How long has it been since you settled into a train seat for a relaxing ride? Or caught a plane for a weekend getaway? Instead your days have been spent teaching your baby how to sleep or wiping spit-up. But once you hit the two-month-old mark, your baby's big eyes are gulping in the world....

"It was time for something different," says Jacqui Rickard. "Our kids are getting older so it was a good time." Thus began their adventure. Jacqui and her husband, James Rickard, hit the road with their six children (ranging in age from two to 12 years old) to spend four weeks biking Tasmania and Australia. That...