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Guest Blog – Going to Wagga Wagga? You must know someone there…
[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
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Spring is in the air
It’s spring here in Australia, and with spring comes flowers. Not that there aren’t some things (trees, bushes and flowers) blooming in winter, but now, there are more. And one of the latest areas for spring blossoms to come to … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Canberra, festivals, footy, labour day weekend, market, wine
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Mood Indigo
As we were hanging out in Beechworth and its surroundings over Easter, we started to think about that area of northern Victoria as becoming our new Jasper. Jasper was our retreat area, a fairly quick trip from Edmonton into the … Continue reading
Posted in apples, Beechworth, cheese, cycling, fruit, mountains, pie, small town culture, wine, wineries
Tagged food, indigo shire, restaurants, travel, vacation
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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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and a new year begins
And so… to continue our tale of our New Year’s excursion. Our package at Casa Luna included breakfasts and dinners, as well as what was described as “a long and languorous candlelit degustation dinner of our Italian-influenced food, with every … Continue reading
Posted in cycling, food, holidays, King Valley, mountains, New Year's Eve, wine, wineries
Tagged king valley, wine
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how deep in the valley
There was a newspaper article recently about impulsive online shopping while drinking and how the purchasers (what they called “boozy shoppers”) often regretted their choices. We recently had an experience doing this, but were thrilled with the results. A few weeks … Continue reading
Posted in cheese, cycling, holidays, King Valley, mountains, New Year's Eve, wine, wineries, winter
Tagged king valley, wine
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A yabbie dabbie doo Chrissie
So, what did we do on our first real southern hemisphere Christmas (we say real because last year we were in Ushuaia, Argentina but that was a novelty…a vacation, not how we live)? Well, on Christmas Eve we had dinner … Continue reading
Posted in bicycles, birds, bogans, Christmas, food, hairy panic, holidays, wine, wineries
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pickers and permanent people
When we went to Young a couple of weeks ago, we sort of jumped the gun. A variety of other plans throughout the week got shifted, so we ended up with a free Saturday and we really wanted some cherries. … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Australia, Ballinaclash, cheese, cherries, festivals, fruit, olives, pie, pistachios, rural life, wine, Young
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