Category Archives: Australia

Guest Blog – Going to Wagga Wagga? You must know someone there…

Posted on September 30, 2013 by waggadventure

[Lisa edit: Another visit and another guest blog, this time by fellow Canadian ex-pats Kristie and Leo Saumure, who came to Oz from their home in New Zealand to compete in the Sydney half-marathon. Kristie (Lisa’s first PhD student) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan baker, Australia, birds, Canada, cats, cockatoo, cooking, CSU, Edmonton, farmers market, food, Jugiong, kangaroo, lake albert, lamb, visitors, wagga wagga, wine | Leave a comment

You better run, you better take cover

Posted on February 10, 2013 by waggadventure

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 by waggadventure

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 →

Posted in Australia, beetles, bugs, insects, Uncategorized, wasps | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

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

Posted on November 11, 2012 by waggadventure

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

How to speak Australian, Part 5

Posted on August 12, 2012 by waggadventure

Snag: We often see people fishing in Lake Albert or in the Murrumbidgee River, and like any other closed water fishers, one of the big annoyances for them will be getting their hook snagged on a submerged branch. This is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, barbecue, food, sausage, sausage sanga, wagga | Leave a comment

Digger Dan

Posted on July 21, 2012 by waggadventure

We quite often think of our situation here in terms of what things would be like in Edmonton, or even Ontario, six months off.  Like today, for example, where it is the middle of winter in Wagga. In Edmonton terms, … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, Australia, citrus, cold, fruit, gardening, wagga, weather, winter | Leave a comment

permanent residen(ce)ts

Posted on May 27, 2012 by waggadventure

Yes, as we said at the end of the last post, we are now permanent residents of Australia. They aren’t going to kick us out [Lisa edit: unless Dan does something REALLY stupid; we all know that could happen!]. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, banking, cultural differences, money, Moving, real estate, small town culture, wagga, wagga wagga | 2 Comments

you say you want a resolution

Posted on May 24, 2012 by waggadventure

For the past few weeks, Lisa’s had one song stuck in her mind, with the line “ball of confusion” (the Love and Rockets version – gotta love that 80’s hair!) playing endlessly. The ball has finally been sorted! When last … Continue reading →

Posted in airport, Australia, fingerprints, travel, Visa, wagga | 5 Comments

that’s what the world is today

Posted on May 5, 2012 by waggadventure

Have you ever had the feeling that some things are moving really quickly in one direction, others are lagging behind, and some just not going in the right direction at all? And things you thought should be simple are way … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Canada, Hilltops, identification, Moving, passports, rural life, sheep shearing, travel, Visa | 2 Comments

When they come tails I nearly die

Posted on April 25, 2012 by waggadventure

OK, so the last post was a bit somber, with a whole bunch of shit about people dying and then some of Shane McGowan’s best dreary vocals. But we said (warned? threatened?) that the next post would be more interesting, … Continue reading →

Posted in ANZAC Day, Australia, beer, bogans, holidays, pub, small town culture, two-up, visitors, wagga | Leave a comment