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 […]
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 […]
Our Lady of the Reef
This past weekend, we celebrated Rob’s birthday by exploring the Great Barrier Reef at Lady Elliot Island. It’s taken us nearly two years to finally do a snorkeling […]
Chilly Canada
We seem to do a really great job of travelling back to Canada when it’s cold! The view that greeted us when we landed in Toronto made us […]
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 […]
/ˌuːləˈruː/
So when I asked Rob what we should call this blog, his suggestion was ‘the furthest point from water’ It’s actually pretty fitting! After nearly 18 months in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]