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Disney on ice

31/5/2022

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DISNEY ON ICE returns to Australia in 2022!

It’s the news families and Disney fans across the country have been wishing on a star for – the return of the much-loved Disney On Ice to Australia in 2022, in a seven-city tour including Adelaide, Wollongong, Brisbane, Melbourne, Newcastle Sydney and Hobart, and all the big names will be there!
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After three years, this much-loved family favourite ice spectacular returnswith Disney On Ice presents Into The Magic, opening its National Tour in Adelaide on June 10. Tickets are now on sale.
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Disney On Ice presents Into The Magic sees hosts Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse take audiences on an expedition across raging seas, snow covered mountains and the marigold bridge. This action-packed extravaganza, produced by Feld Entertainment, Inc., features Disney’sMoana, Frozen, Coco and Beauty and the Beast with other much beloved Disney characters.
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Families and fans will go on a high-sea adventure as Moana sets sail on alife-changing quest to save her island, with help from the demigod Maui. With the ice floor transformed into the vast oceanic scape, Disney On Iceallows Moana’s strength and determination to take centre stage, and lets audiences connect to their favorite wayfinder and discover one’s true identity is never out of reach.
Then, it’s a journey across the Marigold Bridge with Miguel from Disney●Pixar’s Coco into the magnificent and mystical Land of the Dead, discovering a vibrantly colorful performance with skeletons in a cultural celebration of family.
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Beautiful production numbers invite audiences into the world of Beauty and the Beast, as Belle shows what it means to be fearless. Along with her new friends in the enchanted castle, Belle is encouraged to step outside the ordinary and find joy in the bleakest situation. As she looks beyond the harsh exterior of the Beast to reach his gentle heart, fans learn there are teachable moments in everyday life.
Through the athleticism and grace of Anna and Elsa, Rapunzel and Flynn,and Cinderella, brave heroes from Frozen, Tangled and Cinderella ignite passions to believe. Audiences will witness each characters’ unique qualities and talents, inspiring children around the world to discover their inner hero.
It’s the ice spectacular we all need and it’s touring Australia in 2022!

WHEN
30 June – 4 July

WHERE
Rod Laver Arena Melbourne

TICKETS
www.DisneyOnIce.com

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$1 'Mule DOLLAR 

11/11/2020

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Quick EMPTY the kids’ piggy banks and empty out your handbag - you just might be sitting on a fortune.

The other day while noodling (going through our change) we stumbled across the famous MULE Dollar.
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What's a Mule dollar? It's a small number of the year 2000 $1 dollar coins that had been minted using the incorrect obverse die (heads side) and released into circulation by mistake and only discovered a year or two later. 
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Royal Australian Mint accidentally minted the coins using the smaller 10 cent obverse die (head side) by mistake. With just a 1.4 millimetre difference in diameter between the 10 cent and $1 coin you can clearly see a double rim circle going around the edges of the coin.
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These errors are worth anywhere from $500 to $3000! If you’ve ever needed a reason to bust open the kids’ piggy banks, this is it!!!! You could be sitting on a winner!
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Let us know if you have found any interesting coins in your change.
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MasterChef Australia

3/10/2020

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Junior MasterChef Australia

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Though they may be small, they are mighty – underestimate these mini masters at your peril! Learning as they progress through the competition, what they lack in years, they make up for in passion, which they have brought in spades.
With favourite challenges like mystery boxes, immunity challenges and eliminations, there will also be exciting new elements in the mix, including the immunity gong, where two lucky cooks will win the chance to bang the gong and save themselves from elimination during the competition.
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All about fun from the very beginning, this junior pack of cooks will have to collect their own honey from a beehive, make their way through a snowy MasterChef kitchen, taste a whole lot of ice cream and see if they recognise some familiar, but very old faces along the way.
They’ll meet some of the best chefs and cooks in the land, with challenges set by Curtis Stone, Darren Purchese and Kirsten Tibballs, doughnut doyen Morgan Hipworth and none other than MasterChef Australia Back To Win winner, Emelia Jackson.
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Facebook.com/JrMasterChefAU
From home-style favourite foods, a celebration of cultural cuisines and recreations of dazzling dishes, it will be hard to believe that cooks this small can cook with so much heart.

Along the way, they will be inspired, encouraged and guided by judges Jock, Melissa and Andy, putting up with a few dad jokes along the way too!

