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my little golden horseshoe
When we booked our accommodation and restaurants in Beechworth for the Easter long weekend, we did it early because we reckoned that being a long weekend, and the last one before winter sets in, it might be busy. Little did … Continue reading
Posted in apples, Beechworth, cycling, farmers market, festivals, holidays, horses, market, mountains, small town culture, wine, wineries
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chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Easter weekend was a bit confusing, as we went on an autumn getaway on what we normally think of as a spring weekend. And to make it more confusing, we experienced temperatures ranging from about 3 to 29 c., in … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, apples, Beechworth, birds, festivals, parrots, rosellas, wine
Tagged nature, travel, vacation
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Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine
It’s Easter weekend, and being public service employees we get 4 (and 1/2 – as the Uni gives us a bonus leave!) days off. So we’re heading out for a few days of autumnal rest and relaxation. Which is a … Continue reading
Posted in contest, little river band, music, trivia, visitors, wagga, wagga wagga
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take a chance with a couple of kooks
Here’s a really interesting factoid: there are 680 species of eucalyptus trees and one species of koala. There may or may not be three subspecies of koala with the Victorian ones being the largest and furriest, NSW mid-size, and those … Continue reading
Posted in birds, honeyeaters, koalas, kookaburras, parrots, Riverina, rosellas, rural life, trees
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and no one touches me
Anyone who has ever flown into Sydney on an international flight has experienced what is probably one of the oddest experiences a first-time visitor can imagine: being sprayed by the Australian quarantine service. Yes, they spray you down; you and … Continue reading
Guest blog: Australia – it’s for the birds!
[Remember all of our previous posts about birds? Well, we now have a resident expert here in Wagga, as our friend Gloria has been visiting us for the past couple of weeks. She has written this guest blog to entice … Continue reading
summer’s passed, it’s too late to cut the grass
For a couple of years in Canada, we watched a lot of HGTV real estate programs where people were trying to sell their house. There were two main messages: 1) location location location and 2) make it look like a … Continue reading
The 7% solution
The house we are living in isn’t very well organized. When the removalists (or are they called replacers when they are bringing the stuff into your house?) were unpacking our stuff last August, they were a lot faster at unboxing/unwrapping … Continue reading
Posted in banking, cultural differences, real estate, wagga
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Summer in my mind
Every year since the early 1980s, on Australia Day, Triple J radio (then called Double J…not sure what the story is there) plays the Hottest 100 songs from the year before. Australia Day, for those not in the know, is … Continue reading
Posted in beer, birds, cycling, rain, seasons, southern hemisphere, weather
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she’s a laughing giggly whirlybird
When we moved from downtown Edmonton to Terwillegar Towne several years ago, it took us weeks to notice what was missing from our lives…and it was a strange thing: noise.We had moved to a suburb that was under construction, so … Continue reading
Posted in farming, floods, rural life, spiders, Uncategorized, wagga, wagga wagga, wineries
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