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Christmas Shopping in Australia

30 June 2010 Life in Australia
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Okay, we haven’t even hit July yet, Christmas is a very long way away and yet I am going to talk about Christmas shopping in Australia? Am I nuts? Sure, it’s a good idea not to leave it until Christmas Eve but to get your Christmas shopping organised now would be crazy, wouldn’t it? No, [...]

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Australia’s Christmas Post: Oh No! Not Another Strike?

11 December 2009 Australia vs UK
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Talking of stamps, I heard from a friend of mine back in England the other week that there was a bit of a post strike going on. When I departed from England’s shores two years ago, the UK’s postal service seemed a complete mess to me. So now I live in Australia, what is Australia [...]

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Australian Schools: Looking Back on Prep Year

1 December 2009 Life in Australia
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It doesn’t seem that long ago that I wrote an article about my daughter, Elizabeth, starting school. But guess what? In less than two weeks time she will break up for the summer holidays and at the same time mark the end to her first full year in state education. On Friday the 11th of [...]

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Australia: It’s Not All Fun and Games!

23 November 2009 Life in Australia
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Regular readers will know that, come the weekend, we usually try to find something different to do. But not this weekend. This weekend was all about work. Firstly, my daughter Elizabeth had a dress rehearsal for her up and coming Christmas concert, a three hour extravaganza in which she will display her recently acquired talent [...]

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