Dale
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Happy Thanksgiving from Down Under! What am I thankful for? The opportunity to live in Australia. We’ve been here almost a year and a half now and still love it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Down Under! What am I thankful for? The opportunity to live in Australia. We’ve been here almost a year and a half now and still love it.
Another beautiful day for a show! We went to &Juliet at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta. It’s our second time there and our first time for &Juliet. Amazing. Highly recommend it if you like jukebox musicals and a little riff on The Bard.
October 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Another beautiful day for a show! We went to &Juliet at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta. It’s our second time there and our first time for &Juliet. Amazing. Highly recommend it if you like jukebox musicals and a little riff on The Bard.
We went to Book of Mormon today. We’ve seen it a number of times in the US, but it’s been a while. It was weird hearing so many Americanisms here. Also, a little hard to hear the description of Salt Lake City being a place where human life has worth these days…
September 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
We went to Book of Mormon today. We’ve seen it a number of times in the US, but it’s been a while. It was weird hearing so many Americanisms here. Also, a little hard to hear the description of Salt Lake City being a place where human life has worth these days…
What a great day for a community BBQ at Brickyard Park!
September 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
What a great day for a community BBQ at Brickyard Park!
We went to Theatre Royal Sydney for Here You Come Again today. It’s a fun show in a great theatre. We’ve seen a few jukebox musicals in our time, but this was probably the best so far. Wonderful music and a good story.
September 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We went to Theatre Royal Sydney for Here You Come Again today. It’s a fun show in a great theatre. We’ve seen a few jukebox musicals in our time, but this was probably the best so far. Wonderful music and a good story.
Terrible pictures of a beautiful lunar eclipse earlier this morning. Sometimes I miss my old camera. It was nice that the weather cooperated and we could see it clearly from our balcony.
September 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Terrible pictures of a beautiful lunar eclipse earlier this morning. Sometimes I miss my old camera. It was nice that the weather cooperated and we could see it clearly from our balcony.
We took a weekend trip to the farthest north point we’ve been to yet: Newcastle. It’s less than three hours away by train and only $8 each way. Gale force winds didn’t stop us from enjoying the beach.
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We took a weekend trip to the farthest north point we’ve been to yet: Newcastle. It’s less than three hours away by train and only $8 each way. Gale force winds didn’t stop us from enjoying the beach.
It’s nice after taking your Laurel out for some bushland adventures to be able to come home and have a dedicated Laurel washing bay in your apartment tower’s car park. Sure, some people use it for cars, too…
August 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It’s nice after taking your Laurel out for some bushland adventures to be able to come home and have a dedicated Laurel washing bay in your apartment tower’s car park. Sure, some people use it for cars, too…
We went to the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival today! It was raining too hard last year, so this was our first time. Very pretty.
August 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We went to the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival today! It was raining too hard last year, so this was our first time. Very pretty.
A year later, we finally unpacked most of the bins from our shipping container. The place feels a bit more lived in now.
August 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A year later, we finally unpacked most of the bins from our shipping container. The place feels a bit more lived in now.
Last night we went to see 1984 the play at Riverside Theatres. It was our first time at that venue, but we’re pretty familiar with Parramatta at this point. The show was great and topical these days. 😉 Riverside seems to only do short runs so last night was the last showing. We’ll be back. ❤️
July 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Last night we went to see 1984 the play at Riverside Theatres. It was our first time at that venue, but we’re pretty familiar with Parramatta at this point. The show was great and topical these days. 😉 Riverside seems to only do short runs so last night was the last showing. We’ll be back. ❤️
It’s been a pretty wild month, but we went to watch a bit of murder (And Then There Were None at Theatre Royal Sydney) and get our sing on at Vivid Sings in Darling Harbour. A fun night out and our first Vivid.
May 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It’s been a pretty wild month, but we went to watch a bit of murder (And Then There Were None at Theatre Royal Sydney) and get our sing on at Vivid Sings in Darling Harbour. A fun night out and our first Vivid.
