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Well according to an online study, Australian’s are the third most holiday deprived nation in the developed world. Travel Company Expedia found that Aussie’s took 16.5 days annual leave on average, while workers in France (whom take the most holidays) took 34.5 days a year.

Why? Apparently we are shying away from the holidays because we fear it would put our careers at risk. Especially workers aged 18 – 34 as they think they will miss out on an important decision at work. Older workers on the hand tend to save up their annual leave and cash it in.

How do you feel about holidays?

Are you one to save -up your holidays? Tell us why?

If so here is a little temptation ….

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I’ve just returned from a girlie trip in Melbourne with my mum, my sister and her 7 month old daughter Tia.

Travelling with an infant we tried to avoid getting taxi’s as much as possible but there were situations when it just couldn’t be avoided.

To be completely honest, I never once thought about how babies travel in Taxi’s, I just assumed you could order cabs with restraints installed.

I was surprised to say the least when I discovered that child restraints were not mandatory and all you had to do was hold on to your infant when travelling.

Working for an innovative company where we have taken a 70 year old design, spent millions of dollars in research to come up with a Trampoline design that keeps your kids safe and ‘prevent’ injury, I am shocked that a public system so old in tradition is yet take the same type of initiative.

The Taxi industry is against the idea of mandatory restraints, saying that shared devices would be disease carriers that would put children’s health at risk.

Kidsafe Victoria President Mark Stokes called for a trail of overhead lockers in cabs to hold child safety devices as a solution.

What do you think about the making restraints mandatory? Have you ever had a bad experience in a cab with your children?

Springfree™ Trampoline is featured in Australia Women’s Health Magazine as the future in exercise and health that is right here right now for people like you and me to reap the benefits from.

The article goes on to say that,

“Bouncing up and down is nothing new. But NASA recently found that 10 minutes on a trampoline burns the same about of KJ’s as a 30-minute run, with 80 per cent less bone impact. This tramp is the first spring-free option with soft edges, so you won’t crack your noggin if you misjudge that somersault.”

Another health benefit from re-bounding is the good it does for our lymphatic system. Bouncing gets the blood circulating, hence helping to eliminate toxins built up in our body.

The lymphatic system can be compared to the dump for our bodies. It stores all the toxins and waste products in our body and you can only get this flowing by:

1. Gravity
2. Internal Massage of the lymph ducts and
3. Exercise by rebounding (i.e. Jumping on a Springfree™ Trampoline)

So I hope you are getting your iPod, some comfy clothes and heading outside to enjoy some ‘me’ time on the Springfree™ Trampoline.

Do you use the Springfree™ Trampoline as part of your exercise routine? I would love to hear more about at erin@springfree.com.au

I’m one of the world’s clumsiest/ disaster prone people – I’m happy to admit it, ‘cos I sure can’t hide it.

Most parents purchase the Springfree™ Trampoline because it’s the safest trampoline, and they can have confidence their kids can exercise without injury.

This is true! But are there any other ‘grown-up’s’ out there that enjoy the safety of our trampoline to avoid life’s general mishaps?

I love jumping on our trampoline – it has me the fittest I’ve ever been and confident that I can exercise safely. I also know when jumping, I’m in a “padded cell” and for a period am protected from my clumsy/ disaster prone nature.

To give you an idea of the last 5 days on a trip to the US, and back to Canada… my top three (and these are the top of many) are:

1. Managing to irritate a customs officer into giving me the full once over (fortunately it didn’t get quite to the rubber glove stage) but still, I was patted down, and questioned to a point of compromise
2. After finally, getting over 2 delays and a grounded plane, the flight I was on was HIT BY LIGHTENING travelling into San Francisco. Let’s just say, huge bang, big blast of sparks, and 30 seconds of utter fear before the captain announced “Ladies and Gentlemen, no need to worry, we were just hit by lightening, but fortunately we’re okay”??!!
3. To add insult to injury, today, I was responsible for “killing” the Springfree™ Trampoline van on my first trip back to the office. Take one major 8 lane Canadian highway, a large wrapped Springfree™ Trampoline Van, and add me as a driver and of course the transmission will blow. Fortunately, while I tweeted my distress (waiting crouched on the passenger side with rush hour traffic zooming by after crossing 4 lanes with loss of speed and hazards and horn going – did I mention I was listed as “the slow vehicle blocking the exit lane” on the traffic report?!) a twitter friend found my frightened image amusing… and crafted this wonderful PhotoShop picture for me…

When my transmission broke on the highway...

Let’s just say, I think I’m safer in a Springfree Trampoline.

Is anyone else this accident prone?