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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Does this seem a lil’ crazy to anyone else?

Posted by Kerry

I know I’ve been slacking. I’ve been really busy, though. Yesterday I devoted 30 minutes to discussing The Bachelorette with 3 like-minded female friends. Plus we were in the pool at the time. I’m a multi-tasker. It’s getting to be ridiculous how much stress is in my life. The aforementioned females requested I update the [...]

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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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Why Not?

Posted by Kerry

Yes, it is true. I really am moving to Australia for a year.
What’s surprised me is I’ve been met with zero resistance. Before I started telling people, I made a mental list of counterpoints for every reason someone could give me for why I shouldn’t do this. I’ve yet to justify my decision to anyone. [...]

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