I love this place, and I can't understand why it isn't packed every night - but the best part is that it isn't! They do both take-away and have a nice small restaurant seating area. The food is *amazing*! Authentic Thai food and decor, and very reasonably priced. In my opinion, this is the best Thai food in the area - but be prepared for some of the dishes to be quite hot/spicy. For me, this is how I like it! We would be here at least once a month, sometimes once a week!

Tinoki is a small business selling baby slings, wraps and carriers. It is run by two sisters, Gabrielle and Danielle, and they test the products on their own children and are incredibly knowledgeable and generous with their time and information. I have bought several products through them, but I have also been there just for advice and help with baby carriers, and they have been unfailingly helpful and expert - even with carriers not bought through them. Tinoki also offers a trial pack to have a go with a few different carriers, because there are so many products out there it can get all a bit confusing! But the Tinoki girls can help find your way! Highly recommended! Happy repeat customer here!

This is a local cafe that I sometimes take my daughter to for a special treat. It is a little more expensive and up-market than most of the places we go, but worth the extra! They have fantastic food - everything is better than I had hoped! They also have a great (quite reasonably priced) kids' menu. My daughter's lunch was a sandwich, boxed drink and chocolate biscuit. Thank goodness for somewhere you can get decent child-friendly food (which is not chicken nuggets and chips). My hubby says the coffee is good too, but I don't drink coffee so can't comment on that directly. We are usually there during the day on weekdays, and the service is fine then, but I hear that it gets very busy on weekends.

We had a family photo shoot in the park when my 2nd daughter turned 6 months old. Kirsty Fray was fantastic with the kids - patient and kept them interested and found things for them to do. She managed to get good pictures of my two little wiggle worms - natural and shows them having fun, but artistic and cute too! She gave us heaps of pictures both black and white and coloured, on a CD and I've been making calendars and photo albums and photo gifts from them ever since! When my 3rd daughter is a bit older I think we'll do it again!

The photos were nice, in a formal studio kind of way. The service was dreadful and I will never go there again. See my reviews for the photographer I went with the next time and recommend!

I found the shoot itself was OK, but the photographer didn't seem to understand children and their concentration spans. He required poses over and over that a child just isn't going to be able to do. The poses were original and fun, and shoot experience was fine, just a bit long and difficult for a 1yo. The previews of the photos was good too, although a little rushed given the number of photos and the allocated time.

It was after ordering the photos that the difficulties began. We were transferred to another person (not the photographer) who seemed to be in charge of the digital manipulation of the pictures and the printing. I tried over and over to explain what I wanted, spending a lot of time on the phone and checking emailed prints - I never managed to get the message through, for some reason. The pictures are nice, but not exactly what I wanted and at this price they should be! We got a package for about $2,000 dollars for 6 wall prints - expensive, IMO.

We also waited about three months for our pictures. I had hoped to have them for display at our daughter's first birthday in November, but no. I then hoped to have them for Christmas, but no. I had to call and chase them - and they finally said they were "busy over Christmas". Well, so am I! I have better things to do than chase up a group who takes the money off my credit card the same day, but takes three months to deliver the goods. I told them at the time I finally picked up the pictures that I was not satisfied with their service, but they seemed totally uninterested in this feedback. I wrote a letter and got no reply. Clearly they do not care about repeat business.

My sister, unfortunately, didn't listen to my experience and went this studio as well for her family photo shoot. In the end she did the whole photo shoot and walked away without buying anything. They "position themselves in the market" in the several thousand dollar range. They want to do only wall art prints and will not do photos for desks, albums, on paper or any of the other usual uses for pictures. They also don't sell the digital files.

If you have lots of money and want a very polished artistic final product, this might be the team for you, if you don't mind hassling them every day for months to get exactly what you want. For the average family photo shoot to get nice pictures for your family Christmas card or for an album for your coffee table - go elsewhere. You have been warned.

Approximate cost: $2000

Kirstie Fray was a wonderfully sympathetic photographer who was patient with our children and managed to get the best out of them during the shoot. We ranged over the park, playground and benches and she was fantastic at engaging them and giving them some direction, while letting them be themselves. Her photos really captured who they are and who we are as a family.

We got a mixture of colour and B&W shots from the shoot, all on a CD for us to use as we like. I've already made a calendar, gift cards, Christmas cards, postcards and a photobook! These are truly artistic and yet still natural photos - the more I look at them the more I love them! This was a lovely experience and produced lots of lovely memories! Will definitely use her again!

Approximate cost: $185

We live locally and go to Livingroom regularly - the service is always fantastic, the food is great and the menu changes often enough that even though we were going weekly at one stage, we never got bored! My hubby never wore out the wine list either. Not exactly cheap, but you definitely get your money's worth in true quality. The seafood dishes are made so that you can actually see the seafood - no stock made of old prawn shells here!

I should mention specifically, the staff have been exceptionally accommodating of my baby. I've been there with her in a capsule and they pulled up a chair for her. I've taken her in a pram and they made room for the pram with no fuss and held the door open for us! This is a big plus for me - so many places act like taking children is an imposition on their time and space and I've never had this feeling here.

We will continue going there as long as we are local and will probably travel back now that we know we're onto a good thing!

Approximate cost: $30

A group of us arranged to meet here for afternoon tea. We were a large group and pre-booked for a "High Tea" for $15 per head. The food was lovely, although there wasn't a lot of it. We each got a sandwich, one macaroon, one scone, one-third of a brownie and one free choice cake (one of apple tart, brioche or jam tart). At around $4 per item I do not consider this particularly good value.

However, when we got the bill we were rather taken aback to discover that TEA (and coffee) were NOT included in our "High Tea" price! So we ended up paying more than $20 per head overall, and got a nasty shock in the process. While the quality of the cakes was good, I would not come back here ever again. I feel that they got our business under false pretenses.

The setting is nice, in a quiet garden behind a church and the service was OK. No complaints about any of that. We were not in the mood to try any of their take-home food, so can't comment on that.

Approximate cost: $20

OK, it's free, but in life you get what you pay for. The advice I got was very common-sense stuff, and they always seem to end up with "go see a doctor" which makes me wonder what the point really is. The nurses I've spoken to always seem very nice, but the advice is pretty much the same as I could get over the back fence with my neighbour - "If it gets worse, go see a doctor..."

I love the fact that they have a huge range of teas, and always have at least four available for tasting. You can find things here that you can't get anywhere else. As well as tea, they have teapots, cups, tea glasses, tea bombs and all those little accessories that any tea gourmand needs! I go here far too often...