By Rachel I still think it's fascinating how the centre of Adelaide is surrounded by parkland and am amazed by the events that can take place in the midst of the city because of it. Case in point, last weekend the Adelaide Horse Trials happened here, three days of dressage, show jumping, and cross country. …
The Adelaide Zoo
By Pippa A couple days ago, my family and I went to the zoo. Practically every single animal was new to me. When we had figured out which way we wanted to go, and which animals to see first, we passed a hippo habitat that did not have a hippo in it (I don’t know …
The Christmas parade
By Rowan Actually, it’s officially called the Christmas Pageant. Why? Great question. I have no clue why it’s called that. Anyhow, It’s an hour and a half long parade full of over-the-top floats. They were actually kinda cool, albeit a bit cringy. It was really weird to see all of these floats that people …
Un jeu de field hockey
par Pippa Hier, moi et ma famille ont aller à un jeu de field hockey. C’était les filles qui jouais, les Hockeyroo’s (l'équipe nationale d'Australie) contre Japon. On n’avait jamais regardé cette jeu avant celui-là, alors je n’avais aucune idée c’était quoi les règles. Mais qui cens fous? C’était super amusant à regarder! Tous se …
Canadian in Adelaide
by Neil It is 18 degrees today in Adelaide, yesterday it was 35 degrees and 36 the day before. It’s November and I’m Canadian. The incongruity of Christmas displays and people in summer clothes is seriously messing with my children’s heads. Living in Adelaide is a bit of an adjustment, but it is what we …
Rotorua’s geothermal activity
By Pippa If you ever visit Rotorua one of the first things you’ll noticed is the strange smell that will appear in random places. You could be walking down the street looking in shops and then suddenly, this stink forces its way up your nose. Then you might look at the person next to you …
Melbourne Cup day
By Rachel Melbourne Cup day - who knew that a horse race would be such a big deal! I'm guessing that it's an event across the country as Melbourne is an 8 hour drive away from Adelaide, but there were still signs in pubs and restaurants recommending that people 'book a table' for the Melbourne …
The green and rolling hills of New Zealand’s north island
By Rachel Looking back through our blog posts I feel like we short-changed New Zealand. We spent two weeks there and saw beautiful landscapes. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the greatest - lots of gray, rainy days - but it was green, it was rolling, and when the sun came out the ocean was blue as …
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The first post of November
This is officially the first post of November!(Cue theme song). Anyhow, I was told to write about trees, but I really didn't feel like writing about that so I decided that I would write about what it's like Down Under. Since New Zealand is basically also Down Under, I'll talk about that First. First Question, …
A year of discovery 