What’s the perfect summer time sweet treat? We all scream for ice cream of course! This delicious dessert has been around for centuries and can be homemade or combined with fresh cookies or hot fudge for the perfect afternoon delight. With the kids on break and temperatures climbing making ice...

Sadly, it seems that leisure time has become a thing of the past. Whenever we do stumble upon a little bit of free time during the day we panic that we’ve forgotten a chore or end up desperately try to get ahead on some upcoming office work. Relax! Utilising and enjoying leisure time has been proven...

With great summer weather just around the corner (and in some places across Oz already here), it’s a perfect time to get your booty back into tip-top shape! Australia is a wonderful country for outdoor activities fitting for all ages and abilities. Exercise can be a great family bonding experience...

Until relatively recently, the idea that a woman could successfully lead a multimillion-dollar company was considered absurd. Happily, though, the times they are a-changin’ (albeit not as quickly as many would like) and women are now marching confidently into the testosterone-dominated business...

It’s drawing nearer – the day all the dad’s out there have been looking forward to: Father’s Day. It’s one of those occasions that we get together with our families to spoil our fathers and thank them for the love, advice and support we received from them throughout our lives. But as...

With Father’s Day just around the corner, here are a few famous fathers who have managed to juggle multimillion dollar careers and a family at home. Though their ups and downs are captured by newspapers and magazines around the world, these doting dads deserve a pat on the back for raising a family...

So you’ve been in a relationship with the perfect guy for a long time. And you’re ready to take things to the next level by introducing him to Mum and Dad. This doesn’t have to be a daunting task or anything like the Ben Stiller comedy. Just follow our advice. Wait. Do not rush this. Wait until...

The family unit has formed the basis of interdependence between  humans ever since the beginning of humanity.   For years this system has worked and ensured a standard of wellbeing, loyalty, and care amongst humans that has been hard to imitate.  As I’m sure you are all bombarded with daily, the...

Do you ever wonder about the history behind holidays while you are enjoying a mid afternoon barbeque, a few days off work, and some drinks with friends?   As you are all frantically getting together last minute Mother’s Day gifts and anxiously awaiting some of your own, I thought I would fill you...

In early December last year, as I stood teary at the airport waving my boyfriend off for 3 months, I waited for a call from my Dad, hoping my grandmother would emerge alive from open heart surgery that day.  Already dreading what was to come, the thought of losing another grandparent made my stomach...

It happens to almost all of us, the dreaded or wished-for family reunion. While it may just seem a way for your distant and obscure relatives to tell you how they don’t like your new haircut, really family reunions are all about seeing those relatives who you can only catch up with annually. And even...

I was simply shocked when I first learned that Australia had surpassed the United States as the nation with the greatest proportion of obese citizens. As the winner of the “Heavyweight” title, around four million Australians, or 26%, are obese. That’s one million more than the last...

It’s only 115 sleeps to Christmas, which means my family is already starting to make noises about where Christmas is going to be held, who is going to cook and what the present budget will be (as we’ve branched into different economical backgrounds, a ‘present budget’ is decided every year so...

I was thinking about my ancestry the other day. I’m not sure why, it must have something to do with the fact that I’M GETTING OLDER. I can’t believe I just said that, anyway… I was looking around on the web and having a think about how I would go about it when I stumbled across this ancestry...

With so many babies out there, I always wonder how people choose names. First names and middle names mostly of course, but on occasion people choose a surname as well. But I want to talk about first and middle names. Some cultures have traditions about their names, especially religions. Some people choose...

In-laws are a fact of life. They are part of your family and will be for the rest of your life. Sometimes you just get along with them perfectly. They love you and you love them. You seem to fit. But other times, there’s problems. Like all relationships it’s about give and take. It’s...