Hugh & Justine’s Excellent Adventure

The "tip" is Aussie for the "dump" - and curiously, it is a fun place! How can it not be when this is the entrance: The dinosaurs were made out of material from the tip - very cool, and the signs next to the dinosaur display are also educational. I can honestly say, I...

We finally have an update on the shipping container. Not nearly as twisted a plot as The Shipping News, I'm afraid. You may recall that last week I commented on watching a crow eating. This week it is unfortunately about me eating crow. Why? Well, after all my self...

Last night we were out for dinner with a bunch of the pickleballers from this weekend's Queensland Pickleball Tour event (more on this later) and our friend Lachlan asked us what were the biggest cultural differences we had noticed between Australia and Canada. We...

Well it's been quite the sporting week here in little Yeppoon, with some successful performances by the new Canadian transplants! Hugh started the week off well on Monday placing 2nd in a field of 100 in a golf comp! (Aussie translation reminder: comp = tourney) Hugh...

Still no sign of our shipping container :(. But the good news is, we haven't heard that they've inspected it and found problems, so hopefully it's just busy and they haven't gotten to it yet. But we figured it's a good time to start painting the house while we still...

So we got the jump on Canada Day this year, being 14 hours ahead of our friends in Ontario 🙂 We went to our fellow Canadian ex-pat friends' place for dinner and they hosted another amazing evening! Rob got us started with homemade Caesars: You can't get Clamato in...

Momentous thing #1 - We took possession of our house! It has been a whirlwind few days as we moved all our stuff from the Airbnb to here, got a pile of deliveries of the stuff we didn't bring on the container ship, and did a bunch of running around to pick up other...

Unfortunately, I have TERRIBLE news to report. There are no pies in Australia. (Yes, I even learned how to turn bold on in the blog software so I could emphasize my devastation.) Now, that doesn't mean there aren't any signs advertising pies - you see those...

Well, this weekend was the much anticipated Yeppoon Show! When you see "The Show", that's what we think of as a Fall Fair. But they're A BIG DEAL here (in Queensland, at least - agricultural area) - there's a public holiday when the town/city you work in has The Show!...

I initially planned on sharing our experiences chronologically, but I really need to start with last night. I've joined a bunch of Yeppoon and area Facebook groups and saw a post for an Under the Stars event out at the Capricorn Caves. Dr. John McGrath was the...

"Keep smiling" is how a local real estate agent signs off and it's so easy to do that here! Some things that have kept us smiling this past week: Funny signs! Many of you know that I plan on making my millions by creating a coffee table book of fun signs I've seen in...

I'm not sure if work should ever be considered the highlight of the week, but it has been really awesome starting my new job. All the staff have been amazing - so welcoming and helpful! My team at Mac is hard to top but we may have a tie for first with my new team at...