Three years after arriving here, we finally become citizens of Australia on Australia Day, 26 January 2009. Even though we have jumped through all the bureaucratic hoops and parted with even more sums of money (where will it end? and can you not be a citizen if you are poor?), we still cannot actually become … Continue reading two passports
culture shock
culture shock 3 – wine
Some of my favourite trips have been to the wineries of Victoria and beyond. It took quite a while before I even wanted to try anything but Victorian wines. A trip to McLaren Vale with Noela earlier this year turned my head to South Australian wines. Wirra Wirra earned a star in my firmament, and … Continue reading culture shock 3 – wine
culture shock 3 – food
Three years in, and my perspective of Australia has changed a little. The main change was that I started to obsess so much about food that I started my own food blog: http://www.filluponbread.blogspot.com Enough said. Party pies would rate as a favourite Aussie food of mine - certainly one of the things I would miss … Continue reading culture shock 3 – food
melbourne vs. london weather
I'm sick to death of Aussies telling me that London (European) weather is shit. Here are the facts: Annual data 1971 - 2000 Melbourne London Average rainfall 650mm 583mm Days of rainfall >1mm 100 106.5 Hours of sunshine 2,190 1,461 Max temp 19.8 14.8 Min temp 10.2 7.2 A bit more sunshine here in Melbourne … Continue reading melbourne vs. london weather
Máiréad Doyle 