January 18, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Sometimes being a DAD means flagrantly BULLYING your needy little offspring for your own perverse pleasure & amusement! #DadThings #BeingADad 😈😜💪🏼💪🏼👌🏻♂️
September 18, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Sometimes being a DAD means flagrantly BULLYING your needy little offspring for your own perverse pleasure & amusement! #DadThings #BeingADad 😈😜💪🏼💪🏼👌🏻♂️
I "may" have drawn on autofiction for today's #30words30days story! 😂 #writers #writing #microfiction #30wordstories #autofiction #teenagers #beingadad #chess
"We'll smash them."
"And crush 'em."
"And grind them into the ground!"
"Boys!" I exclaim, while driving my son and his classmates to their opponents' school. "It's a chess tournament!" ✍️ #30words30days #writingcommunity #writing #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 17/30 #opponent
"And crush 'em."
"And grind them into the ground!"
"Boys!" I exclaim, while driving my son and his classmates to their opponents' school. "It's a chess tournament!" ✍️ #30words30days #writingcommunity #writing #microfiction #30wordstories #30words30dayscommunity 17/30 #opponent
June 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I "may" have drawn on autofiction for today's #30words30days story! 😂 #writers #writing #microfiction #30wordstories #autofiction #teenagers #beingadad #chess
@orcusdorkus.bsky.social @tristanarbro.bsky.social
took us 15 goes but we got it right :P #beamng #gaming
#beingadad
took us 15 goes but we got it right :P #beamng #gaming
#beingadad
January 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
@orcusdorkus.bsky.social @tristanarbro.bsky.social
took us 15 goes but we got it right :P #beamng #gaming
#beingadad
took us 15 goes but we got it right :P #beamng #gaming
#beingadad
Time cannot be held. It slips away, always eluding the grasp. ~ #MichaelPalin, Travelling to Work Diaries 1988-98, reflecting on a sense of regret for the passing of the days when his children were young. I feel the same about my 24-year-old son. ❤️ #quotes #parenting #beingadad
September 23, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Time cannot be held. It slips away, always eluding the grasp. ~ #MichaelPalin, Travelling to Work Diaries 1988-98, reflecting on a sense of regret for the passing of the days when his children were young. I feel the same about my 24-year-old son. ❤️ #quotes #parenting #beingadad
July 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Woohoo, thanks to my techie son, I now have 3 working monitors on my writing desk! 🥳 ❤️ #beingadad #writing
January 26, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Woohoo, thanks to my techie son, I now have 3 working monitors on my writing desk! 🥳 ❤️ #beingadad #writing
With great power comes great responsibility. 🤩🥰#BeingADad
September 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
With great power comes great responsibility. 🤩🥰#BeingADad
After 5500 km, son and I have made it from #Sydney to #MargaretRiver ... and I've been unceremoniously evicted from his van (I'm flying home). 🙄
#beingadad #dadandson #roadtrip
#beingadad #dadandson #roadtrip
December 23, 2023 at 6:29 AM
After 5500 km, son and I have made it from #Sydney to #MargaretRiver ... and I've been unceremoniously evicted from his van (I'm flying home). 🙄
#beingadad #dadandson #roadtrip
#beingadad #dadandson #roadtrip
12 years on, and now I'm carrying my dog upstairs with my bad back! 🙄 #beingadad #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
August 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
12 years on, and now I'm carrying my dog upstairs with my bad back! 🙄 #beingadad #dogs #mydog #mydogposts
September 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A 2011 post popped up in my FB timeline memories today. My then 9-year-old son asked, "Am I more like you or Mum, Dad?" He was unimpressed with my new-age response, "You're a bit of Mum, bit of me, but mostly you!" ❤️ #beingadad
November 14, 2024 at 1:18 AM
A 2011 post popped up in my FB timeline memories today. My then 9-year-old son asked, "Am I more like you or Mum, Dad?" He was unimpressed with my new-age response, "You're a bit of Mum, bit of me, but mostly you!" ❤️ #beingadad
