A Letter to Ourselves for Arriving in Bali
A few months ago I started writing a letter to ourselves for when we arrived in Bali. This is what I came up with and we all read as a family when we arrived just under 3 weeks ago. Hi Collins Family This is the Collins family writing
What we’re NOT looking forward to in Bali
This is a continuation with the post about what we are most looking forward to next year. So below is a list of the things we are least looking forward to. We will review this brain dump 12 months later and see if any of the below
Picnic Goodbyes
Today we had a lovely long picnic with our friends at Centennial Park. It was a "Farewell Picnic" so we could have one one last catch up before we head off in 3 weeks time. It was also the chance for the kids to hand out their "Keep
The 29 Day Countdown
Wow- how time flies. I remember writing a post back in September when we were having an 18 week countdown. Now we are in the home stretch with just 29 days until we set off for our family adventure. We still have lots to organise and things to
Food Glorious Food in Bali
Well it looks like of all our posts the food ones are the most popular, so we decided to repost this one to the top of the list with some updated photos and restaurants. When we were researching a recent holiday to Bali we had not expected
The joys of selling online
Over the last few weeks we have been busy selling lots of different things around the house. Some things we forgot we had, some things we weren't sure we wanted to sell, some things we used to love and others we will be happy to get rid
We leased our house- One step closer to Bali
Just a short update to let you all know that we have now leased our house for next year. We were fortunate that it took just 2 weeks to find a great tenant. The great folks at Hart Estate Agents (www.hartestateagents.com.au) did an excellent job from helping
Dear Mum and Dad
...thank you so so much for organsing this amazing and incredbl edvencher for the famaly with you mony…. from our six year old daughter A few months ago we told our children about next year’s plan and after the initial discussions it has been pretty quiet. Only
Our home is for lease
A “For Lease” sign is outside our home! Another step towards moving overseas and a very strange sight as we have lived in this home for the last 10 years. Our children have only ever know this home too. Today was the first day our house was open
18 Weeks to go- Our Year in Bali Countdown
Wow- how time flies. It seems like only a few weeks ago we were still deciding if we were going to actually make the move overseas for a year in Bali. Now we just hit the 18 week mark and things are flying along. We booked our flights