’t forget it, that is for sure. Four days off work,…
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Travel makes me happy
Happiness is so many things to so many people. There is a list of things that brings happiness to my life – my husband, my children and my super large crazy weird family. But travel, exploring, experiencing other cultures, living a brief moment in time in another place brings me joy like nothing else. I’m…
My Happy Travels 