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Today I celebrated my first Australia Day as an Aussie…. and I felt immensely proud to raise up the Australian flag (ok – it was a cheap hand-held one from the Dollar Tree… and it was actually attached to my esky – not raised up high on a pole) BUT the point is, I felt pretty darn ‘true blue’ as I knocked back the amber nectar with my nearest and dearest on the beach.
'Flying the Flag'
Tags: amber nectar, Australia Day, beach cricket, esky, sausage sizzle, thongs, true blue
Yep, we certainly did rejoice!
As of last week, our family became Australian Citizens…. and what a fantastic day it was.
OK, going by that title, you would be mistaken for thinking that I’m some sort of ocean expert/marine specialist…
…. but obviously I’m not.
However, I have just been talking to someone who is very knowledgeable about that sort of thing, and I felt it was of utmost importance to deliver the information to you!
Tags: beaches, flags, lifesavers, ocean, rip tides, Surf skills
OK, so going by the fact that I am making a ‘list blog’ you may think that I actually have nothing to write about this week.
You couldn’t be more wrong.
The whole reason why I wrote the book and started this blog became garlingly obvious to me this week, when I was asked to write an article for Living Abroad magazine – about why we decided to move over to Oz in the first place and how our life compares now….
With all the dust, smoke and dairy issues I have been running into over the last month, I have managed to let a perfectly good opportunity pass by – to warn you about a heinous seasonal affliction that Australia has…
What could I mean…?
Magpie season!!
Tags: magpie season, magpies attacks., nesting
Oops, looks like the chaps at Kraft have made the fatal blunder of listening to their teenagers thoughts on naming the new cheesy-spreadable vegemite.
Call me old fashioned, but why on earth would they feel the need to add cheese anyway?
Tags: cheese, Heinz Spaghetti, Kraft, Vegemite
It was only a couple of weeks ago when I wrote about my first encounter with a bush fire… a truly hairy experience – but no sooner had I cleansed my lungs of smoke, when they filled back up… with DUST!!
Just in case anyone has not managed to read my book, there is a particular diary entry called ‘Driving me Crazy’ – where I explain about (amongst other things) having to take the theory driving test… and that I failed, dismally!!
Then, a few months later I got a cheque in the post from Queensland transport – reimbursement for the test(s) that I took, as I never actually had to take the damn test in the first place – just simply change my UK license to an Aussie one within 3 months.