Choosing a Toddler Bike Seat
Transporting your toddler by bike opens up a variety of gear options: Dutch box or cargo bikes, trailers, and mounted seats are among the more popular choices. We discuss our decision making process for choosing...
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Safely Discover Your City by Bike with Sydney Cycleways
Sharing a city with 4 million people means you need to stay alert even when walking, and cycling quickly becomes an intimidating task. We progressed to city riding from starting in smaller towns/cities back in North...
Beat the Summer Heat by Skipping the Beach
Want to enjoy splashing in cool water outside with your little ones, but are not ready to make another frantic trip to the beach or pool? Skip the sandy picnics, blinding sun, and lugging...
How to Plan a Kid-Friendly Bike Adventure in Manly
In search of a casual Sunday adventure, we caught the Manly ferry with our bikes, and rode around the several kilometers of designated bike lanes in this Northern beach suburb. Ride along, as we...
Three Steps to Natural Toddler Photography
Natural-looking toddler portraits are hard to capture for several reasons: they are very close to the ground, move unreliably, and don’t often happily sit still. We tackle the first of these issues in this...
The Non-Hipster Guide to Car-Free Living
…with bicycles A couple weeks ago, we published an article on the unexpected benefits of living car-free. Today we are following up with practical tips on how we actually use bicycles for groceries, commuting, and...
Basic Night Photography Tips
Low light photography is challenging, and basic night photography can become very complicated, very fast. We break it down into the ideal settings for ISO, shutter speed, and aperture in our simple guide to...
Sydney Chinatown Favorites: A Walking Tour
We decided to share our Sydney Chinatown favorites through a virtual tour during the 2016 Chinese New Year festival. Interestingly, Sydney hosts one of the largest CNY celebrations outside of China! A tour Sydney’s Chinatown starts with a...
The Unexpected Benefits of Living Car-Free
In the past two years, JZ and I experienced a shift from hectic, over-planned schedules to purposeful, meaningful, family activities. We credit this transformation to living car-free, which forced us to change our pace....
A Blue Mountains Day Trip Adventure
There is no shortage of tour operators yearning to take you from Sydney to the Blue Mountains when you are visiting. However, most do not cater to young families, or those seeking more time...
Coastal Favorites: Coogee to Bondi Walk
We have yet to make it down to Cronulla, or explore the northern beaches, but we repeat the Coogee to Bondi Walk with some regularity. Having split the hike up over several weekends, walked it in...
When is the Best Time to Visit Sydney?
Our friends and family back home are excited at the opportunity to visit Australia and have a place to stay. Therefore, the most common question we answer is “when’s the best time to visit Sydney?” We...
