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Gobble, gobble, gobble
Well, it was officially Thanksgiving back in Canada on the weekend. You know, that time of year when we give thanks for family and friends… and that there’s no snow on the ground yet (we hope!)… and for all the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, family, holidays, homesickness, pie, Thanksgiving
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When they come tails I nearly die
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
what are they marching for?
There are 3 main industries that support Wagga: agriculture, education, and the military are the biggest employers, and the role of that 3rd one is going to be much more prominent this week as Australia celebrates ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day … Continue reading
Posted in ANZAC Day, holidays, military
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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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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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do they know it’s Chrissie?
In the Aussie tradition of shortening and ee-ing everything, we are now in the throes of celebrating “Chrissie”. Well, we are in the throes of seeing Australians celebrate it, as we don’t really do that much around this holiday. Never … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Christmas, holidays, small town culture, southern hemisphere, wagga wagga
Tagged clark griswold, johnny galecki
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I can see for miles
When people ask us if it has been hard to leave all our friends and family behind, we say “yes, of course.” But we also say that the move to Edmonton was probably a bigger move. All of our family was, … Continue reading
Posted in family, holidays, homesickness, Owen Sound, Pike Bay, travel
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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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