North Queensland Baby and Children's expo 7-8 March

The North Queensland Baby and Children's Expo will be held on 7 and 8 March 2009 at Cairns Convention Centre. The Expo will feature special guests Playschool's Jay Laga'aia and Australian parenting expert Pinky McKay and a host of great children's entertainment.

The Feast of the Senses - 20 -29 March

The township of Innisfail celebrates its annual 'Feast ot the Senses' every March. The Festival showcases the diverse local products and fresh produce that this lush agricultural region has to offer, particularly the numerous tropical fruits grown here such as rambutans, lychees, mangosteens, papaya, bananas, jackfruit, durian and dragonfruit. A number of events are held during the 9 day program culminating in the colourful family-friendly market day on Sunday 29 March.

Read more about the Feast of the Senses here.

Why travel with kids?

"Is there a magic difference between the reasons for travelling with/without kids?" is a question I was recently asked by fellow Twitter user and Professional Independent Traveler Craig Martin

Well yeah isn't it obvious, was my immediate answer but on second thought I realized there was a lot more to it and in fact a whole host of different reasons why you would (or wouldn’t!) choose family travel over solo travel. Read more

Photo Friday - The Big Mango

I'm not sure why but it seems we do love BIG things in Australia!

This is one of my favourites 'The Big Mango', located in Bowen, Queensland. You may have heard of Bowen as a lot of the filming for Baz Luhrmann's film 'Australia' happened here, the fictional property 'Faraway Downs' is in fact not too far from this wonderful Australian icon. Bowen is famous for its delicious mangoes and this is their tribute to that achievement!

This post is part of a collection of travel photos featured at Delicious Baby, please click the link to see more great family travel pictures from around the world. A big thank you to Debbie at DeliciousBaby.com for organising this.

Peace