Category Archives: visitors

Guest blog – He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich

Posted on January 14, 2014 by waggadventure

[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 →

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Guest Blog – Going to Wagga Wagga? You must know someone there…

Posted on September 30, 2013 by waggadventure

[Lisa edit: Another visit and another guest blog, this time by fellow Canadian ex-pats Kristie and Leo Saumure, who came to Oz from their home in New Zealand to compete in the Sydney half-marathon. Kristie (Lisa’s first PhD student) and … Continue reading →

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You better run, you better take cover

Posted on February 10, 2013 by waggadventure

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 | 1 Comment

When they come tails I nearly die

Posted on April 25, 2012 by waggadventure

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 →

Posted in ANZAC Day, Australia, beer, bogans, holidays, pub, small town culture, two-up, visitors, wagga | Leave a comment

Jesus died for somebody’s sins but not mine

Posted on April 5, 2012 by waggadventure

It’s Easter weekend, and being public service employees we get 4 (and 1/2 – as the Uni gives us a bonus leave!) days off. So we’re heading out for a few days of autumnal rest and relaxation. Which is a … Continue reading →

Posted in contest, little river band, music, trivia, visitors, wagga, wagga wagga | 1 Comment

like a great big train…

Posted on March 4, 2012 by waggadventure

When we first visited Wagga in early December 2010, it was a bit of a disaster zone. The 10 year drought had just ended, not with a whimper but with the skies around New South Wales opening up and wreaking … Continue reading →

Posted in Canberra, floods, lake albert, Lockhart, rain, Riverina, travel, visitors, weather | 2 Comments

Guest blog – Fly me to…Wagga Wagga!

Posted on March 2, 2012 by waggadventure

[Lisa edit: Writing this blog is hard work (yakka!) – we have to come up with ideas, we have to be creative and witty, we have to have photos… So we hope that anyone who comes to visit will be … Continue reading →

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