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 in the title of...

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 changed my...

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 I...