Go your own way April 26, 2016 Destinations, Travel Diary As you can imagine when we made the decision to pack away our passports and stick around in Melbourne it was a very big one for us. But we'd...
The final countdown December 11, 2015 Destinations, Travel Diary A week today we board our final flight and begin our new lives in Melbourne. It’s rapidly approaching and the more I try to make this time last,...
This is our story…our Curious Plan. December 9, 2015 Destinations, India, Travel Diary, Travel Tips As our last days draw near, we've been thinking a lot about what this time away has meant to us. All the things we’ve done,...
Travel with kids 10 things I’ve learnt October 22, 2015 Destinations, Travel Diary, Travel Tips In the past 550 days, we’ve taken 30 flights to 11 countries and slept in over 55 different beds. Travel with kids, especially young ones, can...
Friends in a time of travel…. September 3, 2015 Destinations, Travel Diary You know who you are. You make me laugh a little louder, smile a little bigger and live just a little better. My life is happier, funnier and...
500 days on the road… September 2, 2015 Destinations, Travel Diary, Travel Tips A big milestone today…..a whopping 500 days on the road. When we nervously boarded that plane last April I had no idea we’d travel so far and...
Curious Plan featured in Smallish Magazine June 7, 2015 Destinations, Seychelles, Travel Diary 2 Comments Determined to give their children a unique start in life, one family took a year out to travel the world. Catherine Toms recalls the highs and...
Family Gap Year – a year on the road April 15, 2015 Destinations, Seychelles, Travel Diary, Travel Tips 2 Comments So here we are a year since we took off for our great, big adventure – was it worth it? Absolutely, resoundingly, 100% yes. We missed too much of the important stuff with Jessica. Trying to do it all, be it all and have it all. Juggling the 9-5 and looming deadlines there simply wasn’t enough hours in the day to be the parents we wanted to be.
The mother of all trips February 15, 2015 Travel Diary, Vietnam Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hand in your notice and trade it all in for simpler times and sunnier climes? To jack it all in and...
Taking photos of your children; the truth behind the image January 30, 2015 Travel Diary Reality, taking photos of your kids is a frustrating experience. We’re all guilty of it. Posting and sharing idyllic photos of angelic children...