Tag: Australia
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Our Big Fat Aussie Family! (Part 2)
Read more: Our Big Fat Aussie Family! (Part 2)Still introducing the family – it’s a big one! In the previous post, I focused on Baba Ina’s family…today it’s Baba Fotini! Baba Fotini’s husband died in the war, but she still came to Australia and brought up her two children Patsy and BIll. While in Shepparton, we felt very blessed to stay in our…
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Great Ocean Road
Read more: Great Ocean Road“No warning seen from Otway’s lighthouse, On the coast a hazy gloom, Limestone cliffs stood quiet to welcome, Loch Ard to its doom.” “The Loch Ard” by Jim Low. Along the coast of Australia, there is a long and beautiful drive called the Great Ocean Road. This is close to the area known as Shipwreck…
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Marvelous Melbourne!
Read more: Marvelous Melbourne!After our whirlwind tour in Sydney, we hopped on a quick flight to Melbourne to check out what would prove to be a marvelous city. I really enjoyed Melbourne a lot. It’s large, but not huge with a population of about 4.8 million. This city feels like Toronto – cosmopolitan, with a very cool vibe. There’s a…
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Sensational Sydney!
Read more: Sensational Sydney!I think we’ve become used to all the short flights we’ve been taking over the past few months, because our 11 hours of flights from Hong Kong to Sydney (via Singapore) really seemed unusually long! So, after arriving in Sydney and getting into the timezone, we were ready to explore. We started out with an…