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the steep and winding road…
When we got home from the Spirit of the Land festival last weekend, Lisa saw an ad in the local paper (the Daily Advertiser) for the Batlow Apple Blossom Festival this weekend. Since we are trying to experience as much … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, apples, Australia, Batlow, bogans, driving, fall fairs, farmers market, festivals, food, horses, koalas, lizard, market, mountains, pie, Riverina, road signs, rural life, shows, skink, small town culture, Snowy Mountains, traffic signs, wildlife
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Recycling, Lockhart style
A few weeks ago, at the Muddi Markets in Wagga, we talked to a woman (Trish) at a booth advertising the Spirit of the Land Festival in Lockhart. One of her best friends lives in Canada, so we had a … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, art, citrus, festivals, Lockhart, museums, rural life, small town culture, Uncategorized, wool
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long weekend wagga
It is Labour Day weekend here in Wagga. A month later than in North America, it is out of sync with many other things we associate with Labour Day: in Canada, Labour Day was a time when kids returned to … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Australia, birds, bogans, chook, danger, fair work, fall fairs, football, footy, goats, gum tree leaves, holidays, labour day, labour day weekend, lake albert, Melbourne, minimum wage, rural life, sausage sanga, shows, small town culture, sports, utes, wagga, wagga wagga
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Bright lights, big city: part 2
There are a few big public galleries in Melbourne that are worth visiting. We didn’t make it to the Tutankhamen show at the Melbourne Museum, nor did we go to the Vienna exhibit at the National Gallery of Victoria. Both, according … Continue reading
Posted in art, Australia, farmers market, food, market, Melbourne, politics
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everything you ever wanted to know about kangaroos
Having now lived in Australia for 2 months, we are experts on kangaroos. So, for those outside of Australia, here are a whole bunch of facts and trivia about kangaroos. For those of you in Australia (or anywhere else who … Continue reading
Wine and cheese at work
CSU has, as strange as it may seem, both a winery and a cheesery. Yes, that might seem odd, but then again, this is Australia, where many things are a bit odd. In our time knowing about them – from … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, cheese, CSU, wine
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How to speak Australian, Part 3
Yes, it’s another installment of our popular feature on the Australian language. In fact, the phrase ‘how to speak Australian’ is a common Google search that sends people to our blog (welcome strangers!). Most days, our lives proceed as normal… … Continue reading
Posted in bogans, bug spray, cat litter, cats, cooking, ferals, food, pet supplies, rissoles, spiders, Uncategorized, wine
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Show me the pie…
Wagga is often referred to as a ‘country town’, but it is a city, despite the fact that we can hear sheep from our house, drive past goats on the way to the uni, and see kangaroos on campus. If … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Australia, fall fairs, kelpies, pie, Riverina, rural life, sheep, sheep dogs, sheep shearing, shows, small town culture, Uncategorized, wagga
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This little piggy…
One cold day in January a couple of years ago, while Lisa was off at a conference (somewhere much warmer), Dan almost ran over a coyote on 119 Street in Edmonton, alongside the U of A farm. It was still … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, beef, cheese, farmers market, food, kangaroo, market, pie, pistachios, sausage, vegetables, wine
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