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Decisions decisions….

by ross on July 1, 2012 · 1 Comment

I face a dilemma. What to sacrifice for the best of our family? My wife and I have settled in an area we love and have spent the last 8 years here; the last 3 and a half as a family. We saw it as a great place to bring up our children, a small, [...]

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Play with someone your own size.

by nick on March 5, 2012 · No Comments

I recently heard a story about a little girl telling a little boy all about banking. “Youve never played banking? It’s easy” she said. First  you give me your ball and I charge you every time you want to play with the ball. I’ll also charge you if you want to give the ball to [...]

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Becoming a millionaire

by yari on February 6, 2012 · 3 Comments

I always imagined I’d be a millionaire by my mid-30′s, what with running a web development company and being on the bleeding edge of the internet, how could it not happen, sooner of later? Especially if I put in the long caffeinated hours, worked at a furiously pace and kept right at the fore front [...]

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A mini-men’s movement?

by yari on September 27, 2011 · 4 Comments

This Friday I’m looking forward to the end-of-month MUF, where a group of Dad’s get together to talk, joke and drink around a fire at a secret spot on the Brunswick River (hopefully the satanic group who setup the alter and semi-circle are a no-show again this month). Jokes aside, MUF stands for Men Understanding [...]

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Home town blues

by nick on June 19, 2011 · 5 Comments

Last week Sally and I packed up our little house in the hills behind Byron Bay, put the dog and kid in the car and moved back to our home town, “The Goldie”. We’ve decided to rent out our house and will be looking after Sal’s dad’s place for a couple of years while he [...]

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Four in a shoebox travelling NZ

by yari on April 12, 2011 · 4 Comments

“Dad, I want french toast for breakfast” calls out April from the top bunk. Groan… time to getup, the whole family rises together in our cramped living space, a 2m by 6m Toyota Hiace van on our 3 month tour New Zealand. To make brekkie involves a complicated re-arrangement of bodies, put this leg there, [...]

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Working from home

by neil on January 5, 2011 · 6 Comments

It starts with the division of labour conversation. It makes sense that the person who can best earn the money earns the money and the person best equipped to stay at home and look after the baby does just that. Great if you can swap that around sometimes, but we, like a lot of people [...]

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