Big holidays and big babies

Sometimes even bloggers need a little break.

I'm off to Fiji to reinvigorate my politically incorrect tan. See you in 7 days!

I leave you with a photo of the largest baby girl born in Australia: 6.28kg (14lbs). Mum puts it down to her healthy stockman's diet.

"I lived up on a cattle station near Charters Towers right up until about six weeks before she was born.

"I was working on the station but once I found out I was pregnant I became a governess but we all still ate the same food as the others who were working - really hearty meat and veges."

Leaving on a jet plane

Today I'm off to the US to do some research in Chicago, attend a conference in D.C. and to be interviewed for a 6-part Canadian documentary on celebrity babies in LA. I have a list of maternity shops to go to and a bunch of people to interview so the next month will be full of photographs and observations from the mother land.

I can't wait to be able to buy Us and People without paying Air Freight and getting them two weeks late!