Holiday

A peaceful scene from Vanuatu reflecting the beauty of slowing down — vibrant ocean life and island community.

The Gift of Slowing Down: Reflections from Vanuatu

Jennifer April 30, 2026

Today we found these beautiful yellowtail clownfish living in a large sea anemone. They swam up to check us out and came right up to the underwater camera. Their anemone was far from shore, so I’m guessing they haven’t seen …

Camping

Jennifer October 15, 2024

Last week, we had a long weekend in Australia, so we went camping at a beautiful camp about 3 hours south of Sydney (coolendel.camp) We had four nights; the first night was only 7 degrees centigrade, so I slept with …

Ubud Bali

Jennifer September 3, 2024

Sometimes, the whole family needs a rest and reset. Before leaving for Bali, we each shared what we wanted to experience on this holiday. ‘Rest’ was one word that we all said and was a key theme of our holiday. …

We Leave Tomorrow

Jennifer July 30, 2022

Like so many people who haven’t seen their family in years, I haven’t seen my mum in two and a half years. She lives in the UK and I live in Australia, on the opposite side of the world. We …