Waking Up in Oz

An American Girl's Adventures in Australia

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Home Sweat Home

Posted by Kerry

If you know me, you know this much: I don’t like to be hot and I sweat like crazy. This has been a slight issue in the land down under because air conditioning (aka “air con” here) is a luxury and temperatures have been hovering in the high 30s some days (that’s in the high [...]

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Hulkamania

Posted by Kerry

Tonight’s our last night in this shitty hostel. I’m kind of sad to be leaving it. Between the Dutch hookers fighting outside at 4 am, a helicopter circling over us in the middle of the night, and the monkey I’m convinced lives in a tree outside our window, it’s kind of grown on me here. [...]

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I Ate Maccas 3 Times in One Day and Other Fun Facts

Posted by Kerry

Holy hell, apartment hunting in Sydney is a nightmare! The horror stories are true. I can’t get over just how different it is here than in the states when it comes to that.
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Here’s how it works. Each property has an inspection time. This is a 15 minute window when EVERYONE interested in that property comes [...]

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Finding a ‘hood

Posted by Kerry

My biggest project when I get to Oz is finding a cozy, affordable place to live. Here are some of the most useful sites I’ve found:
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Domain and Real Estate
They’re basically the same site and I’m guessing they’re sister sites, they have just about all the same listings, except Domain has a keyword search option (if [...]

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