From the first time we set foot in this AWESOME pub on Halloween 2015, we knew this is a great place to party. So when Tom told me that he wanted to celebrate his 30th birthday over here, I knew it was going to be legendary. Just one problem: it is so remote… Friends coming…
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Up till now, we hadn’t really found a place in Australia where we really thought “we could live here”. However, with Darwin, it was love at first sight. At least in the dry season, this is an awesome place to live. The weather is amazing, there’s plenty to do, you have the AWESOME food at…
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Despite the fact that it lasts 17 days instead of 10, the Darwin Festival was nothing like our good old Ghent Festival… It looks great at first sight, with cosy corners, art installations, and even a spiegeltent! There’s also free parking, and the weather is always amazing! However, there’s only one free performance each day,…
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We are so lucky with our house mates! Not only they are very hospitable, all of them work in hospitality. This is pretty awesome, because once in a while there is a cook off between our two in-house chefs! And then there is me, not a real chef, but forcing my pasta sauce on all…
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After rereading our last post, we realized that we forgot to make a post about our diving adventure! So here it is! Since we did an introductory dive in Cairns four years ago, we knew we wanted to learn to dive. Now we had the time and money for it. We were far too busy…
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For the past twelve years I have been going to the same hairdresser. Their team is AWESOME! Every time I go there my hair looks amazing. Since we’ll only be back in Belgium in one month, my fringe and tips really need a cut right now! Trying to be a real backpacker, I needed a…
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Since we arrived in Perth, every Tuesday we have been going to the Hale Road Tavern to participate in the Trivia night. A lot of the questions are very Australia-minded, and most of the music questions date from a time we weren’t even born yet. Participating is great, because every week we learn more about the…
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Na onze klacht over het prachtige weer, volgt hier een nieuwe klacht over verveling! In tegenstelling tot Tom zijn job, is het in mijn job in de paasperiode erg rustig. Hierdoor ben ik jammer genoeg tijdelijk werkloos. Ik hoor jullie al zeggen: “Claudia, het is al erg genoeg dat je 25 graden koud vindt, maar…
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Om jullie een idee te geven van de normale temperaturen: herfst in Perth = heerlijke zomer in België ( lees: 25-27°C overdag). Toen we de eerste keer door Australië reisden, waren we verbaasd dat het plaatselijke zwembad gesloten was “wegens te koud weer”. Het was buiten 28 graden… Na drie maanden in prachtig weer te…
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The first time we saw a “Car- and Dog wash”, Tom and I couldn’t stop laughing. We started joking about driving through the carwash with the windows down and the dog in the car. (BTW: this is not how this works!) Instead it is a separate bath next to the carwash with some tools like…
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