Spiders, Snakes, and other Oz trivia, Lew’s friendly email from an Australian said, ” Watch out for reptiles. They have a reputation!” Enough for me. Of the first 100 poisonous snakes in the world – 98 of them are here. Fuzzy Koalas are endangered and have large claws. Some kangaroos, the red ones, get 6 …
Category Archives: OZ – 2023
Blog 4 – water water everywhere
Nearly all names for things are shortened, and then an ‘O’ or a ‘Y’ are added. So Jack and Steff are from Carbondale, now Carbo, Lew and I are from Westy, a friend is from Pottsville, or Potty. It seems like I’ve said this before, but we really could live here among the rather casual, …
Blog 3 – A chocky for breaky?
The weekend is nearly finished. We showed up and did our commitment, drank tons of water, and went home to nap before joining humanity on the mall walk. It was intense, although intensely good, at our weekend event. We were treated with exquisite kindness and courtesy by our hosts. Surprisingly, many women seemed grateful that …
Blog 2 – Oz unleashed, but not unhinged
Sleeping is good. So is a shower. Really wonderful to wake up in a new place with a full battery. We are fully here after a couple of days — now we can be Ozians for the next ten days. So, let me tell you about the Gold Coast area we are in — miles …
Blog 1 Australia August 13. Or 14, or maybe even 15, depending — 2023
Never been down under.. Never thought much about going there, before finding ourselves before the Gate G5 marked to San Francisco, on the first leg of the trip. It felt a bit intimidating to go so far by way of such a very long flight. But here we stood, all our acoutrements of modern life and …
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