Archive for March, 2008
Just a quick post…
Thursday, March 27th, 2008To let you know that I have been driving! Yes, I have been driving on the other side of the world and car! And, according to MJ, I have doing very well not only with the driving but knowing where to turn, etc (although, I’ve only been driving around in familiar [...]
How to be an Australian
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008I have discovered that along with the laid back Australian way of life, Australian also like to shorten their speech and abbreviate a lot of words. Why? I have no idea but it’s quite funny to hear a typical Australian carrying a conversation with another typical Australian - half the time I have [...]
Just a vent
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008This has nothing to do with Australia but I had to make a special post about it because it just annoyed the hell out of me.
Today we went into town to have a browse. We parked the car at the town center parking garage on the 2nd level and because we had a stroller [...]
Enjoying the last days of Summer…
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Well, it’s technically Autumn right now but it didn’t feel like it until today. Before today, we were having wonderful beach weather and we have been enjoying every minute we can of it. So for the past couple of weeks, we have been living on barbecues (or the way it’s said here barbies).
I’m [...]
The Metric System
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I wish I had paid more attention at school because this Metric system is really kicking my ass.
Just like almost every other American, I believe our system is the best and there’s no need to change it or learn anything else - until you arrive at another country and then you’re forced to figure out [...]
The Beach
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Whenever I have come to Australia on a visit, I have only come during Winter and while I have visited the beaches of Australia in Winter it’s not the same as when you go in the Summer. So we went to a local beach yesterday - MJ, LJ, and myself. The forecast called [...]
Funny video
Monday, March 10th, 2008This Foster’s video reminds me of MJ’s comedic relationship with his very Australian dad…
The First Fleet
Sunday, March 9th, 2008For those of you that may not know, parts of Australia were used as prison colonies in which when a convict committed any type of crime in the UK, they didn’t just get a slap on the wrists, they were sentenced to Australia. So convicts were transported from Great Britain to Australia by the only [...]
Technical difficulties
Friday, March 7th, 2008We had technical difficulties again. For some reason, we kept losing wireless access on and off so I haven’t been able to come online to post new stories but I will as soon as I can. By the way, the Gallery is screwed up. Something happened to the pictures as I was trying to upload [...]