After living in Melbourne for a year, I figured I understood the weather. So I wrote a blog post last year about winter in Melbourne. Little did I know, that everything is different the second time around. Continue reading “Second winter in Melbourne”
In an earlier post I asked the question on whether I am Australian yet. Well, I still don’t like Vegemite, so it might be a way to go for me. But Willemijn has made the transition. Continue reading “Naturalized Australian”
I know, I know. Writing about the weather is kind of like admitting that you have nothing better to say and are trying to fill your blog.But this time it’s different.
Really, it is! Continue reading “On weather (again)”
After the indulging days of Christmas it is time to return to the ordinary food. And for us, making our own pasta from scratch has become just that: ordinary food, which we all love to eat. The best part is that the children enjoy to help making it. Continue reading “Recipe: making pasta from scratch”
These past few days we have seen quite the dramatic increase in temperature in Victoria. The expected dry heat has hit us full in the face, along with the things considered “normal” here in Australia: bush fires. Continue reading “Heat”
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”
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”
It has just turned spring in Australia, when the sun is out it warms up quickly in Melbourne. So today it was 24 degrees and we decided to hop into the car and drive to the beach! Continue reading “A day at the beach”
Here we are now, all wrapped up in our sleeping bags, holding a cup of tea in order to get warm hands. Not quite the picture we had in mind when moving to Melbourne, Australia. Continue reading “Misconceptions”
If you ask any local person what the weather is like in Melbourne today you will get the reply: “it’s freezing out there”. As you can see from the above picture it is an unpleasant forecast, yes that is true. And the wind does not help. Is it freezing? No it is not. Continue reading “Winter in Melbourne”
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