The great Australian ROAD TRIP!
October 8, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
The argument could be made (has been made) that I was raised in the back of a van. Of course this isn’t entirely true. I was also raised in a […]
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Drysdale: Last day
October 8, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
The sun has set. The moon has risen over the garden and the fish are sound asleep in their pond. The boys are having one last game of Upwords with […]
Drysdale: The calm before the storm
October 7, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
4:40 p.m. Just sat down with a glass of white wine in a house that smells faintly of ammonia window cleaner. Everything is very quiet. Hannah is working on her […]
English-to-English Translation: from England to Australia
October 3, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Sometimes lost in translation moments are hilarious. We’re quite used to being illiterate, and unable to communicate by conventional means. With creativity, we figure it out. Sign language goes a […]
Bush Party & Koala in the Wild!
September 28, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Ezra spotted the wild koala. Before we knew what was happening kids were pouring out of vans, hopping excitedly and pointing. Sure enough, right by the road was a koala […]
Ballarat Wildlife Park: Marsupial Madness!
September 27, 2013 in Australia, Education, Oceania, Travelogue
The Ballarat Wildlife Park is a master class in marsupials. We learned more in one day than I’ve managed to glean in my entire life. Of course part of what […]
Planning an Australian Road Trip: Serendipity & Compromise
September 25, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Things are getting exciting over here. In 13 days we push off on a month long road trip that will take us up through the red heart of Australia, from […]
Wildlife & Wanderings: Photos from a road trip
September 23, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
Road trips are in our blood. We spend a lot of our time traveling without a vehicle, relying on public transportation or our own two feet, but Australia is one […]
Home & Away
September 22, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
I wish I could bottle the sound of the Australian bush for you. Layers of throaty frog voices singing to the moon paint the darkness, replacing the chorus of birdsong […]
Dinner at Melba: You’d like WHAT on your ice cream?
September 17, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Let me open by saying that in America the concepts of “posh” and “buffet” rarely intersect. A buffet meal anywhere between the two coast of ‘Merica feels a lot like […]
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