Ah, Tasmania. It's obviously a good spot because this was my third trip there, and it's not particularly close to my home base of Perth at all, even if it is all part of the same country. Actually, my son kept describing Tasmania as a different country, since it's an island apart from the mainland, …
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Learning English in Australia: ESL books that sound like we do
Before my son was born, I taught English as a second language (ESL) for almost a decade, mostly to adults. It's the job that took me to Japan, Slovakia and Germany before returning to Perth to teach English to people who'd come to Australia from South America, Europe and Asia - some to improve their …
Travelling at home: Kakadu dreaming and visiting Kakadu National Park
Last weekend I was chatting to another parent at a kid's birthday party and she confessed to me (not knowing I was a travel blogger) that she'd never left Australia (not even to go to Bali). Travelling at home was all she needed, she said. You can probably imagine that I didn't know quite what to …