December 10, 2023 at 9:31 PM
My #DadAndSon #RoadTrip morning barista hard at work in our #Adelaide campground. ❤️ #BeingADad #coffee
December 14, 2023 at 12:18 AM
My #DadAndSon #RoadTrip morning barista hard at work in our #Adelaide campground. ❤️ #BeingADad #coffee
Sunrise at first night's camp of #dadandson #roadtrip. Son got the bed in his van, and dad slept in the tent. ❤️ #beingadad #camping
December 11, 2023 at 7:49 PM
Sunrise at first night's camp of #dadandson #roadtrip. Son got the bed in his van, and dad slept in the tent. ❤️ #beingadad #camping
This article published by @theguardian.com is an edited extract of an essay, The Gifts of Being Read To, by Horatio Clare. It reminded me of how I feel looking back at that golden age of reading to and with my (now adult) son. ❤️ #books #children #beingadad www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘It feels an almost holy moment’: the beauty and magic of reading aloud to children
Bedside reading is a quietly magical time, says author Horatio Clare, bridging the gulf between childhood and the adult world
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This article published by @theguardian.com is an edited extract of an essay, The Gifts of Being Read To, by Horatio Clare. It reminded me of how I feel looking back at that golden age of reading to and with my (now adult) son. ❤️ #books #children #beingadad www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. ~ #WilliamShakespeare #quotes #beingadad
September 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. ~ #WilliamShakespeare #quotes #beingadad
Trial set-up of the camp stretcher I'll be using for a bed on the #dadandson #roadtrip from #Sydney to #MargaretRiver for Xmas/New Year. ❤️ #beingadad #dogs
December 6, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Trial set-up of the camp stretcher I'll be using for a bed on the #dadandson #roadtrip from #Sydney to #MargaretRiver for Xmas/New Year. ❤️ #beingadad #dogs
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. ~ #FrankAClark #quotes #father #son #beingadad
April 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. ~ #FrankAClark #quotes #father #son #beingadad
Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough. ~ #RobertDowneyJr #quotes #parenting #beingadad
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough. ~ #RobertDowneyJr #quotes #parenting #beingadad
Sorry, Jet, there's no food on the table, only #climbing gear. ❤️ #dogs #MyDog #MyDogPosts #BeingADad #TradClimbing
October 30, 2023 at 11:54 PM
Sorry, Jet, there's no food on the table, only #climbing gear. ❤️ #dogs #MyDog #MyDogPosts #BeingADad #TradClimbing
December 18, 2023 at 4:14 AM
A Facebook timeline memory popped up today from when #TraceySpicer quoted me in her 2013 #SMH article on the dangers of travelling with kids for "parents of a certain age". And I was ONLY 51 back then! 🤕 #parenting #beingadad
www.smh.com.au/traveller/in...
www.smh.com.au/traveller/in...
Mama Holiday
Travelling with kids is dangerous. It should come with a warning: Don't try this away from home.
www.smh.com.au
November 11, 2024 at 1:09 AM
A Facebook timeline memory popped up today from when #TraceySpicer quoted me in her 2013 #SMH article on the dangers of travelling with kids for "parents of a certain age". And I was ONLY 51 back then! 🤕 #parenting #beingadad
www.smh.com.au/traveller/in...
www.smh.com.au/traveller/in...
Fond funny face memories with my son from 2014! ❤️ #beingadad
June 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Fond funny face memories with my son from 2014! ❤️ #beingadad
I'm setting off on an epic #dadandson #roadtrip from #Sydney to #MargaretRiver tomorrow. Son and I plan to take our time, and I've packed my bag (and tech!) with The Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell, Stephen King's memoir on writing, and Harry Potter. ❤️ #beingadad #books
December 10, 2023 at 1:51 AM
I'm setting off on an epic #dadandson #roadtrip from #Sydney to #MargaretRiver tomorrow. Son and I plan to take our time, and I've packed my bag (and tech!) with The Corfu Trilogy by Gerald Durrell, Stephen King's memoir on writing, and Harry Potter. ❤️ #beingadad #books