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Sunday, October 5th, 2008I had written about how aggressive the ducks are here. Well the agression isn’t limited to Australian ducks. It seems that all Australian bird species are fiesty little buggers. A few months ago, we were nearly attacked by a plover (yes those annoying birds that keep me awake throughout the night and morning). MJ had [...]
The very popular Cricket?? (again, not the insect)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008When I write a post on Lost In Australia, it’s basically because it’s on my mind and it’s what’s going on in my life at the moment. I don’t just pull a topic out of my ass and start to write about it. Because it’s true to life, sometimes my posts are long while other [...]
Whole different world
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008As you know, MJ and I often take LJ to go feed the ducks because it’s something to do and we actually have grown to enjoy it. Not only is it a great teachable moment for my toddler but it’s somewhat relaxing. Anyway, near the duck ponds are cow and sheep farms so we do [...]
Will you be my friend?
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Having left all my friends behind in the US, I have no friends other than my hubby, his friends, and his family in Australia. And I’m feeling lonely. So I ask – how do you make friends in Australia? I’m not currently working so I can’t make friends through the workplace. I do go out [...]
Tax time
Friday, August 1st, 2008I submitted my first Australian tax form. In Australia, the tax year is from July 1 to June 30 unlike the American tax year of January 1 to December 31. Even with taxes, Australians have to be backward. Another strange tax thing, is that instead of filing as a married couple, you file individually. While [...]
Why all the butter?
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008When I make a cold-meat sandwich, it usually consists of mayonnaise and/or mustard, not butter. But everyone that I know here puts butter AND mayo! That’s just weird. What really got me going was when my mother-in-law offered to make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (I got some Smucker’s grape jelly from USAfoods, [...]
Sicko
Monday, July 28th, 2008MJ and I watched Michael Moore’s Sicko for the first time the other day and we were shocked to see the horror many people in the US go through because of health insurance. In the States, we were very aware of health insurance or the lack thereof being a major issue. At MJ’s job in [...]
I’m going to kill that bird
Friday, June 13th, 2008I really hate Plovers! They are the world’s most annoying bird! And trust me, I’ve met my share of annoying birds. (Back in NJ, there was a male Cardinal that would attack every single window of our house every day of every Summer from sun-up to sun-down thinking that his reflection was another male Cardinal [...]
Only in the Outback of Australia…
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008would beer take precedence over a child. Apparently when police pulled over a car, the police officer noticed that a 5 year old was on the floor of the car without any safety restraints. However, a 30 pack of beer sat safely between 2 adults AND had a safety belt across it! Priorities!
I’m all confused
Monday, April 14th, 2008While I still don’t have the feeling of being “home”, it seems like I’m getting used to my new Down Under environment. Today as I tried to renew my US passport (silly me, should have done that before leaving the US), I had to write today’s date and guess what I did. I wrote 14/4/08 [...]
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