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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The little differences...

Life in North Queensland is definitely unique. From the architecture of the house I live in to the lifestyle and fashion of the people here. Everyday is an adventure into a different culture than that I've come to know in South Texas.

In the wet season it's a bit hard to do laundry because most people don't have dryers. This came across to me as a bit odd but really, it's nice not to use so much energy and cloths and sheets dried in the fresh air smell nice and last longer. This has taken some getting used to. You have to time your laundry with the weather and even though I have a line under a cover it can still get annoying waiting for it to dry in windy wet weather. 


Speaking of cloths, I was out exploring local restaurants and saw this pair of girls and thought they'd be a good example of the Aussie style of dress:


Other little differences are found in speech and food. For instance, I was at a restaurant and ordered greens thinking "oh boy! My comfort food favourite!" and got this:


Not greens as I know them... I like steamed veggies and all but... I was excited about turnip greens or mustard greens or any of the variety of the Southern dish. Ah well! Life is still good. :)

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