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Every parent has a chill waiting to put its foot on their heart. We live with it from the moment of our greatest warmth – the birth of our children. The hot, impossible, molecular, magic of it all delivers the greatest stake a human being can know. And with it the greatest risk. The chill […]

We know nature is good for us, both physically and mentally, and new research from Anglia Ruskin University takes this idea even further, finding that exposure to green spaces and natural environments has a strongly positive effect on body image. Anyone with a teenager (or anyone who’s ever been one) understands the issues young people

The Nature Play WA team has too much fun researching and testing ways for you to add nature play into your Christmas each year. This year, we’ve got ideas for kid-made wrapping paper and a few outdoor Christmas-themed activities too! Minimal materials are needed for these projects – as long as you have some paint or

Hey dad, treat yourself (and the family) to some quality time together in the great outdoors this Father’s Day!  Here’s five things we know about dads, and why getting into some nature play this weekend is the perfect gift!   1. Dads like to “do stuff” Dads work hard, and many work long hours.  They

It’s the Easter school holidays – a wonderful time of the year!  Term 1 of school is over, the kids are settled in to the new year, and the weather is mild enough to explore the beauty of the great outdoors with fewer complaints of “I’m hot and thirsty” that can plague our outdoor adventures

We’re an “outdoors-ish” family (emphasis on the “ish”) – we love the beach, rivers, bush walks, hiking, playing at the park, jumping in muddy puddles and being out in the garden, but we’re not fans of “roughing it”. We love “camping” in the bush, as long as it includes a four-walled dwelling of some description,

Some say “the journey is the destination”; and when you’re on the open road in Western Australia during wildflower season this phrase rings true. With school holidays just around the corner it might be time to pack up the kids, hop into the caravan (or throw the camping gear in the car) and hit the

Christmas is in the post and the two problems pressing their way to the front of your queue right now are that your kids are bored and you can’t bring yourself to buy another plastic Rudolph Christmas with the LED nose, or more fake snow in a can for the Christmas tree that should have

As Summer sets in it is almost a crime not to visit Western Australia’s beaches and rivers.  Let’s get our young nature players into some sand, water and unstructured beach/river bank play, they absolutely love it! It’s going to be a hot one this weekend, and a lot of us will be hitting the beach

I like to think that my kids (13, 11 and nearly 3) are pretty free range, and as far as the urban jungle goes the big kids take the bus to and from school (OK, so it picks them up a block from home and drops them off right outside our door), and they’ve been