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"I've now spent Christmas in Aus for twenty-four, out of a possible twenty-six years of living here. Every year it's the same, the feeling of surprise when hearing the first Christmas carols while shopping, around the beginning of November. I don't think I'll ever get accustomed to hot sunny days and Christmas celebrations." Sydney Sue describes the New South Wales Christmas experience.
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We are so lucky here in New South Wales, as we get a wide selection of the most beautiful birds on earth.

I’ve always fed them, even though it cost me a fortune in parrot seed and honey, and ground mince for the meat eaters etc. But since I moved I stopped it and planted the native trees which feed them, and only occasionally do I put out bread and honey.

We see wedge tail eagles and hawks, as we have a


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Thinking of moving to Australia? Wondering what it’s really like to live there? Here’s the gen from our local expert.

Sydney Sue, who has lived in Australia for over 25 years, writes:

Here’s a few things that come to mind about general life in Aus. First you will have to get used to seeing a lot of sunshine, palm trees, pretty blue water, golden beaches, tanned bodies (sometimes all of them ) and cloudless skies….it’s just awful!

Then there’s the monopoly money we


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