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Family travel guides to Oceania — a 14-day Australia itinerary covering Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and the Great Barrier Reef, plus 4 days island-hopping Fiji’s Yasawa Islands. Real firsthand guides for families planning a trip Down Under and across the South Pacific.

Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Australia

Great Ocean Road to Adelaide: A Family Road Trip

Travel Month – December  Most people who drive the Great Ocean Road turn around in Melbourne once they’ve seen the Twelve Apostles. We kept going. What started as one iconic coastal drive turned into a full Melbourne to Adelaide road trip — Bells Beach, the Twelve Apostles, Port Fairy, the Blue Lake at Mount Gambier,

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Sea lions, Kangaroo Island, Australia

Kangaroo Island With Kids: A Family Travel Guide

Travel Month – December Kangaroo Island sits off the coast of South Australia, just a short ferry ride from the mainland at Cape Jervis — Australia’s third-largest island, and one of its best for wildlife. Of everywhere we went on our 14-day Australia itinerary, it’s the stop that surprised us the most. We’d already had one

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Phillip Island, Australia

Phillip Island Penguin Parade With Kids: A Family Day Trip Guide (Nobbies Boardwalk + Tickets)

Is the Phillip Island Penguin Parade worth it with kids? Yes — it was a highlight of our Australia trip. In December, we did a day trip: the free Nobbies Boardwalk in the afternoon, then the Parade at sunset.  Travel Month – December Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d say: one of the highlights

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Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road, Australia

14-Day Australia Itinerary : Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide & More

How should you spend 14 days in Australia with kids? Our route covers Melbourne, Phillip Island’s Penguin Parade, the Great Ocean Road, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, the Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef, and Sydney. We went in December — summer and peak season — drove on the left, and booked reef tours and the Kangaroo Island

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Fiji

Yasawa Islands Itinerary: 4 Days in Fiji with Kids (Nadi Stopover)

Why Visit Fiji on a Short Trip? Travel Month – December Bula fellow travelers!! This year to get away from the cold rainy winter, we booked our tickets to go to Australia. On our way, we extended our layover in Fiji – a beautiful country in South Pacific Ocean. Fiji is a stunning archipelago, made

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