Once upon a time.....

....in a far flung corner of Sydney there lived a beautiful Princess who dreamt of growing up to meet her knight in shining armour and get to wear a princess dress every day for the rest of here life. Meet Emily

....and in the room next door lived her little brother Lachie who hit the terrible two's at about 14 months and has just turned 2 so help us God. Meet Lachie

....and having a nice glass of sauv blanc to calm their splitting headaches were Nick and myself.

One day I decided to break the bad news to Nick that I would seek out a job, a real job, not just this motherhood stuff, and I would bring home some hard cash. Either that or, he was to quit his job and we go travelling.

It was a very tough decision, but, we are now a family out of work, and about to embark on a wonderful adventure.

Well, having given some consideration to how to diarise "the big trip", I decided to crank up the laptop and get motoring before we leave town. It may help to have at least selected where to start.