This year's theme for National Reconciliation Week is: More than a word, Reconciliation takes action, and action is what we must take to see real change. Feeling respect is not enough, we need to show it and it needs to permeate all of our systems. On a personal level, one way we can show respect is by actively seeking to grow our understanding of Aboriginal culture, step by step, and sharing that knowledge with the children in our care so that they grow up with more cultural understanding than their parents did. Read more…

Trying to define play is like trying to catch the sky in a jar. You might get a piece, but it will only ever be a reduction of the greater meaning you already hold. Because play, like love, is inextricable from human experience and it exists, and acts, before and beyond words. Read more…

Most of us are pretty familiar with the idea of going for a bushwalk for an hour or two, tops, but going on an overnight hike can feel a little daunting, especially if you are doing it with kids. It’s hard enough to pack for a day at the beach, how on earth are you supposed to fit a whole campsite into a bag, let along keep the kids interested, right? Read more…