Life feeling like a treadmill? Penny Webb explains how to get your groove back these holidays. Nicky Raymond’s world turned upside down when her husband was made redundant, resulting in several months of unemployment. Money became tight and suddenly holidays and costly family activities weren’t possible. “We went...
Maina Gielgud’s celebrated production of Giselle by The Australian Ballet filmed in 1990. First love, betrayal, heartache and forgiveness … we’ve all been through them, and that’s what makes Giselle resonate so deeply in our hearts. This iconic Romantic ballet has stood the test of time, not...
Scott Beattie, looks into a very topical modern game that has an all too serious theme Before we lived with the reality of a global disease outbreak, Pandemic was just the title of a popular series of board games. In the time leading up to the...
Is Harry Potter, the highly successful book and movie franchise, and all its various spin-offs, finally losing momentum? Louise Grimmer, Gary Mortimer and Martin Grimmer, investigate. By the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in 2017, over 400 million Harry Potter books had been sold worldwide and...
Consequences is a very old game, already well established in the 16th century. It continues to be handed down, generation after generation. Some things just never change: when boy meets girl, the world is bound to talk. A good one for teenagers, in our opinion. NUMBER...
The Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) has provided a list you might find it handy to have a guide to age appropriate movies for children. Many thousands of titles are now at your fingertips, but which will be enjoyable, and not harmful? ACCM...
This is the game from which the best-selling commercial dice game Yahtzee was born, invented by a Canadian couple on their yacht in 1954. It involves rolling the dice three times on each turn to try to achieve a number of set combinations. A delicious...
These great ideas to keep kids from becoming socially isolated have come from Nicole Fabian-weber and the care.com website for the caregiver community. During this pandemic, when we need each other most, we’ve been forced into isolation. To say it’s ironic is an understatement. And while...
Your guide to what’s on this Australia Day and how you can celebrate it with the whole family....
A family movie night is not complete without popcorn! Try these simple flavour recipes to add a…pop to your corn kernels! Makes: 6 Ingredients 1 cup (200g) popcorn kernels 6 brown paper lunch bags or bowls Choc-Coconut Popcorn ¼ cup (60ml) maple syrup 1½ tablespoons sifted raw cacao or cocoa powder ¼ cup...
