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Our new home

Posted: February 8th, 2011 by Courtney

Its been over a year since we arrived in Melbourne with a free room at a friends house and no plans for what we were going to do.  We have had an amazing year!  We have met lots of great friends and colleagues, had a chance to live in Brisbane for 5-weeks, and visited three other Australian states since we […]

A Visitor From Back Home

Posted: November 8th, 2010 by Scott

Last weekend when we got home from our day at the races, I checked my email and was surprised to find one from my old team manager Craig. He said that he and his girlfriend were passing through Melbourne after a holiday along the central east coast of Australia and would be spending Sunday with […]

The Melbourne Cup

Posted: November 3rd, 2010 by Courtney

One of the biggest events in Melbourne in Spring is the Spring Racing Carnival.  Melburnians go all out during this month of horse racing and even get a day off work for Cup Day (the second Tuesday of November). We decided to check out some of the action on Derby Day (the Saturday before Cup […]