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Mind your language | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; Get your rock(wi)z off. May 21, 2010 by downunderoutwest. One of the lesser-known reasons why I thought I might feel at home in Australia is because Australians swear a lot. 8211; a kind of chart of the year’s most popular songs – went to ‘Little Lion Man’ by Mumford and Sons, a track with a chorus lamenting how the singer ‘f* *ed it up this time’. I heard thousands of people sing it out loud when...So if I’m so comfortable with a...
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Who I am | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. My name is Val McFarlane. I tell people I am a professional writer but really I just get paid to spell and punctuate correctly. This blog is about settling in one of the world’s most remote cities, travellling away from it and, eventually, making the decision on whether to stay or go. There’s also a fair bit of random stuff that I just enjoy writing about. Come over and have a look…. On May 1, 2010 at 2:59 am. I have an election pamphlet from ...
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Clique-clack | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; Living the frugal life. May 30, 2012 by downunderoutwest. Ask any immigrant about making friends in Perth and many will mention the city’s cliquiness. I didn’t really believe it until I experienced for myself, but when I did, it almost floored me. Confessions on a Dancefloor. Tour Another evening was spent hunting for a hat to reinforce the fact that my other half looks uncannily like a certain Irish rock star. We deliberately arrived u...
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Perth-onality | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; The piano. November 18, 2010 by downunderoutwest. So I’ve finally made it in Perth. After 14 months of desperately trying to fit in, to find my place in the city scene, I’m in. And how do I know this? Because a picture of me has been published in the social pages of the West Australian. There I am, on page 8 of the Style section, the. The event was a Christmas party thrown by Perth PR firm PPR. 8216;It says pants on the receipt! The day...
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Get your rock(wi)z off | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; A brief note on the election. Get your rock(wi)z off. May 11, 2010 by downunderoutwest. Rockwiz hosts Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis. At the weekend I went to see the stage version of a TV show called RocKwiz. There are two teams of three – two members of the public, selected from the audience, plus one celebrity in each. The punters guess who the celebs are from clues read by host Julia Zemiro. Never Mind the Buzzcocks. And I was sec...
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downunderoutwest | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Https:/ downunderoutwest.wordpress.com. Posts by Val McFarlane:. May 2, 2014. The story continues…. July 12, 2012. Then we came to the end. June 18, 2012. June 11, 2012. May 30, 2012. May 5, 2012. Living the frugal life. April 15, 2012. Down under, moving east. Older Posts ». Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 38 other followers. On Bitey cheese, anyone? On Back to Bristol.
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Back on the bike | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; Table for two. A frockin’ good cause. Back on the bike. September 30, 2010 by downunderoutwest. Or so I thought. It turns out my new commute, while considerably longer,. Be done on two wheels. Heartened by surviving – even enjoying – a couple of longish leisure cycles round the city. That a journey I thought was around 14km each way was actually 20. I’d just done 40km and DIDN’T DIE. And – here’s the clever bit – told ...A pleasant spin...
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Back to Bristol | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; Back home? Then we came to the end. June 18, 2012 by downunderoutwest. I’m back in Bristol, my spiritual home, the city I thought I would settle in forever…then left on a whim to move to the other side of the world. It’s been an emotional experience. Driving our hire car up Park Street. I was reminded of how amazing this city is. The Wills Memorial Building. This morning I was accosted by four separate representatives of Greenpeace.
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Love it or leave it? | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; Another post about friendship. Love it or leave it? January 23, 2011 by downunderoutwest. Some years ago, my husband and I bought a brand new house on a modern housing estate. In Lancashire. He had been transferred to an office in Manchester, more than an hour away in rush-hour traffic; the long daily commute necessitated a low-maintenance home near the motorway. But I miss real. I miss being able to go out for a meal at 10pm and shop s...
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The story continues… | Down under, out west
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Down under, out west. Random thoughts on building a new life. Laquo; Then we came to the end. The story continues…. May 2, 2014 by downunderoutwest. I’m in Melbourne, and without wanting to give too much away, I love it. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Join 38 other followers.