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Milkers

Gidday mates. Well I’m back at work now and this first week has been pretty busy. The boys in my class were so excited to be back and talk (and talk and talk!) about what they did in their holidays. Simon and I were invited to a cocktail party one of the [...]

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Bracu, Turoa, the garage & the kids

  Stace went home to NZ for a fortnight and I joined her last week for a few days’ holiday. In addition to managing to squeeze in a day and a half at Turoa, one side of Mt Ruapehu (the North Island’s main ski resort), we also spent a lot of time with her nieces [...]

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Not my bum

By the way that picture is not of my bum.  I just had to clarify that incase you all thought the pies must be too good in Australia to resist. 
I’m having lots of fun in NZ.  I arrived at the airport on Saturday to all 5 of my nieces and nephews greeting me with a rose [...]

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Nathan Moss

One of the people at work out here, the guy who made the most effort to make me feel welcome when we arrived back in March, got run over whilst out jogging three weeks ago and sadly died after a week in intensive care. Obviously I didn’t know him as well as I knew Anthony but [...]

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Beach Rd 1:0 Bondi Hotel

I ventured 300m outside our comfort zone last night to watch the football in the Bondi Hotel. It was good fun – facepaint, Bondi lash & worklash – but jammed full of a surprisingly sizeable Iro-Portuguese community, judging by the number of green shirts cheering whenever England messed something else up. Not a patch on the [...]

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Gidday world!

Welcome to Stacey & Simon’s little old website, where we shall be regaling one and all (probably just one) with tales of life in this far-flung city by the sea. Here’s some things I like about Sydney so far:
1. Stanley still comes in at under $15 a cask
2. Still haven’t worn a wetsuit (water is 19 deg, [...]

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