Expect surprises, laughter, amazing food and a whole lot of fun as this adventure sees one exceptional cook crowned Australia’s Junior MasterChef 2020, taking home a huge $25,000 in prize money.


Junior MasterChef Australia.
Premieres Sunday, 11 October At 7.30pm.
On 10 And WIN Network.

Facebook.com/JrMasterChefAU
Instagram.com/Jrmasterchefau
Twitter.com/Jrmasterchefau
#JrMasterChefAU


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Chocolate ripple cake recipe

17/12/2019

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Chocolate CHRISTMAS WREATH Ripple Cake

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Ingredients

  • 900 ml of thickened cream
  • 2 teaspoon of vanilla essence
  • 2 teaspoons of caster sugar
  • 2x 250g packets of Chocolate Ripple Biscuits
  • Cadbury flake chocolate, Allen's Raspberries and Allen's spearmint leaves to decorate.

INSTRUCTIONS

  • In a large bowl add the thickened cream, vanilla essence and sugar. Using an electric mixer, whisk together until thickened
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  • Using a large plate place a little cream between the chocolate ripple biscuits and stand them on the plate in a circle, creating a wreath shape.
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  • Using a spatula, spread a cream layer over the Chocolate Ripple biscuits making sure to cover all the biscuits.
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  • Once the biscuits are covered, you can start to decorate the cake, I used Allen's raspberries and Spearmint leaves to create mistletoe and then sprinkled with some crushed Cadbury flake chocolate.
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HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR EVERY CHILD

23/10/2019

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THE REJECT SHOP LAUNCH WHEELCHAIR-INCLUSIVE COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN

Australian retailer The Reject Shop has launched a range of wheelchair-inclusive Halloween costumes for children, part of a mission to become more inclusive and allow children of all abilities to be a part of special occasions.
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Partnering with national charity HeartKids, the range features two costumes that fit over a child’s wheelchair, and easily attach to it with velcro. With the puff of a magic wand, one of the costumes transforms the chair into a gorgeous princess carriage, while an ‘Ahoy Captain’ will see the other transform into a pirate ship. As every wheelchair is different, multiple velcro pieces are included with each costume to ensure that it fits.

“The Reject Shop has long been known as the place for affordable Halloween costumes, but we wanted to ensure that all children were able to join in the fun of Halloween celebrations,” says The Reject Shop’s Acting Chief Executive Officer, Dani Aquilina.
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“Our wheelchair-inclusive range is the first step in ensuring that inclusion and diversity are inherent in our organisation. We’re excited to introduce the range to parents and children this October, as part of our broader strategy to help more families live on a budget.”

For the launch, The Reject Shop is collaborating with their charity partner, HeartKids, who is dedicated to working with children with congenital heart disease, who often find themselves in wheelchairs post-surgery and throughout their recovery stage.
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“We’re thrilled to partner with The Reject Shop on such an important initiative,” says Rob Lutter, CEO of HeartKids. “These costumes will allow wheel-chair bound children a much-needed distraction from their time in hospital, and the chance to simply be kids again and enjoy Halloween celebrations.”
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Along with The Reject Shop’s full range of kid’s costumes, the Halloween wheelchair range will be available in selected stores nationally, just in time for Halloween. Retailing for $49 each, it’s hoped that the range will make children in wheelchairs feel every bit a part of the Halloween celebrations.
Further information on the range can be found at www.rejectshop.com.au
#COSTUME #HALLOWEEN#HEARTKIDS #INCLUSIVE#WHEELCHAIR #WHEELCHAIR COSTUME
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NINTENDO LABO REVIEW

24/3/2018

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Hands on FUN
​WITH NINTENDO LABO

