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Guest blog – He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
[Hey folks – here’s another guest blog, this time from Lisa’s friend and colleague, Dr. John Budd, who has been visiting from Missouri, USA. We’ve used his trip as an excuse to visit some of our favourite haunts and to … Continue reading
You better run, you better take cover
We’ve had a few visitors since we got here, and more on the way. Depending on their itinerary, their travel experience, and their understanding of Australia, we have offered advice either before arrival, on arrival or not at all. But … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, danger, expensive, minimum wage, restaurants, shoes, small town culture, spiders, sun, visitors, wagga, wagga wagga, winter
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A new world record
Well at least a new Ganmain record. But not set by Dan. It is late winter here in the Riverina and that means the agricultural shows are starting again. We made our second visit to the mother of all shows, … Continue reading
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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I gotta really funky concept
We went to an absolutely hilarious event last week called Wagga Wagga Takes Two. It seems that there used to be an American Idol type tv show here (and probably elsewhere) called It Takes Two, where a singer and a … Continue reading
Posted in shows, small town culture, wagga, wagga wagga
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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
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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Oh Tarcutta
One of the big regional stories in the Daily Advertiser over the past few months has been a construction project on the Hume Highway, the main route that runs between Sydney and Melbourne, the country’s largest cities. It is about … Continue reading
Posted in driving, market, money, newspapers, road signs, small town culture, Tarcutta, traffic signs, travel
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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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