Category Archives: parrots

Contours

Posted on October 26, 2012 by waggadventure

Ernest Hemingway, according to our tour guide when we visited Cuba in the late ‘90s, spent a lot of time sitting in a tiny bar in Havana knocking back mojitos at an unhealthy pace.  It seems he also rode a … Continue reading →

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chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Posted on April 9, 2012 by waggadventure

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 →

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take a chance with a couple of kooks

Posted on April 2, 2012 by waggadventure

Here’s a really interesting factoid: there are 680 species of eucalyptus trees and one species of koala. There may or may not be three subspecies of koala with the Victorian ones being the largest and furriest, NSW mid-size, and those … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, honeyeaters, koalas, kookaburras, parrots, Riverina, rosellas, rural life, trees | Leave a comment

Guest blog: Australia – it’s for the birds!

Posted on March 25, 2012 by waggadventure

[Remember all of our previous posts about birds? Well, we now have a resident expert here in Wagga, as our friend Gloria has been visiting us for the past couple of weeks. She has written this guest blog to entice … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, birds, Canberra, cockatoo, galah, honeyeaters, parrots, Riverina, wagga | 1 Comment

summer’s passed, it’s too late to cut the grass

Posted on March 21, 2012 by waggadventure

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 →

Posted in Australia, cycling, Hilltops, kangaroo, Moving, parrots, real estate, wagga | 1 Comment

Like a worm on a hook

Posted on February 2, 2012 by waggadventure

We’ve only been here about 7 months, but we’ve figured out some of the migratory patterns of birds through the Riverina. This may not be 100% accurate (or even 10%!), but here are our observations on birds that have visited … Continue reading →

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