Sunday, September 23, 2007

The Royal Adelaide Show


The Royal Show is like the CNE. Everything from sheep shearing demonstrations and wood-chopping competitions to stalls selling every imaginable treat. This is a big deal here. We spent a Saturday morning strolling through with Jackie. She and Huge are enjoying their "Dagwood Dogs." Mmmmm...tasty.

The bright green guy is a chocolate merchant. Chocolate frogs are very popular here in South Australia. I'm not certain how the pig fit in....but it was as good a place as any to rest my head!

Victor Harbor




Huge and I joined up with some exchange friends to go whale-watching in Victor Harbor. Stunning views...but no whales.

Weekend Getaway

These photos were taken a few weeks ago in Sydney. It's an amazing place...even during APEC! Five km of steel fencing closed down many sections of the harbour and city core, but the ferry was still running. Huge stayed home and Jackie and I flew over for the weekend. Brilliant!

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Our Aussie Barbie

Huge has discovered the BBQ! Funny that it's taken us eight months.

Thanks to Shelagh for the Montreal Steak Spice!!!!

Gourmet Weekend in the Barossa


We have definitely loved the wine country just on our doorstep here! The Barossa is about an hour's drive away so it makes a great day trip. Especially on the last weekend of August when they have their Gourmet Weekend. Participating Vineyards team up with local restaurants and musical talent to celebrate the perfect marriage of taste and entertainment.

We ended up making the drive on both days since we fell for the band shown here. They played under these massive gum trees over two perfect sunny days. They are The Huckleberry Swedes. Sort of Australia's version of Blue Rodeo.

Winter is almost over!

I've been very slack in the last two months...no blog posts for a while. We figured you were all out enjoying the summertime, so we weren't too worried.

We have been feeling the summer creeping this way in the last couple of weeks. We thought we'd share one of our strategies for keeping warm in the evening here. Huge calls it my caterpillar look. (He has a MATCHING outfit!!!!!)

We're looking forward to emerging from these particular cocoons.

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