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 …
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 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 