Archive for March, 2008

Easter fit

Easter was about two things: plenty of chocolate and plenty of walking.
Thanks Mary for your post (21/3), but I must admit the house was filled with eggs on Sunday, they were impossible to avoid given the weekend was spent at mum and dad’s in Tarwin Lower with extended families including plenty of little kids.
The beauty […]

An active Easter

One of the great things about this Challenge is the way it has been embraced by so many families and individuals, many of whom are developing all sorts of novel ways to get their 30 minutes of activity in.
A great example of this was brought to my attention last week and involves a group of […]

Keeping active

So one week down, five to go and I can tell you it has already proved to be a bit of an effort finding the time to get the runners on and get active.

To be honest, with Parliament sitting Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I got the majority of my exercise done running between my office […]

The Challenge begins

The Premier’s Active Families Challenge has kicked off and it’s been a
solid start by the Merlino family, as I hope it has been for other
Victorian families taking the challenge.
Only a few days in and we’ve managed to get in a visit to the Kilsyth pool,
where my wife Meagan swam 14 laps (she has just joined […]

Getting started

My wife Meagan organises a walking group for mums and plays softball, so because she is already very active, she’s taken up the role of team leader to make sure we stay motivated even when we’re busy or feeling tired.
I’ll keep you posted on our progress and I look forward to hearing stories of how […]



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Active Families is the nook of James Merlino, the Minister for Sport and Recreation. My familiy is taking the The Premier's Active Family Challenge - you can read about how we're going on this blog.

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