Author Archives: waggadventure

About waggadventure

Canadians newly relocated to Australia.

Profapalooza – Part 2

Posted on February 28, 2013

A few months back, Lisa described a few of her visits to capital cities across Australia. This was interrupted by Profapalooza – Hurricane Edition, when she was caught spending time with Sandy in Baltimore. Since then, Lisa has continued her … Continue reading →

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You better run, you better take cover

Posted on February 10, 2013

We’ve had a few visitors since we got here, and more on the way. Depending on their itinerary, their travel experience, and their understanding of Australia, we have offered advice either before arrival, on arrival or not at all. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, danger, expensive, minimum wage, restaurants, shoes, small town culture, spiders, sun, visitors, wagga, wagga wagga, winter | 1 Comment

hey there little insect

Posted on February 4, 2013

There aren’t a lot of good things you can say about extreme cold weather, but the one positive of cold climates is there are fewer insects. In Canada, there were flies, black flies, and mosquitos, plus the occassional other annoyance … Continue reading →

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Satellite of Love

Posted on January 24, 2013

Some of you have been wondering where we (waggadventure) have been for the last couple of months, so we’d like to take this opportunity to apologise. We’re sorry to be so quiet, but in June of last year we moved … Continue reading →

Posted in internet, Moving, national broadband network, outback, rural life, satellite | 1 Comment

hot hot hot

Posted on January 23, 2013

OK, so it’s been a bit too long since we posted anything. At the time of last writing, Lisa was in Canada and Dan had been left behind to keep blogging. And now, she’s back in North America for a … Continue reading →

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In the taxi home, I’ll sing you a Triffids’ song

Posted on November 11, 2012

We have a huge backlog of posts that are started and not finished, or thought about but never even started.  This is one that has been in the works for about 15 months; the origins of it are from before … Continue reading →

Posted in adalita, Australia, courtney barnett, drones, magic dirt, music, triffids, triple j | 2 Comments

the yard is nothing but a fence

Posted on November 6, 2012

With Lisa away, I need to fill some blogging space so I thought I would complain about our garden.  As I suffer through the horrible sunny high 20s/low 30s weather, she gets to enjoy the last throes of ‘superstorm’ Sandy … Continue reading →

Posted in citrus, Edmonton, gardening, house, strawberries, wagga, weather | Leave a comment