Last month we compared the well equipped school playgrounds of today to the rough and ready school playgrounds in the eighties. Today we’ll explore some of the other things that often went on in school playgrounds back in the eighties. Sure playing on the play equipment was cool, but sometimes you...

Walking through the boy’s school last week got me thinking about how far school playgrounds have come in the last thirty odd years. Firstly, when I think back to my primary schools playground, I’m surprised I’m actually still alive to write about it!  Ok, perhaps that’s a tad melodramatic, but...

As the footy season starts to wind down, I was watching a game the other day thinking about my memories of footy as a kid.  I was never actually any good at footy, so there were no memories of winning junior premierships or anything like that.  Instead I got to thinking...

So if you’ve read my last blog you’ll recall my “fond” recollections of my childhood family holidays and the hell that was sometimes involved in the road trip to get there.  The backseat squabbling, the car sickness and my parents lack of humour in being asked “Are we there yet?” every...

I don’t want to seem like I’m adding to the whole “kids have it easier these days...” argument, but when it comes to family holidays, kids definitely have it easier these days! Back when I was a kid, a family holiday meant just one thing.  A road trip! Whilst these days...