Category: RTW Travel
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Our Adventures in the Underwater World
Read more: Our Adventures in the Underwater World6:30 AM: BEEP BEEP BEEP! Time to get up to go to the reef! Yay! We were going to another Natural Wonder of the World! The Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia. The boat was a close walk away from our apartment and the walk along the Esplanade was stunning… We just had to watch…
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Australian Robin Hood?
Read more: Australian Robin Hood?How do you become a folk hero by robbing banks? Let’s check out the interesting story of notorious Ned Kelly. During the mid-1800’s Australia had its own version of the “Wild West”, particularly during the time of the gold rush. While the majority of people were either trying to scrape out a living as farmers in…
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The Best Aussie Dessert
Read more: The Best Aussie DessertKnock, knock Who’s there? Pavlova for, Pavlova for who? Pavlova for me! Yum yum! We were so happy to add pavlova to our global fieldtrip recipe book from Australia! (Especially me) We made it twice; once with Teta Mary and Alycia Siomos at their house, and a second one at Teta Maria Damchev’s house. Here’s…
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Our Big Fat Aussie Family – (Part 3)
Read more: Our Big Fat Aussie Family – (Part 3)Coming from a big fat Greek family split between Canada and Oz, there are lots of relatives for us to visit, however with limited time we couldn’t meet with everyone. But lucky for us we were able to meet with some cousins of my grandfather. This time, we went to a beautiful town called Point…
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GO HAWKS!
Read more: GO HAWKS!Imagine a game with only one rule…there are no rules! That was my perception of Aussie Rules Football – also known as “footie” – until we went to see a game with our cousin Michael while in Melbourne! The league is called the Australian Football League or AFL and its board of governors administers the single rule…