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Category Archives: Australian customs
Celebrating Christmas in France – Great Resources To Help Plan Your Bike Trip to France – Wineries/les vignobles
My Wednesday’s bloggers’ round-up this week starts with fellow Australian Kathy Stanford from Femmes Francophiles who’s been having a holiday from blogging but after a recent trip to France, she’s fortunately back on the job. So I’m starting with her … Continue reading
What am I really? Australian or French?
If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll know that I recently went on holidays to Australia and it was not always as I expected. In my monthly guest post for My French Life, the global community of French and francophiles … Continue reading
Pokies and Casinos in France and Australia
One of the things I noticed in Australia were the “Pokies” or poker machines. We ate on several occasions in surf lifesaving clubs and pubs that had whole rooms of one-arm bandits. In France the only place you’ll find a … Continue reading
Breakfast in Australia
One thing I’ve discovered this time is the Australian breakfast cult. I can’t remember when I lived here before (I left in 1975) that people went out for breakfast. I only remember morning and afternoon tea.The day of the Big … Continue reading
Posted in Australian customs, Food
Tagged Australian breakfast, GGs cafe, the Goldfish Bowl Armidale
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Wine Tasting in Tassie
Our four days in Sydney were spent catching up with family and friends, some of whom we hadn’t seen for 3 years, which was wonderful but exhausting particularly since we arrived a day later than I had expected which meant … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Australian customs, Travelling, Wine
Tagged home exchange, Launceston, Velo vineyard
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Feeling like a foreigner in my home country
Each time I go back to Australia, I feel more like a foreigner and less like an Australian. Although I have dual nationality, I don’t really consider myself to be French, despite the fact that I have lived there 37 … Continue reading
Apple Crumble!!
Hi! You may know about me a bit, I’m the Aussie son who lives in Sydney, nicknamed Leonardo in this blog. You may have read my recent interview with my Mum on what goes on under the streets of Paris! … Continue reading
Freezing cold is relative!
As I’ve already mentioned, when a Queenslander says they’re freezing cold, it means that it’s 15°C at night and all the windows are open (can’t close the windows! gotta have fresh air, you know). When the French say it’s freezing, … Continue reading
Posted in Australian customs, France, French customs
Tagged art nouveau, Nancy, Villa Majorelle
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An Aussie in France on My French Life
I’m delighted to have joined the My French Life team of contributing authors, photographers, interviewers and talented people who live all around the world. My French Life /Ma Vie Française – online magazine & global community of French & francophiles – Connect, Share, Inspire, Aspire, Learn… Local Events/Réunions monthly … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Australian customs, France, French customs, Lifestyle
Tagged MaVieFrançaise, MyFrenchLife
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Washing Machines I Have Known
I grew up in North Queensland with one of those enormous top loading agitator washing machines that could wash huge loads in record time. We had a drip dry cycle which meant that the machine stopped after the last rinse … Continue reading
