An expat Brit in South Australia
Huntly is a small town (population 4,000) in the North East of Scotland, not forty miles from Aberdeen. Despite growing up in this part of the world, I had never properly visited Huntly. Neither did I know that the town is the home of Dean’s Shortbread– not as famous as Walkers, but probably better. With
It looked like California, it smelt like California. The liquidity of the ocean matched by the fluidity of the people. Venice Beach in Los Angeles could be the ultimate location for people-watching. It’s all here. There’s practically no one on the beach itself but all forms of life are on display on the Boardwalk– the
If you don’t observe the religious significance of Easter, what remains for us in the Southern Hemisphere? I’ve written on a number of occasions about the incongruity of Christmas in the hot Australian summer, but never about what Easter is like here.
Dr D in Oz 