Today we were Super lucky to Create, Explore and road-test the latest Nintendo Labo products from Nintendo here in Melbourne.
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Announced earlier this year, Nintendo Labo is a gaming and construction toy platform developed by Nintendo to be used as an extension to the Nintendo Switch gaming system, which will be released in 20 April 2018.
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Labo uses infrared sensor technology in an innovative way. On the Nintendo Switch each Toy-Con construction there are selectively placed infrared stickers / tap. Working together with the motion controls within the Joy-Cons, the infrared sensor and stickers communicate and allow you to use the Toy-Cons to interact with one another or what’s happening on the Nintendo Switch screen.
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Once you turn it on, you’ll find Nintendo Labo has three sections: Make, Play, and Discover. The Make section contains all of the instructional guides for putting together your Toy-Cons; Play is the place where you’ll find all of the relevant mini games (each Toy-Con has at least one); and Discover is the place where you can find out more about how the Toy-Cons work and what you can do with them.
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Nintendo Labo Toy-Cons are DIY – and fun and easy to make. and come with easy to follow instructions on the Nintendo Labo app on the Switch console, each step was clearly laid out and explained how to fold them, how to bring them together and how long the process is likely to take. The first thing we built was the race car, which took no less then 10 mins to build with the help of Josie our Nintendo Tech buddy.
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We were also encouraged to customize our Toy-Cons creations, and, the kids love the idea and could have spent hours on this alone. Using colored pens, markers, tape, glue and googly eyes kid could turn them into anything they wanted.
Nintendo Labo offers a range of games to connect to and we got to try out everything within the Labo Variety pack, which included a fishing rod, the dolls house, motorbike, and piano. Kids loved the Piano!
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The biggest piece of set is the Labo Robot which includes a giant backpack, straps that fit around your feet, and paddles to hold.
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Our eldest ages 9 absolutely loved this set Punching, stomping and flying his way through a city and destroying everything in his path reaching for the highest score!
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Lifting your arms in the air will make your bot fly, crouching turns it into a tank, and lifting your legs up and down makes it walk, while punching, naturally, punches. it was loads of fun.
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We can absolutely recommend Labo Kits and can see this product providing hours of fun for kids and parents and it has a great deal of educational / creative potential.
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We had hours of fun playing and making our creations with our kids and can see other parents doing the same thing, Labo is a Great concept from Nintendo and gets everyone involved and creative with less screen-time and more play. Brings back the child-hood memories of imagination of turning empty boxes into houses, cars and rocket ships.

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Review: Family Fun with the Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline

1/2/2018

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Recently my family and I were lucky enough to road-test the Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline. It was an entertaining and safe source of fun for the entire family!
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As regular readers will know, my family and I love to get out and about and try the latest fun kid friendly activities Melbourne has to offer. However, like any family, life and busy schedules frequently get in the way. During these times, it is important to me that my kids have a safe, enjoyable and budget-friendly outdoor activity that keeps them away from screens. Not only does the Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline provide a safe environment for the kids, it brings endless hours of fun for the whole family!
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Whether you are bouncing up and down by yourself, trying out new tricks, or inventing new games to play with your friends or siblings – I think everyone can agree that trampolines are fun for kids of all ages. When I remember back to my childhood, trampolines could be dangerous – with metal poles and springs that seemed to always catch skin and hair. Ouch! Vuly Trampoline’s have changed all of this. The Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline is designed with an emphasis on safety, and has provided my children with countless hours of laughter and entertainment.
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You might ask why is Vuly different? Well, the Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline includes a strong no-gap safety net around the outside that ensures kids cannot mistakenly bounce out. Unlike several competitors, the safety net is directly attached to the jump mat, making sure that no fingers or toes get caught in between, and self-closes every time without the need for Velcro or fiddly zips. The springs (which I remember being so risky from my childhood), are on the outside of the trampoline, meaning that kids cannotland on them accidentally. In addition, kids on the outside of the enclosure are fully protected from the springs by the inclusion of thick safety padding secured on the outside of the springs.
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So the trampoline is safe for kids…but what about the big kids of the family? The Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline has been extensively tested and has the world’s best weight rating with a true weight capacity of up to 150kgs. The enclosure is also 40cm taller than its competitors. The Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline is designed for Australian weather conditions, with proven durability in high UV and wet weather. The trampoline is made with heat-treated steel tubing that's twice zinc galvanised making it durable for a long period of time.

The Vuly Ultra Medium Trampoline provided my family with countless hours of safe fun, we absolutely recommend it!
For more info, check out: https://www.vulyplay.com/en-AU/trampoline/ultra

#VulyUltra #VulyPlay #Trampoline
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Smash stationary range

