Funny Australian Words pt2
Word: Woolloomooloo It’s pronounced whulamuhloo What: a suburb in Sydney Australia you’re SILLY
Month: September 2014
A breakup letter
We’ve met before. Mostly for short periods of time. I never really minded you, since our encounters were so short lived. A couple days at a time and you were off again. I have no control over you. You were my first companion here in Australia. Chauffeuring me across multiple time zones into the wee… Continue reading A breakup letter
Touristing
I’ve been here in Sydney for 10 days and still have some things I need to tick off my list. But I have been touristing quite a bit since arriving. The first two days being an exception; I was so jetlagged I didn’t do much besides set up a phone number and bank account. And… Continue reading Touristing
Funny Australian Words
I decided I’m going to start a series on funny words I come across while in oz because there are a lot of them here. First up is Barramundi. Such a silly word. Spotted on a sign for a restaurant I walked past in Sydney. Barramundi is a type of fish, an Asian (or Australian)… Continue reading Funny Australian Words
Tasting Vegemite (video)
Long story short : it’s gross. How to explain Vegemite… It looks like chocolate in color. But is made of basically everything chocolate isn’t. Vegemite is a yeast-based food paste that Australians are for some reason crazy about. Photo cred goes to a blog (who probably also took the image from Google) about Vegemite, describing… Continue reading Tasting Vegemite (video)
Australian currency
The first thing I noticed right off the bat about Aussie money is that it’s not made of the same material as our good ole easily rip-able American bills. It’s made out of plastic polymer and lasts four times longer than paper notes. Apparently Australia is the first country to have a complete set of… Continue reading Australian currency
Arrived
I have arrived in the land down under after almost a full 24 hours of travel. I flew out of Dulles at 5 pm on Tuesday September 9 and arrived in LA at about 730 pm. I have to say, for being such an international travel hub, LAX is a terribly inefficient airport. You have… Continue reading Arrived
