by Hugh and Justine | Jan 28, 2024
January 26 is Australia Day. There is a lot of angst about this date because it represents the day in 1788 when Great Britain’s flag was raised in Sydney Harbour, thereby paying no respect to the Indigenous people who had lived here for millennia. As a newcomer...
by Hugh and Justine | Jan 21, 2024
To celebrate Hugh’s birthday this week, we flew to Melbourne to watch tennis at the Australian Open. Unlike any time we’d watched it on TV, where it always seemed to be stifling hot, this year it was COLD! The daytime highs were 18-20C and the overnight...
by Hugh and Justine | Jan 14, 2024
The title refers to what was definitely a highlight of our time in Australia thus far! But like any good broadcast, I’ll make you wade through less interesting stuff first 🙂 Our back bathroom renovation is now complete! There is a curious Aussie phenomenon where...
by Hugh and Justine | Jan 7, 2024
I am totally stuck for a name for this week’s blog. I was going to reference the damn tree frogs again but I’m trying not to give the buggers the satisfaction of making it into too many blog titles. So this one is just a “mish mash” because...
by Hugh and Justine | Dec 31, 2023
I think we’re getting used to this hot Christmas concept! Well, that’s in the context of having air conditioning in the house and car, of course 🙂 (The image with the title of this week’s blog came from my friend Leigh – I just love it!) The...
by Hugh and Justine | Dec 24, 2023
Just a video for you today 🙂 ...
