One of my goals was to give to the kids who needs help in getting an education, as I believe education is key to a poverty free world…. here are some pictures from our first project at a very rural school in Sri Lanka. Arawatta school in Mahiyangana, Sri Lanka.
We were able to give all 155 children in this school books, pens, pencils, ant other stationary and class room essentials as well as some food items. The wonderful principal and teacher team here does an amazing job!!!
The kids and the teachers were very thank full, and we will continue to support this school in the future.
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We are big fans of taking our kids out and about. Letting them see the world. One of the fun things we do as a family is to go to shows or events that comes into town. It keeps our life exciting!
Melbourne in Australia is a great city rich with art culture, it is named world’s most livable city for the fourth time in a row and it really is. It is wonderful to live here with kids as there are many events taking place at any time of the year. My kids, 3 (boy) and 5 (girl) seem to enjoy these events very much. There are a lot of stage shows that come into town since there are a few theaters that can accompany a whole range of shows at the same time. We take our kids to see stage shows whenever we can.
So far our kids have been to
Angelina ballerina by Melbourne Ballet
Thomas the tank engine
Charlie and Lola
Graffallo’s child
Totem by Cirque du Soliel (one of my highlights of the year)
Disney on ice
Sri Lankan cultural dance shows
Today Disney Lion King the musical
My daughter 5 years old is very excited to go see these shows. The Lion King was purely her choice, and it is meant to be part of her Birthday gift this year. Even if she goes to the 8 pm shows she manages to stay mesmerized till the show ends. It is a rewarding feeling to see how she appreciates these shows.
Funny enough, my little boy(3) gets into it too. But the late shows like today’s Lion King, he struggles to stay awake after intermission. Nevertheless he is at least exposed to it at a young age.
They both are well behaved at these shows and has a good understanding of the importance of letting the rest of the audience watch it even if they are not interested or feeling tired (I am referring to my 3 year old here).
So I think the more we expose our kids to things the more they learn, a simple thing like appreciation of the arts, respecting others at public events, being polite and patient etc are what I think my kids have learnt from these stage shows. Plus it’s fun to see them re in act afterwards at home.
If you are in Melbourne, Australia Disney Lion King the musical is still running till November 2015. It really is a great show for the whole family. You can book your tickets at Ticketmaster.com.au
Ready for Lion King Musical
Here they are waiting for Lion King to begin 🙂
It’s a shame we are not allowed to take photos of these shows, as a memory for the kids when they grow older, so we end up getting some before show shots only. Hope they can remember some of them at least, if not I am happy with the thought that they have formed an appreciation towards these different form of art and be well rounded adults one day!
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5. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― Augustine of Hippo
6.“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ernest Hemingway
7. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
― Anita Desai
8. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
― Henry Miller
9. “See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
10.“She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. ‘Time’ for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water.” ― Roman Payne
You can find brilliantly wonderful quotes at Goodreads.com.
What is your favourite travel quote?
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Early May we went over to the Gold Coast for a 5 day mini break with the kids. We stayed and the Whyndham apartments at Surfers Paradise for the first 3 nights and had to find a place for the 4th night. We knew we wanted to go to Sea World with our 3 and 5 year olds, so we decided to looked into Sea World Resort. We found out that they have a red hot deal valid from 26th April – 13th July 2015 which gives a family free entry to the theme parks when you book a hotel room at the Sea World Resort.
The RED HOT DEAL includes:
Unlimited entry to Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World and Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast during your stay
Free entry to Paradise Country
25% off Kids Club evening sessions
25% off all food & beverage purchased at the Resort
10% off all food, beverage and retail merchandise at Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World and Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast
25% off selected Sea World Animal Adventures
25% off Sea World Helicopters
Buy 1 SpongeBob Bag and get 1 free
If you are interested you can check out the RED HOT DEAL at Sea World Resort.
Our take on the Sea World resort
Free Entry to the Theme Parks when you stay at the Sea World Resort
Sea World Resort is next door to sea world theme park so you could just walk in or take the monorail to Sea World without a problem. We had a pram and either option was great for us. If you are using public transportation to get to Sea World Resort, You have to walk about 800m from the last bus stop near Sea World entrance to the reception at Sea World resort.
The rooms are a bit dated especially the bathrooms, but the deal we got was good enough to ignore that!
Our kids thoroughly enjoyed the time at the Sea World Resort they enjoyed the amazing pools and Nickelodeon Water Park for kids. It lights up at night, but it was bit too cold for us to get out in the water at night time (there were other brave kids doing just that though).
Fun at the water park
Us as a family enjoyed the Friday night sea food buffet at The Shoreline. It was a $74.99 per head and kids under 3 were free and kids over 4 incurred a $1 per year charge. They had a great variety of food and desserts. It was worth what we paid as you got a discount with the red hot deal!
There are four dining options at the resort
The Shoreline restaurant
Lobby lounge
Hatsuhana, Japanese restaurant
Waterfall cafe near the pool
And the Marina Mirage Shopping Centre with more eating and shopping options were not too far away from the resort (may be 1.3Km)we walked there for breakfast and enjoyed a real nice breakfast at the Providore Mirage a French style bakery/cafe/grocer that has amazing patisserie and breakfast.
All in all we really enjoyed the one night we stayed at the resort 4/5 with this red hot deal. We only wished we had known about this deal earlier so we could have stayed a couple of nights to make use of the unlimited theme park entry passes.
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These School Holidays we had some visitors from overseas, two of my uncles and their families came for a visit. And this was the perfect opportunity to show them and our kids this part of the world. We live in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia. It has been quite an adventure during these school holidays as we discovered victoria again.
During school holidays we covered the
Chesterfield Children’s Farm
Phillip Island Penguin parade & seal rock
Mornignton- Dromana beach, Arthur seat lookout & Red Hill Sunnyridge Strawberry farm (we got to pick our own strawberries)
Mt Dandenong- Sky High, Maze & Sassafras
Melbourne city Eureka tower viewing deck & “The Edge”
St Kilda- Luna park
Daylesford & Hepburn Springs (spent 2 nights)
Kids were really happy to see and do so much these holidays!
I will write more in detail about all these places we visited later…. for now here are some photos…. I really like Daylesford as you can tell:)
Lavandula Lavender Farm Daylesord/ Hepburn Springs, Victoria Australia
Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Hanging Bridg at Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Hanging Bridge at Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Book Cafe Near Lake Daylesford
Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Cottages at Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Lavender fields in Autumn Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Cafe at Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Cottages at Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Cottages at Lavandula Daylesord Victoria Australia
Lake Daylesford Victoria Australia
Lake Daylesford Victoria Australia
Exploring Hanging Rock near Mt Macedon
Hanging Rock Mt Macedon
Hanging Rock, Victoria, Australia
Dromana Beach, Mornington, Victoria Australia
View from Mt Dandenong Victoria Australia
Sky High Mt Dandenong
As I mentioned I will write more about each of the places we visited later when I get a bit more time 🙂
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