Pink secrets at Hutt Lagoon

The idea of visiting Hutt Lagoon came about when Pangzi refused to wear his new pink polo tee. “Pink anything is for girls!” he began. “Who told you so?” I reasoned. “It’s such a beautiful colour.” “But daddy, in school only the girls wear pink panties!” “How do you know? And if the boys also …

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Car museum vs car museum

Pangzi has never forgiven me for taking him to ONLY one car museum in Japan earlier. “Daddy, can I go to another car museum?” he bugged. “Sure, as soon as Singapore opens one,” I committed. That’s not going to happen. But I forgot about Pangzi’s ever-improving Googling skills. “Daddy, there’s a car museum in Korea …

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Aboard life-sized Thomas the Train with Puffing Billy

During a family gathering, I should’ve known better than sharing holiday plans with relatives. “Oh, you going Melbourne? Then you should get the real-life Thomas the Train experience! Go Google: Puffing Billy…” Within earshot of a gleeful Pangzi. All I wanted to do was shop and sightsee. Great, thank you very much, now I gotta detour. …

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