Wandy McNoble Down Under

• August 2021 Highlights 4 days ago What can I say about August 2021. We spent almost the entire month in lockdown here in Melbourne - it's like 2020 over here! Lockdown in Melbourne is serious business. Masks outdoors, a 5km travel limit, and even a curfew at 9pm! In the past week we passed 70% of the adult population having their...
• Currently... 24.07.21 3 months ago We are currently in lockdown in Melbourne... again. This is Melbourne's fifth lockdown since March 2020, and our third since arriving in January. It's day 9 of 12; the lockdown is supposed to end in three days on Tuesday night. As is normal here, we will probably know if the lockdown is extending...
• Ocean Grove Getaway 2 months ago During the school holidays we booked a last minute getaway to Ocean Grove. With borders between states snapping shut at the drop of a hat (or covid case) here in Australia, we stayed away from booking any interstate travel during these holidays, even though we would have loved to have travelled...
• Ella Turns 6! 3 months ago Last week it was Ella's 6th birthday. Wow. We have a 6-year-old. I'm sure I think this every year, but how is it possible that she is already 6! I remember the story of her birth oh so clearly... or at least I can go back to my blog post and remind myself about it.When we were in Ottawa in the...
• Winter Holidays - Week 1 4 months ago We are just wrapping up the first week of our three week winter holiday. This week was like a bonus week for Andy and me. Ella's school only has a two week holiday (state schools vs. independent schools) and Ollie still has daycare so we have had a whole five days to ourselves. And let me tell you,...

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