We’re now officially property owners! So glad to have that weight off our shoulders. Now the fun task is trying to book movers when everyone else is moving as well.
April 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We’re now officially property owners! So glad to have that weight off our shoulders. Now the fun task is trying to book movers when everyone else is moving as well.
Home again. Home again. Jiggity jig. At least where “jig” is eleven hours… It’s been fun, Melbourne. See you later in the year!
April 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Home again. Home again. Jiggity jig. At least where “jig” is eleven hours… It’s been fun, Melbourne. See you later in the year!
Our first dawn service in remembrance of ANZAC Day. A very moving ceremony, except for the aholes who tried to shout down any of the speakers acknowledging the First People’s ownership/stewardship of the land. That was an embarrassment.
April 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Our first dawn service in remembrance of ANZAC Day. A very moving ceremony, except for the aholes who tried to shout down any of the speakers acknowledging the First People’s ownership/stewardship of the land. That was an embarrassment.
Our first real holiday trip since moving here, We caught the train to Melbourne!
April 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Our first real holiday trip since moving here, We caught the train to Melbourne!
Our first concert in Australia: Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Enmore! The staff were super friendly and helpful. Our train driver home lived in Scripps Ranch San Diego for a time!
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Our first concert in Australia: Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Enmore! The staff were super friendly and helpful. Our train driver home lived in Scripps Ranch San Diego for a time!
We went to our first Sydney Royal Easter Show today! It was fun. Reminds me of the county fairs back in the US. Free public transport with show ticket is brilliant.
April 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We went to our first Sydney Royal Easter Show today! It was fun. Reminds me of the county fairs back in the US. Free public transport with show ticket is brilliant.
Yay! We finally found Easter Bilbies! I knew that they were a thing here and I’m sure I could have found them online, but in a store was nice. Rabbits are an invasive species here, so there’s a push to honour a native species that looks kinda like a bunny.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_...
April 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Yay! We finally found Easter Bilbies! I knew that they were a thing here and I’m sure I could have found them online, but in a store was nice. Rabbits are an invasive species here, so there’s a push to honour a native species that looks kinda like a bunny.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_...
We went to Hadestown at the Theatre Royal Sydney. Everyone was helpful and wonderful, but not impressed with the surrounding mall. It doesn’t help that the main lift broke last night. Love the staff there even if I don’t like the layout of the venue much. Inside the theatre itself was also great.
March 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We went to Hadestown at the Theatre Royal Sydney. Everyone was helpful and wonderful, but not impressed with the surrounding mall. It doesn’t help that the main lift broke last night. Love the staff there even if I don’t like the layout of the venue much. Inside the theatre itself was also great.
The view from what we hope will soon be our new apartment. The Australian government is trying to lock us out of the property market, but it just means we have to accelerate our timetable.
March 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The view from what we hope will soon be our new apartment. The Australian government is trying to lock us out of the property market, but it just means we have to accelerate our timetable.
We went to see Kitty Flanagan tonight. We’ve loved her on Fisk. This is our first time seeing her live and only my second live stand up show. We found her to be just as funny in person as we had hoped.
February 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We went to see Kitty Flanagan tonight. We’ve loved her on Fisk. This is our first time seeing her live and only my second live stand up show. We found her to be just as funny in person as we had hoped.
Yo ho yo ho a pirate’s life for us! We went to The Great Shanty Off at the Australian National Maritime Museum tonight. It was a sing along, of course! We had so much fun. I hope they do it again!
February 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Yo ho yo ho a pirate’s life for us! We went to The Great Shanty Off at the Australian National Maritime Museum tonight. It was a sing along, of course! We had so much fun. I hope they do it again!
My new scoot. I left my other one behind when we moved, but brought my gear with me. It was a beautiful day for a ride.
February 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
My new scoot. I left my other one behind when we moved, but brought my gear with me. It was a beautiful day for a ride.