We went to the Barossa Valley and visited only the one Yalumba Winery. Eveline had a connection there but we didn’t realize he couldn’t give us a tour on Saturday… We did a walking tour of 4 other wineries but didn’t go inside them. On the way back to the car we walked through one […]
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Barossa Valley
by Bertha on 20. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
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Gold Class at the Movies
by Bertha on 19. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Last week I found a coupon for a free upgrade to gold class when you purchase a regular priced ticket. So, I kept my eye out for another one and when I found it Eveline and I went to see Tristan and Isolde. The seats were extremely cushy and reclined almost horizontal (although the extra […]
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Trapeze Lesson
by Bertha on 15. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Let’s just say that having a lesson with muchkins was a bit embarrassing until we started doing actual swinging!!! This is me hanging by my knees on the first attempt. Butterflies before my first leap but it was so much fun! We got 4 trys. First was to practice getting yourself hanging upside down from […]
Take a Squizz at this!
by Bertha on 14. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005
New word Kev used on me the other night: SQUIZZ! I like it! it’s funny and entertaining to say! Defined as look. eg. Take a squizz. Have a squizz. hahaaaha also, Damper. Defined as Bushman’s bread. eg. Last night the family had Vegemite damper for a snack. It’s actually good!
Dumpling Making
by Bertha on 11. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Eveline and I helped Auntie Katy make 200+ chicken mince and prawn dumplings for everyone (8ppl). Jessy and Uncle Peter go to Brige club every Thursday and Kev and Lucy usually come over for dinner along with Jessy. It’s a great quality family time although they eat the Chan way: everyone in front of the […]
Free Fringe Tix
by Bertha on 10. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005
Eveline won free fringe tickets for last night. It was an arts college production and modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Lear. Kinda like the Romeo and Juliet that Leonardo DiCaprio starred in with Claire Danes. 5-10 minutes into the play, a troupe of modern dancers in red masks danced around the stage. That’s when I realized […]
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Eddie’s Blog
by Bertha on 08. Mar, 2006 in About Me, Australia 2005
Another attempt He’s had blogs before but this time it’s gonna stick! ya! ya!
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Finally got my shirt
by Bertha on 06. Mar, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Sarah lou and I went to the Hard Rock Cafe the other night so I could get my Melbourne shirt. We ate dinner and shared dessert. it was pretty good to catch up with her and we could have been rolled out of there, the dessert was so huge! Seriously, could not finish half of […]
Lockley Lawn Bowls
by Bertha on 28. Feb, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
Tonight Eddie took Eveline and I to his lawn bowling club to play. His team was short one player and Eveline came along to watch and ended up filling out the team playing against us. I was actually not that interested in playing, it just doesn’t seem interesting but I went and I’m glad I […]
Tim visits Adelaide
by Bertha on 27. Feb, 2006 in Australia 2005, Pictures
I met up with Tim today. He is one of the guys I stayed with in Melbourne. He’s German and was doing an internship or something at Hugo Boss. We actually met formally by way of me yelling at him to take his stuff out of my fridgespace! hahah. fridgespace is precious in a house […]
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