After a successful project in 2008 that followed the 4 month journey around Australia of the Power Family with their girls who were 5 and 3, the Power’s are about to hit the road again – with a new addition. The Great Aussie Project re-launched on the 1st May and the Power’s are about to embark on a three week trip, with a difference! Jasmine is now 7, Jemma is now 5 and Greg and Rachel Power now also have the added fun of sharing Australia with the newest family member – Edward (Teddy) who is about to turn 1. “We never dreamed we would ever get the chance to travel like this again!” remarks Rachel frequently. “This time round we have developed a website that will do more than allow families to follow our adventures (or mis-adventures), we know it will inspire them to hit the road and create experiences of their own.” 
On the 8th June 2010 the Power Family are travelling from their home in Canberra to Lake Eyre, the Flinders Ranges (Arkaroola), Menindee Lakes and Lake Mungo. During the three week adventure their journal will be followed by schools and families across the country in a trial of the Education Feature of the project. “Jasmine will keep her own journal with photos that will be followed in the classroom, and the families at home can extend what the kids in class are learning by following our family journal and those of our Guest Family Bloggers, other families travelling the country.” Says Rachel. “It’s about showing children our amazing country and how different it is once you are outside your own backyard. We want to instil a passion for Australia, travel and experiencing the natural wonderland that we are lucky to live in.” Working closely with many state and regional Tourism bodies, the Power Family hope that the Great Aussie Road Trip website will become the foremost experience based travel information tool for families. 
“Our aim is to inspire families to experience Australia. We offer the tools to help them decide where they should travel to next, great places to stay and fantastic products to make their travelling life easier. By reading our experiences, parents can relate to how our children enjoy the location and gain a feel for how their children will enjoy it. By featuring Guest Family Bloggers, the ages of the children are much wider and there is more than one family experience for a location. Our first Guest Family Bloggers hit the road at the end of June, one is travelling for 7 months. The Ross family were inspired into hitting the road after seeing us interviewed on the Today Show in 2008.” Rachel said. Opportunity exists for the travel, tourism and media industries to be involved with the Great Aussie Road Trip. Contact Rachel Power for more details. www.greataussieroadtrip.com.au 
Please visit Haggus and Stookles E-store. We sell Kids Hats and other high quality products for your kids there. Visit now, you can find variety of products to choose from!
If you enjoyed reading this blog, you will probably enjoy this also:
School Day Holiday Fun – Tips for Kids Activities
The flight coming home was a nightmare with cancelled connection flights, snow delays and lost baggage. 30 hours of travel with three young kids is never easy. But we were able to keep our cool with good team work between myself and my husband and a tube of vegemite for our fussy eaters! I also took a lot of the ‘Rafferty’s Garden’ squeezy tubes of baby food as well. Tom was happy to suck the food straight out of the sachet without the need to carry around a messy spoon and bowl. It was also a lot lighter to transport and reseal than the cans or bottles of baby food, and I can report can also be convenient when feeding in the dark! (Sometimes I just can’t make sense of the food service times).
The older kids were mostly able to organise themselves for screening by learning to get their own tray and placing their 
