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Satellite of Love
Some of you have been wondering where we (waggadventure) have been for the last couple of months, so we’d like to take this opportunity to apologise. We’re sorry to be so quiet, but in June of last year we moved … Continue reading
Posted in internet, Moving, national broadband network, outback, rural life, satellite
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We’re moving on up…
One of the good things about buying the house when we did is that we have about one month to move. We are doing a lot of what needs done slowly, trying to be as efficient as possible. First thing … Continue reading
Posted in Hilltops, Moving, real estate, Uncategorized
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permanent residen(ce)ts
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
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that’s what the world is today
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
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summer’s passed, it’s too late to cut the grass
For a couple of years in Canada, we watched a lot of HGTV real estate programs where people were trying to sell their house. There were two main messages: 1) location location location and 2) make it look like a … Continue reading
let us be the first…
to wish all of you a Happy New Year! Being where we are, we enter 2012 before most of the rest of the world, so we get the jump on this. Many people use this holiday to make resolutions and … Continue reading
Posted in birds, Canada, Christmas, cruise, Edmonton, Moving, New Year's Eve, southern hemisphere
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Creature comforts : Part 2 – Settling in
It is kind of weird, but with all the things we had to do to get the house organized, one of the first things we did was put up art. Anyone who knew our Edmonton house would remember that the … Continue reading
Posted in art, Australia, cats, family, Moving, Riverina, rural life, small town culture, wagga
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Creature comforts: Part 1 – Unloading
Regular readers will remember that it was a long time ago…several posts ago in blog terms…that we talked about our furniture being packed into the sea can and starting its long, slow journey to Australia. And now, more than 11 … Continue reading
Posted in art, Australia, cats, decluttering, Moving
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Herding cats, part 3
We know by reading the waggadventure stats that posts about our three kitties are popular. So, here is another one… documenting some of our most serious “Oh fuck” moments of the days leading up to “airport day”. In the few … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Canada, cats, Moving, quarantine, travel
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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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