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Carmel in Oz: Bushwalking with Mr Dan Smith and other potterings
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Girl in the Emerald City. Saturday, 22 March 2008. Bushwalking with Mr Dan Smith and other potterings. Well it seems my declaration last week that it was the 'end of summer' has been taken up as a challenge by those in charge of the weather, as we've had gloriously sunny days, blue skies and calm warm sea since then - hurrah! Mooching with Christina on Bronte Beach. To stay a few days. I sat opposite Dan for about four years (I think? Dusted them down and prepared for some proper bushwalking. It's an inc...
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Carmel in Oz: Movies movies and more movies
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Girl in the Emerald City. Monday, 2 March 2009. Movies movies and more movies. I'm starting to realise that films really dominate my life, from watching them to making them, to watching other people make them, to watching people win awards for them, to flying interstate to see them, to blogging about them, to tweeting about them: all I seem to think about is movies. Watching the Oscars with my team. Shall I cycle to work or get the bus today? And Is there more to life than film? To (yes, you guessed it!
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Carmel in Oz: Welcome to fabulous Brisvegas, Queensland
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Girl in the Emerald City. Wednesday, 7 July 2010. Welcome to fabulous Brisvegas, Queensland. Brisbane is about an hour's flight north of Sydney, in slightly warmer climes, and is quite a modern city built on a river. I spent most of my time there on the South Bank, which was the arts district, but was creepily similar to London's South Bank, with its concrete brutalist square architecture and a wheel that seemed a copy of the London Eye. South Bank: London or Brisbane? Two very little old ladies. It's ta...
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Carmel in Oz: Another long weekend
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Girl in the Emerald City. Wednesday, 25 May 2011. My trip away at Easter gave me an appetite for long weekends, so a bunch of friends and I decided to take a Friday and Monday off work last weekend and go down the coast for a holiday. Nick's friend Dee has a house in Jervis Bay, which I'd visited in my first winter in Australia, in the beautiful Callala beach. Chilling out at the beach house at dusk. Nick and Sam build sandcastles. Pretty good reading seat. The boys get manly and chop firewood. View my c...
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Carmel in Oz: Easter weekend
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Girl in the Emerald City. Wednesday, 27 April 2011. Easter brought an extra long weekend for us here in Australia, as it coincided with a very important annual holiday, ANZAC day. Where we remember people from the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps who have given their lives in service of their (and the Mother) country. My five day weekend began with a fantastic brunch at the home of my friend Beth's parents. Amazing hot cross buns. Autumnal Easter road trip colours. And they have a fab location right ...
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Carmel in Oz: I *heart* New Zealand
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Girl in the Emerald City. Sunday, 12 October 2008. I *heart* New Zealand. I left my BlackBerry charger at home, so had no contact with the outside world for two whole weeks (apart from the odd sneak into an internet cafe to check the rugby scores and bank balance! With dad near Lake Hawea. In a glacial cave. Dad getting soaked while caving. Twisty lakeside roads formed much of our route. Tek care. Lambs on t'road. Who will it be? At least this made us a very easygoing pair of travel companions, as we wer...
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Carmel in Oz: Carmel in Oz in Canada!
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Girl in the Emerald City. Saturday, 6 September 2008. Carmel in Oz in Canada! So, my first trip overseas since I moved to Australia, after vowing never to take evil long haul. Sydney Skyline with the Spirit of Australia. She was a little surprised to see me, as Siobhan. Had expected me to land a couple of days later, but there they both were, Siobhan tanned after her trip to Fiji, and Helen taking a while to recognise me. They were both very good at keeping me awake so I could survive my jetlag. Monday 1...
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Carmel in Oz: Nightmare bug experience No.1
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Girl in the Emerald City. Saturday, 23 December 2006. Nightmare bug experience No.1. Ok well for the first time I feel I may have made a mistake. A recent experience was almost a deal-breaker. I was this close to getting on the first plane home. And when I shared it with my Aussie friends they laughed and said 'Get used to it'. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET USED TO BUGS! Anyway, the following story may disturb you if you don't like bugs, so take that as a warning. Why did I not know this? Just, like, stuff.
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Carmel in Oz: Birthday Fête
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Girl in the Emerald City. Sunday, 24 February 2008. My birthday this year brings me to the final year of my twenties – next year will be the big 3-oh… This perturbs others in my family far more than myself, I have to say! 8230;Something about it making them feel old I think, while I just feel like life’s getting better and better. And after years of having a birthday in the middle of winter, it’s a joy to wake up to a glorious blue summer sky on the day I turn 29. Siobhan on the Tama cliffs. In our back ...
