Celebrating Christmas in 36 degrees is completely different from last years’ white Christmas, so it takes some adapting. Which we did: we traded our Christmas pine tree for a decorated palm tree! Continue reading “Christmas Europe 2 Australia”
Author: Willemijn
Mother, wife, explorer and loving the outdoors. We recently moved to Australia, so lots to explore here. We are keeping a blog about our experiences of moving and living on a different continent as a family.
About to break a record
Looking at the weater forecast we will not only face a hot week, it looks like we will also be breaking some (personal) records. The highst temperature ever measured in the Netherlands was 38.6 degrees in 1944. If the predictions are correct we will be getting close to 40 degrees by the end of the week. So I guess no white christmas for us this year…. Continue reading “About to break a record”
The ‘fast food’ hair dresser
I found a quick cut hair dresser in the middle of a mall that looks like a ‘fast-food’ version of a hair dresser and it fascinated me. Continue reading “The ‘fast food’ hair dresser”
Zumba Masterclass
Today was the last instruction day of 2015 for our Zumba instructor ‘Eduardo’ at our gym. His last lesson was a 1 1/2 hour Masterclass for which he invited several guest instructors. One of them being my very own husband Oliver! Continue reading “Zumba Masterclass”
School excursion – term 4
What do you do when you get assigned a group of four boys and two girls, between 8-10 years old, to walk through a classical museum?
I swallowed, took a deep breath, desperately tried to memorise all names (o, why am I so bad at names again….) and gave it a go! After I joined Luka’s excusion to the Werribee Mansion last term, it was now time for me to join Kai’s excursion. Continue reading “School excursion – term 4”
School carnival- a parents view
After Kai’s blog post about the Essex Heights School Carnival I could not stay behind and write about my view of this day. If you are curious about what the people on the picture above are looking at, then continue reading and Luka (7) will give you the answer! Continue reading “School carnival- a parents view”
Melbourne today – menopausal weather
Eskimo’s have many words for snow. So it is no wonder that Melbourians must have many words for the rapidly changing weather conditions. Today we experience ‘menopausal weather’. Continue reading “Melbourne today – menopausal weather”
English after five months in Australia
Leaving our seven and nine year old children behind on the first school days back in July felt like a horrible thing to do, since they did not speak nor understand much English. How is that feeling now, almost five months later?
Camping in Australia
“Did you go camping or did you glamping” was immediately followed by a “was there a toilet or not”. I overheard this conversation when I was in the gym this week. Hmmm, there goes my idea of what I thought glamping was. I saw glamping as the most luxurious way of sleeping under canvas, like the safari camps in Africa. Continue reading “Camping in Australia”
Hiking in the Grampians
This long weekend we finally got the chance to be a tourist at home ground. We packed all our stuff and drove three hours to get to the Grampians to go camping and hiking. Continue reading “Hiking in the Grampians”
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