A few tips for those thinking of moving to Oz. This is from my perspective of being here for six months, and is specific to Perth.
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We arrived in Australia in November 2007, towards the end of the big drought. Shortly after our arrival, the heavens opened to the official end of said drought, leaving puddles the size of small lakes, and roads closed due to excess flooding.
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This is probably a ‘chain' email, but thanks to Marlene who sent it to us.
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I'm writing this on a laptop that has had the battery removed because it had become so useless that it barely lasted 10 minutes. It has struck me that there is an analogy between human life and appliances that use batteries.
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Freshly baked and lavished with butter – what better?
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This is a cross between an Easter bun and a fruit cake. It is delicious served warm from the oven or sliced thinly with butter.
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You will need a deep 24 cm non-stick spring form pan. Use a good quality pan because there is lots of gooey stuff going on here! When you make the caramel don’t panic: After you have added the cream it will coagulate and go lumpy. Continue to stir over a low heat until the lumps melt and you have a smooth caramel sauce. Also, the cake can be made the day before. If you pre-slice it, the slices will warm up in 15secs on a low setting in a microwave. Serve it with a dollop of the best ice cream, or thick country cream. Delish!
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I left home an Ekka Virgin, but by noon I felt as if I'd been around the block quite a few times! After nearly three years living in Brisbane, I decided that this was the year to take on the Ekka, Queensland's premier agricultural show. In our first year, conversion from Rands to Aussie dollars was still too fresh in the memory banks, as we'd only been earning dollars for a short while, and the costs after conversion just seemed exorbitant. Last year's swine flu scare kept me as far away as possible, but this year I relented and took my 12 year old along.
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For the third time running, Melbourne has been awarded the prestigious ‘Ultimate Sports City' award cementing its position as the best sports city in the world. After 25 cities made the final cut, Melbourne was the clear winner ahead of Singapore and London. The next best Australia city was Sydney in fifth place.
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On our arrival in Australia, I noticed that there were many cyclists on the many cycle paths who seemed to snake and connect all over the city. And many of these cyclists had strange ‘antennae' sticking up off their helmets. My initial thought was that this was some Australian cycling fashion trend, but being the newby and not knowing any cyclists, I was too embarrassed to ask.
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