16/1/2018

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new smash stationary raNge

We were recently received the NEW SMASH “Other Realm” Range from SMASH Enterprises.
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The NEW colourful full range was a huge hit with our 7year old daughter Larah.
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SMASH - Other Realm Range
Larah Loved setting up her new stationary her favourite the reverse sequins lockable journal, along with colourful Pom Pom pens, mini backpack pencil case and mini glitter pens the unique ‘Other Realm’ range is available at Big W Australia from the 15th of July and is sure to be a hit with all the unicorn lovers out there.
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The NEW range has all the trade marks of Quality, Originality and Design. The range is super affordable with priced items as low as $2.50 for the Pom Pom pens to $8 for the sequence diary or backpack pencil cases.
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Full range now available at BIG W Australia Wide more info head to SMASH Enterprises

about smash Enterprises

Smash Enterprises is an Australian brand. Smash is a huge hit with families across the globe who want great products and designs that don’t cost the world. They are passionate about their products and are always pushing to be innovative and exciting. They are also actively seeking ways to reduce the amount of waste created through packaging and operations.
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RYOBI - D.I.Y SANDPIT

1/1/2018

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Earlier this year at the Kids Business Bloggers BrunchTM I met with the amazing RYOBI team. ​
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From then I took up the challenge to design and create my very own DIY project! I was trying to decide on what to make, so I tried to think of everyday things that we do that the kids really enjoy.
Anyone who follows Melbourne With Kidz knows, we are always at parks. The very first thing the kids run to is the Sandpit, so I decided to build one!
I set off to Bunnings to find some timber, screws and a base to get the job done. ​
First I laid all the timber flat in the area I was building in.
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Next I measured then cut a long thin piece of timber to 19cm x 4 pieces with the RYOBI ONE+ 18V Cordless Mitre Saw to use as corner support. 
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I used my RYOBI ONE+ 18V Brushless Drill Driver to connect the side panel which are 120cm and the supports with timber screws. 
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Easily done my son and I continued this using 2 screws per side.
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Once it was complete I used my RYOBI ONE+ Multi tool with sander attachment to sand down all the rough edges
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I laid down some weed matt as a base to ensure that water can get through but not the weeds, and hammered some nails to keep it in place. Last but not least, I added the final touch- sand.
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This DIY project was so easy to do on my own. If you are thinking about making one for yourself I highly recommend you give it a go. It cost less than half the amount for a pre-packaged one. ​
RYOBI specialises in making quality power tools that are intuitive and easy to use and I love that you can use the ONE+ battery for any of the 70+ tools in the range. ​
The RYOBI ONE+ range is available exclusively to Bunnings warehouse. ​
Want to see what other tools are available in the RYOBI ONE+ range? click here for more info
www.ryobi.com.au
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CARUSO’S NATURAL HEALTH

1/1/2018

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Caruso’s health herbal supplements

I have been trying to search for herbal supplements for a while. Being a busy mum of five it is so important that I look after my health especially during the winter months when the kids bring every germ possible from school and me being so prone to getting sick.
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There are so many supplements on the market and it can be overwhelming trying to decide which brand to get. I recently met up with the wonderful people from Caruso’s Natural Health and had the opportunity to tried and test out their range to help make your decision easier.
Caruso's Natural Health is a 100% Australian owned family company supplying complementary medicines (vitamin, mineral & herbal supplements). Established in 1982 the range is available in over 3,000 pharmacies and health food stores throughout Australia. Frank's philosophy is simple; "Make time for good health and you'll always have enough health for a good time!" That's why their dedicated team are passionate about developing products & lifestyle programs to help Australians live healthier lives.

I tried and tested 4 products from the range:

Super collagen Builder
Comes in a 500ml liquid bottle it is specially formulated to provide nutrients involved in the production of collagen in your body and assist with wrinkles and skin elasticity. It also provides nutrients for the health for your hair, skin and nails. It is pomegranate flavoured which smells amazing tastes quite good it can be taken straight or diluted in juice or water. It is also dairy and gluten free.
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Women’s super multi
Helps increase energy levels, relieve fatigue, reduce stress and irritability, immune system support. It has 24 ingredients including 7 key vitamins and minerals for daily energy and vitality.
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Ginseng 5500
May assists with stress, fatigue, exhaustion,stamina, energy and immune support. These are a 1 a day tablet and gives me the boost that I need daily to increase my energy levels and can almost feel the effect immediately.

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Super magnesium
This one is one of my favourites as I suffer from muscular cramps quite often. It may also assist in heart health, period cramps and pain, intestinal cramps, stress and relaxation. It contains 6 forms of magnesium each tablet contains 300mg.
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Caruso’s has many other products on the market for women, men and children.
For a full list of products and more information https://carusosnaturalhealth.com.au/
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