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ON THE GRAPEVINE: The Co-Driver Becomes an Aussie
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The Co-Driver Becomes an Aussie. The co driver first came to Australia in 2001 and visited quite often after that. Deciding to stay for longer periods she had to negotiate the tricky business of extending the limited stay tourist visas mainly by paying for an extension or, when that option was no longer available, flying from Australia to New Zealand and back. Being seasoned veterans of the Department of Immigration form maze (this one only had 22 pages! Early the next day. Next s...
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: August 2015
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015. A Week to Forget. Things started badly when I got an urgent phone call from my neighbour. All my cattle had got out and had been herded into her place from the edge of the highway by a passing motorist. This is our worst nightmare scenario. I was puzzled to where they had got through as we had just repaired and strengthened the southern boundary fence. Well, after 25 years, that myth was finally debunked! Or so we thought. That night the heavens opened up and for three days we...
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: A Winter Date Day
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015. A Winter Date Day. We had been advised that our power would be off from 8am to 4pm on Wednesday due to power line relocation brought about by the major roadworks. On the highway at the end of our road. We decided to do a date day in town. So it was into Milton for breakfast. We often go to Brown Sugar. Next I took the co driver up to local retirement home where she visited our neighbour, Norma who is now in care. She is the owner of the race horses. She also makes cheese and bak...
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: May 2015
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Thursday, May 21, 2015. Book Reviews / May 2015. At the beginning of the 20th century, Australia had just become a nation and was in the midst of an economic recession. The two major cities were crowded and unemployment, poverty and disease were rife. The government of the day was trying to get people out of the cities and onto the land in an effort to jump start an agricultural led recovery. They were offering very generous incentives for the move. There was only one thing wrong however. I recommend thi...
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: Dan the Man
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Thursday, July 02, 2015. Living in a rural area limits the ability to purchase a wide range of good wine locally. The supermarket wine shops and those attached to the pubs have a limited and pretty much a run of the mill range. So we usually source our wine during our trips away or order it on line from specific wineries or specialist wine shops. One of the latter is Dan Murphy's. They belong to the Woolworths chain of supermarkets and have a huge selection from around the world at very competitive prices.
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: April 2015
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Saturday, April 25, 2015. On this day, at dawn, one hundred years ago a combined force of 20,000 Australian and New Zealand infantry began landing on a beach (now known as ANZAC Cove) on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey. They were part of an allied invasion force under British command charged with the task of securing the Dardanelle Straits to allow a naval force to take Constantinople (Instanbul). This strategy was devised to shorten World War I which was already stalling on fields of Western Europe.
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: July 2015
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Monday, July 27, 2015. Australian Vintage 2015 Report. The Winemakers' Federation of Australia has released its 2015 Vintage report. The 2015 Australian grape crush is 1.67 million tonnes, just a 0.4% increase from last year’s crush of 1.66 million tonnes. This figure is just below the 8-year average of 1.70 million tonnes. The slight increase in overall crush is attributable to Riverina’s increase in yields, offset by lower yields in Murray Darling and most cooler temperate regions. ACT, Queensland and ...
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: Another Trip to Canberra
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Sunday, August 09, 2015. Another Trip to Canberra. Early morning start with the temperature down around 0°C which is very low, even in winter, for our part of the world. The drive heads west from Batemans Bay along the Kings Highway up over the Clyde Mountain pass, through Braidwood and Bungendore and onto the capital. For a look at the road check out this YouTube video. Of the descent (speeded up to 40km in 7 minutes). Had suffered the same fate. The co driver has more show quilt pictures on her blog.
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Bawley Point, New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bawley Point, New South Wales. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 35 30 56.25 S. 150 23 37.42 E. 355156250 S 150.3937278 E. 355156250; 150.3937278. 35 30 56.25 S. 150 23 37.42 E. 355156250 S 150.3937278 E. 355156250; 150.3937278. 160; Summer ( DST. 111 km (69 mi) E of Canberra. 188 km (117 mi) SW of Sydney. Is a small coastal hamlet in New South Wales. With a population of 565 people. It is located 30 minutes south of Ulladulla, New South Wales. And 30 minutes north of Batemans Bay. On the South Coast.
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