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Travelling with kids can be challenging, but also very rewarding.

Podcast: The secret to travelling with kids

First time travelling with your kids? Here's how to have a drama-free holiday with your kids.

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Inside Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at Star Wars: GalaxyÕs Edge at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, and at ...

Going Solo: What it's really like to fly the Millennium Falcon

It's not often you get to live out one of your childhood fantasies. Yet here I am, ready to make the jump to lightspeed.

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Parents and babies have a right to fly on planes.

No, you're not entitled to complain about my screaming baby

When you write a column about the difficulty of travelling and dining out with a baby, the response is sadly predictable.

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Paddleboarding in the Cook Islands.

Dream Destinations: The six best destinations for family holidays

Here are six of the best destinations for hassle-free family holidays.

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Eating out when you travel is an entirely different experience after you have a baby.

I went to one of Spain's best restaurants and barely got to eat anything

There's no screaming yet from our seven-month-old, but it's coming.

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There's a trend of parents travelling with babies on planes to hand out 'apology treats' to the passengers around them.

No, I'm not going to apologise for flying with a baby

I see you, fellow traveller. I, too, was once like you.

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The biggest and most unexpected thrill of travel

To instil a love of travel in someone so young is the greatest gift you can give; and yet it's also a curse.

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A ''Flying Nanny'' on board one of Etihad's A380s.

Airline review: What Etihad's fabled 'Flying Nannies' are really like

When they were first introduced in 2014, the orange pinafore-clad crew members were dedicated to children. Now they perform regular flight duties as well.

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Ben Groundwater, partner Jess and baby Angus.

A wildly inappropriate holiday for new parents

You don't know fear until you've set out on a road trip with a two-month-old.

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Sometimes it's impossible to avoid annoying plane passengers – even when it's your own child.

How I became the most hated person on board a flight

It comes as a shock to realise that finally, I'm the guy annoying everyone.

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Riders on The Crazy Rider Xpress hit speeds of up to 50 kilometres per hour.

World's fastest roller coaster zip line ride opens in western Sydney

The ride claims to be the fastest zip line in the world and my wobbly legs will attest to that.

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Get an extra seat: "Typically a child is more comfortable in their own seat instead of being constantly readjusted in a ...

'Unacceptable': Flight attendant's anger over baby in business class

If you think flying with a baby is easy, maybe you didn't hear about Krupa Patel Bala.

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