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About waggadventure

Canadians newly relocated to Australia.

How to speak Australian

Posted on April 24, 2011 by waggadventure

For the readers out there who may be wondering, Wagga Wagga is pronounced wogga wogga. The ‘a’ isn’t a long ‘a’ as in hay, or a short ‘a’ as in cat, but more of an aw sound as in Australia. … Continue reading →

Posted in bogans, ferals, hairy panic, language, utes, wagga, wine | 4 Comments

Binge and purge

Posted on April 20, 2011 by waggadventure

Moving half way around the world requires, or you might even say encourages, a bit of downsizing. Not everything we have will fit in the shipping container, small appliances won’t work because of voltage differences, some stuff we just don’t need … Continue reading →

Posted in decluttering, Moving, wine | 4 Comments

Realty check

Posted on April 16, 2011 by waggadventure

With this move, we’re leaving our first house. When we decided to buy (after 15 years of renting, first in London, then in Edmonton), we quickly realized that we wanted to buy a new build. We looked around a few … Continue reading →

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W7 – Who, What, Where, When, Why, Wagga, Wagga

Posted on April 13, 2011 by waggadventure

We realize that everyone might not know what is really going on, so decided to we should put some things into context for those on the periphery. Rule #1 of journalistic storytelling is the 5 w’s: who, what, where, when, … Continue reading →

Posted in CSU, food, Moving, Owen Sound, small town culture, Uncategorized, wagga, wine | 3 Comments

Herding cats: makes AA’s twelve step program seem easy

Posted on April 8, 2011 by waggadventure

Not that either of us has ever tried to quit drinking, nor will we in the near future (see the bullet point in the last entry about the quantity of wine made in Australia); but everyone knows that Alcoholics Anonymous … Continue reading →

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And we’re off! Well, not yet, but it’s about to happen.

Posted on April 5, 2011 by waggadventure

So, this is it: the start of the Dan and Lisa Given blog on moving to Australia.  We’re going to Wagga Wagga, a town of 63500 people and about 1/2 billion sheep in the Riverina district of New South Wales.  … Continue reading →

Posted in hairy panic, Moving, Visa | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments