I've come to realize that Australia is a land of extremes.  Nothing here is really ever normal, standard, common, etc.  Most things exis...

JUST when I think that my ear has become accustomed to the Australian accent and some of the typical Aussie slang and abbreviations of oh, E...

We spent the last full day of our Melbourne trip on a bus tour of the Great Ocean Road.  Ironically, shortly before moving to Australia, I s...

On New Year's Day, we had plans to rent a car and drive to Phillip Island .  Phillip Island is an island (ha!) about two hours southeast...

I had been really looking forward to our trip to Melbourne - I had heard great things about the city, and we had lots of fun things planned....