![]() Need to find a playground en route for the restless kids in the backseat? I can totally relate! Using the location feature of your smartphone, this app finds the playgrounds nearest to your current location and provides a handy list of features for each park. I like the Oz Weather Lite app and each time we travel I add the town we are staying in to my list of cities so that I can quickly and easily see both the current conditions and the forecast. I check the forecast most mornings and each evening so I know how to dress the girls for the day (or for bedtime – which is especially important for AJ as she wears a sleeping bag). I am a bit of a nut when it comes to needing to know what the weather will be like – both day and night. No more short tempered exchanges between spouses as we miss the turn off again due to Mum distractedly juggling the road map as she haggles with the kids in the backseat! Instead the lovely (albeit somewhat mechanical sounding) voice of the Maps apps made sure we got exactly where we wanted to go – at least when we typed in the correct destination □ Along the way it pinpointed the location of everything from a fabulous playground to captivating underground caves, as well as some wonderful family friendly wineries and breweries – beer, wine or great coffee while the kids play, yes please! Starting with the basics, I use the Maps function on my iPhone all the time so it is no surprise that it was a lifesaver when we were travelling through unfamiliar territory. Given that we live in the age of mobile technology, there may have been no less than five mobile devices in our car (or the various luggage items contained therein) and I cannot tell you how thankful I was for this technology at various times during our short vacation – think grumpy toddler needing to get out of the car NOW! If you are planning a road trip with your family in the near future, I would love to share some great resources with you – first up, this great Telstra 4G free Happy Holidays eBook which is jam packed with tips for family holidays from some fabulous Australian bloggers, and secondly this list of five handy apps that just may save your sanity next time you hit the road with the kids in tow! ![]() So with the car packed to overflowing – you would never know we would only be gone for only three days! – we headed off on a fun filled trip south to Busselton. ![]() With AJ (who has never loved travelling in the car) now 20 months old we thought it might be time to hit the road on a family road trip…albeit a reasonably short one so we could see how she coped. ![]()
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