Long haul travel with small people - more tips for taking your kids to Australia
Travelling with a baby or toddler to Australia can be fun (honest — it's not that bad!), and I've got some tips we've worked out to make it a bit easier. I've written about travelling with babies lots before here, here and here, for example, but I've got a few new hints...
- If you are hiring a car, pack some stick-on roller sun blinds in your suitcase. They don't take up much room in your luggage, and mean you don't have to rig up a sarong-shut-in-window-to-block-out-streaming-sun scenario when driving :)
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Alex sporting her favourite pink hat on the free bus in Adelaide |
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- Take more than one sun hat that fits. Alex has a collection of the JoJoMamanBebe 'flap' hats as they're a great fit with elastic, tight enough to stop the hat flying off, but not so tight to leave a groove in her head!
- Take your own formula milk if you have a fussy tot. The same brands aren't easily available in Australia (Alex drinks Hipp, and I didn't see this, or SMA or Cow & Gate in many — or any — places). Alex was fine on other brands, but now we just take (and declare at customs, don't forget!) our own, as it's easier.
- A fold-up travel-friendly buggy is a very good idea. We're still loving our Quinny Zapp as it folds up so neatly into its bag, which protects it when chucked around in the airplane hold, but it's robust enough to plough its way across most terrains when you get there. It also fits neatly into the boot of a hire car. The only whinge we used to have with the buggy is that you can't hang much from it (bags), but all that is now solved with the amazing Buggy Baskets we've got. Fab accessories that you can fit LOADS of stuff in for a day out. We tested them out for trips to the beach in Mallorca last month, and they're brilliant. Well done ladies at Buggy Baskets!
- Reins for your toddler at the airport are pretty necessary, in my opinion. Alex always wants to be running around everywhere now, and without reins this is hard work at a busy airport :) (and if you forget to pack them in your hand luggage... ahem like I might have once... you'll be pleased to hear they sell them in the Boots in Terminal 3 at Heathrow!).
- Don't underestimate the need for stopovers. They make it all much easier... for Mums and Dads and little ones too!
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