by Hugh and Justine | Dec 17, 2023
I’ve been gathering Aussie vocab for you and just never had enough room in prior posts – until now! It was a bit of a light week in terms of new experiences, so I’ll take this opportunity to share some Aussie vernacular with you. Starting with a word...
by Hugh and Justine | Dec 10, 2023
OK, you better put a pot of coffee on or crack open a bottle of wine – it’s been a busy week! Three very important things happened this week. First, it was one year ago on December 7 that I received the job offer from Central Queensland University that has...
by Hugh and Justine | Dec 3, 2023
Hugh and I have gone south at Christmas for a number of years, so being somewhere warm over the Christmas holidays isn’t strange. But being somewhere warm in the lead up to Christmas sure is! I have a monthly calendar that I brought with me from Canada and when...
by Hugh and Justine | Nov 26, 2023
Let’s get the frog part over with. I am keenly aware that just one week ago, I commented that the green tree frogs in our gutters didn’t bother me. I lied. They are LOUD. When it was just one, not too bad. But when a second one arrived (or maybe more, we...
by Hugh and Justine | Nov 19, 2023
Before getting into this week’s Aussie experiences, I wanted to follow up on a couple of last week’s. First, our friend Ray sent this interesting article about vegemite in the NY Times last week (definitely worth reading – right click on the photo to...
by Hugh and Justine | Nov 12, 2023
Before I forget, I need to share the exciting news that Hugh has finally cracked the mystery of getting sourdough bread to rise in the hotter, humid environment here! Three batches in a row have risen to perfection, so we now consider this problem solved. He just had...
