Part and parcel of being an "expat" (a.k.a. WASP immigrant) is an obligation to sporadically return to the Motherland. For m...
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Being a Global Citizen
The news lately...well, it's been horrifying. Ranging from the tragic (the numerous attacks by ISIS in Muslim nations during the hol...
I am English, therefore I am weather-obsessed
Man, do I have "grass is greener" syndrome. When it snowed on and off for 5 months between November 2012 and March 2013, I boo...
Australia Day/Invasion Day
Australia has many public holidays that make me uncomfortable. At least two are devoted to gambling, and the Melbourne Cup also comes wi...
Traveller vs. Tourist
Are you travelling? No, but are you really travelling? We've all been asked this at some point, often by a sanctimonious white pe...
Byron Beach Bum
September historically has been a busy month for me - whether settling into university life in Manchester and Santa Barbara or readjustin...
Life Lately
I've been working a lot lately - 50hrs a week in fact - but that time is about to come to a close. I'm reaching the end of my cu...
Redfern
Sydney has so many neighbourhoods that you can pretty much walk a block in any direction and the postcode has changed, so the actual ar...
Neighbourhoods of Sydney
What's great about Sydney is that the different parts of the city each have a very distinctive feeling. I've lived in a few diff...
Queen Victoria Market
Who doesn't love a market? So many good sniffs, such bustle, handmade jewellery, vintage clothes and antiques, more food than you ca...
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