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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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the yard is nothing but a fence
With Lisa away, I need to fill some blogging space so I thought I would complain about our garden. As I suffer through the horrible sunny high 20s/low 30s weather, she gets to enjoy the last throes of ‘superstorm’ Sandy … Continue reading
Posted in citrus, Edmonton, gardening, house, strawberries, wagga, weather
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Contours
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
Posted in bicycle, cycling, magpies, parrots, rural life, Uncategorized, wagga, wagga wagga, wildlife
Tagged bicycles, bike safety, cycling, wagga
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herding cats, the Saturday morning edition
Unlike most of our blog posts that are full of wisdom and insights about our new life, this one is pretty much about nothing. Lisa is off to North America, and has left me (Dan) behind with really one task … Continue reading
Posted in birds, cats, magpie, magpies, wagga, wagga wagga
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Hometown Glory
We’ve been a bit lazy (busy?) about blogging recently, so had to ask for some help. This is a guest post by Wagga’s newest Canadian. Her own blog is beckyquarterly.wordpress.com. How many other cities of 65000 in Australia can claim … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, churches, civic centre, farmers market, Murrumbidgee, Riverina, Uncategorized, wagga, wagga wagga
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hazy shade of winter
Throughout July, winter has presented us with fog. Warm ground + cold air = fog. Or maybe it is Cool ground + warming air. Not sure what causes it, but most mornings this past month we drove to work in … Continue reading
Digger Dan
We quite often think of our situation here in terms of what things would be like in Edmonton, or even Ontario, six months off. Like today, for example, where it is the middle of winter in Wagga. In Edmonton terms, … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Australia, citrus, cold, fruit, gardening, wagga, weather, winter
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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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you say you want a resolution
For the past few weeks, Lisa’s had one song stuck in her mind, with the line “ball of confusion” (the Love and Rockets version – gotta love that 80’s hair!) playing endlessly. The ball has finally been sorted! When last … Continue reading
Posted in airport, Australia, fingerprints, travel, Visa, wagga
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