For years, our favourite place to spend Christmas was on the island of Tobago. Although we now live in the tropics, we’ve so missed our time there (and […]
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Grieving From A Distance
On October 30, the world lost one of its greatest lights, and my brother and nephews lost the person who matters most to them in the world. Amanda […]
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A Weekend at GKI
This past weekend was a long weekend for us in Queensland – Monday was the Queen’s birthday. Unlike Canada, the Queen’s birthday is celebrated at different times in […]
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Hello Spring!
As our family and friends celebrate their last official weekend of summer with the Labour Day long weekend, we said goodbye to winter and celebrated the first day […]
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The Grey Nomads
In Canada we call them snowbirds, in Australia we call them grey nomads. After a few years of spending their winters in Mexico, my parents decided to brave […]
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The Manders Invasion
This is our second Christmas since moving here, but it’s our first time celebrating it in Australia. Many of our friends commented how strange it must be for […]
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Road Tripping
We’ve spent a lot of time on the road this past month, combining my work travel with a little more exploring of the areas around us. CQUniversity has campuses […]
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A Year Already!
A year ago yesterday, we arrived in Australia to begin this new adventure in life. After a chaotic few months of organising ourselves to move across the world […]
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Hello City
Hello City Rob and I just returned from nearly a week in South Australia’s capital city, Adelaide. I had a conference there so Rob decided to join […]
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Adventures with Zoe
Our first visitor has come and gone. We loved every minute of having Zoe here with us and both wished she had planned to stay a little longer. […]