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Surf's Up, ANZO style: Celebrating Waitangi Day

2/7/07 9:31pm by Jules
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Waitangi Day is the national holiday celebrated in New Zealand on 6 February every year. It commemorates the signing of a treaty between the British Crown and the indigenous Maori population in 1840.  Read more >

Of droughts and flooding rains

2/7/07 8:51pm by Jules
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I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, of droughts and flooding rains. This quote is the start of one verse of My Country, by Dorothy McKellar - a poem that I (and a number of my friends of the same age as me) had to memorise in Grade 3 or 4. The issue of droughts and floods in Australia is just as prevalent now as it was when MacKellar wrote her poem, with most Australians obsessing over not enough rain or too much rain, depending on where they live.  Read more >

Australian & NZ blogs in the 2007 Bloggies

1/29/07 5:24pm by Jules
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Following Liz's lead from where she blogged about the Latin American women nominated in the 2007 bloggies, here is a wrap up of the women nominated in the category of Australian & New Zealand blogs: Nikita Kashner is a 22 year old from Perth in Western Australia, who blogs about her life - her posts usually make me laugh, like this one about Kim Beazley, former leader of the federal Opposition.  Read more >

Celebrating Australia Day

1/27/07 2:27am by Jules
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The 26th January is Australia Day - a public holiday in Australia where we commemorate the arrival of white settlers on the First Fleet in 1788. For me, Australia Day has always consisted of a number of traditional events with family and friends: backyard cricket (while drinking a beer), jumping in the swimming pool fully clothed after getting all hot and sweaty playing cricket, listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown, watching the Australian Open Tennis on TV, a BBQ lunch or dinner, eating watermelon and ripe juicy mangoes... Here's a wrap up of Australia Day from the blogosphere:  Read more >

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Full Name
Jules
Member Since
March 2006
About Me: 
I am a 30-something Australian, who travels frequently for work and fun. Having lived in Australia, London, China and now Dubai, I blogs about life as an expat Aussie, dealing with culture shock and constant jetlag as I add more stamps to my passport. I am the Contributing Editor for the Australia, New Zealand & Oceania section of BlogHer, and I'm looking forward to reporting in with some interesting ANZO blogs. Let me know if you have any favourites! Jetsetting Jules
 

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