Taronga Zoo Sydney

Taronga Zoo in Sydney sits perched on a hill with glorious views of the harbour, if you're into that sort of thing. You have two main options to get there, drive and park there ($17 for the day) or catch the ferry from Sydney over to Mosman ($12 for an adult return ticket). There is a ferry stop right at the zoo and from there you can catch a gondola to the top of the hill, where the main entrance is. We recently spent half a day meandering our way down past the numerous exhibits on a sunny Saturday. I would recommend no more than half a day, as adults, unless you're super keen on staring animals down. If you're searching for a map like we were, they are given out at the information booth at the top before you enter the actual zoo.

Tassie Mini travel guide - Hobart and surrounds

Freezing on our Bruny Island cruise

Having been to Tasmania three times I'm pretty much an expert... Ha, no... I'm really not, but I thought I might share some of the things to do on Australia's little apple isle. Considering how small Tassie is there are many, many things you can do while you're there!

4 tips to save money at the Australian ski fields

We have just returned from a fun few days at Thredbo, with loads of washing and loads of sore muscles. Australia probably has some of the poorest ski slopes in the world and also some of the heftiest prices. For this reason you'll often hear people questing why you would go to Aussie slopes when you could go to New Zealand. The main reason for Aussie skiing is that, if you live close enough, you can slip away for a couple days rather than taking at least a week off. And of course, skiing is skiing!