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It’s all relevant
The purpose of this blog is to talk about moving to Australia, not just ramble on about our daily lives. So if we are going to post about our UK trip, it needs to have some relevance. This is actually … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Australia, beer, Canada, cats, cultural differences, food, mountains, Moving, pie, quarantine, travel
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Meta Blog
Did you know that WordPress lets you write a blog entry and then schedule it to publish later? That is what we did with this one. We are somewhere in the UK, having too much fun to blog. So it … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Canada, cats, hairy panic
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Global homelessness
OK, so we’re not trying to make light of a serious issue, but we are, technically, homeless. A couple of days ago, our lawyer did the lawyer stuff, the real estate agents did the real estate stuff, and the new … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Moving, real estate, Riverina, small town culture, wagga, weather, wine
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Allied Forces
Packing. The longer you are going for, and the farther away, the harder it gets. Degrees of difficulty, on a scale of 1 to 10: Quick weekend drive out of town: 1 Flying across the country for a week: 2 … Continue reading
Posted in art, Australia, Canada, cats, decluttering, Moving, travel
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Among my souvenirs
So, you are leaving the country of your birth, to take up residence about as far away as you can get…what do you take with you as a ‘souvenir’? Not counting your Canadian passport, which, as we said weeks ago, … Continue reading
Posted in art, Canada, Moving, Owen Sound, small town culture
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All in the Family
After a fantastic meal (okay…we cooked it, so we’re a little biased) and fun at Dan’s sister’s place, followed by a lovely brekkie in the morning (thanks B!), we decided to check out what was new and happening around town … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cats, family, food, Owen Sound, small town culture
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See you later, buenos noches, bye bye…
OK, so we aren’t gone yet. We still officially live in Edmonton, but have been away for the past 10 days (so no blogging). We’re now back for a couple of weeks before another venture. And it seems to be … Continue reading
Posted in bogans, Canada, family, Owen Sound, pie, small town culture, wildlife, wine
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The Alberta Advantage, Part 2: mountains
Yes, there is more we like about Alberta than the food, as discussed in the AA Part 1 post (for new readers, that’s “Alberta Advantage” not “Alcoholics Anonymous”). Maybe what we are going to miss the most (except for the … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Canada, mountains, small town culture, Uncategorized, wildlife
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Boring political post
A couple of weeks ago, one of Dan’s colleagues asked him if he was going to their union meeting, where they would be informed about salary negotiations for next year. In his typically sensitive and caring way, he responded “Why … Continue reading
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