Thursday, January 1, 2009

Things we'll miss about OZ

CO and I made some lists to help process our return to the US.

Here's our "things we'll miss about OZ" list

  • People - another list to come
  • Bells sessions
  • AFL (Aussie Football League) - especially the Western Bulldogs
  • Taking trams - in particular #16 and #96
  • The Esplanade and our apartment there
  • The Prahran Market and the Pasta shop there (yummy gnocchi!)
  • Great wine easily accessible
  • Docklands church
  • Bunnings, Woolworths/Safeway, and Qantas commercials
  • The train to Werribee
  • Visiting our aunt and uncle's farm in Murgheboluc
  • Excellent Thai food
  • Coopers beer
  • Kath & Kim (the Aussie version)
  • Currency exchange rate! (instant 30% discount!)
  • Sales tax & tip included in prices
  • Glen from the morning show and his "infomercials" every 10 minutes
  • Albert Park & Albert Park Lake
  • Today Tonight with Anna Coren, Matt White, and that new girl
  • Rove!!
  • Living "simply" - only 2 bags each!
  • St. Kilda sunsets
  • Little penguins on the St. Kilda pier
  • Great fish - yummy!
  • Traveling, exploring a new place
  • Shortening words in the Aussie way (ie breakfast = brekky, biscuit = bikkie)
  • The mx (the free paper on the public transport) & "easy" Sudoku there that we can't finish
  • The people at the internet cafes
  • The buskers outside Safeway (Reub's in particular - "the first cut is the deepest")
  • Kettles in every apartment or hotel room

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We just saw "first cut is the deepest " busker outside Coles on Chapel! She moved! Lou. x