Australia

Adelaide

DH2 had a conference in Adelaide so why not tag along and live/work in Adelaide for five days? Jetstar delayed the flight because they didn’t have an AC unit and the plane was too hot for passengers. We loaded an hour late, sat for a half hour, then deplaned for another hour. On landing, the […]

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Melbourne 2023 January

DH2 started his sabbatical and we’re back in Melbourne. I was excited that we were headed to summer but we were graced with only 2 hot days and 3 pleasant days in the 3 weeks of January we were here. I brought summer clothes but didn’t get to wear most of them. The temperature vacillated

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Melbourne Winter week 4

In the final week of this Melbourne visit, I wasn’t able to check off everything I wanted to do this trip but it does give me a start on next year’s list. There were other fun things I did that weren’t on my list. An unexpected excursion was a walk through a First Nation’s cemetery.

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Melbourne Winter week 3

This week was packed with fun things and yummy food. That’s sort of the thing, yes? On a rainy Sunday afternoon, we finally went to the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. The building was amazing but the exhibition was not inspiring. After I viewed all I could find, I asked if there was more but

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Melbourne Winter week 2

This week was low-key with just some wanderings and trying out new food and drink establishments. BF always has to ask where someone is from so when our car rental agent said he was from Sri Lanka, BF asked for a recommendation for the best Sri Lankan restaurant. He told us that Sri Lounge was

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