Wandy McNoble Down Under

• Update and January Highlights 2 weeks ago Well hello! It's been a while... The last time I wrote we were in hotel quarantine in Sydney, counting down the days until our release so we could continue on to our new/old home in Melbourne. The past three months have been a whirlwind: we've set up a house from scratch, the kids have started...
• Flying to Australia in a Pandemic 4 months ago When we made the decision move back to Melbourne last summer, we naively thought that this whole "Covid thing" would be over by Christmas. Oh, how wrong we were! In the early months of the pandemic Australia seemed to have things under control, but all that changed in July when a breach in hotel...
• December Recap 5 months ago It's New Year's Eve, and we are currently on Day 2 of our mandatory quarantine in Sydney, Australia. December has been a crazy month, as you might be able tell by the lack of activity on the blog. I'll write a whole post about our flights to Sydney and our quarantine experience in the coming weeks,...
• Winter Wonderland 6 months ago It snowed allllll day last Sunday, from 9 o’clock in the morning until after we went to bed. We had already had a couple of light snow showers this winter, but this was the first substantial snowfall of the season. It coincided with us putting up our Christmas decorations, so to quote the song,...
• Mid-Winter Break 6 months ago We just had a mid-winter break at my school, which meant a four day long weekend. Last year during this break I took advantage of living with my parents and went to London with my good friend Kristin for four days. What a luxury that seems like now, just hopping over to London for a weekend! Gah, I...

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