Australia has been burning for the last month. We’ve had hundreds of fires and an immense area of the country has burnt (when you consider 85% of the population live within 50km / 31 miles of the coast). To give you an idea, the map below is the status as of today in just one…
Australia
Spaghetti Jaffles
Apparently Aussie jaffles went viral in September: The thing is, we didn’t know everyone else in the world doesn’t eat these! For Amber Paladin, her innocent post going viral was a surprise – and apparently there was a bit of negativity, people thinking our sandwich choice being a little unpalatable. If you aren’t familiar with…
Story Time (National Library of Australia)
Last weekend I went to the Story Time: Australian Children’s Literature exhibition at the National Library of Australia: Seven Little Australians, The Magic Pudding, The Rainbow Serpent, and Where is the Green Sheep? are much-loved children’s books that have been read and shared over the decades. They are just some of the books featured in…
Field guides to Australia
Australia is lucky enough to have a fauna field guide for each state and territory (the image below is of the app I use for the Australian Capital Territory). Museums Victoria developed them and they are practical, user friendly and much easier to carry around then a text book! They are also free which I…
Spring!
It’s the first day of spring in Oz today and I am very happy. via GIPHY