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 Originally
from Australia, I moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1994 so I could
make snow angels and have an accent.
I am a keynote speaker,
book editor and creative writer, half of the Aussie duo “up
from down under”, and the project designer for “Corroboree”.
I am the media and
communications contact for the Down Under Club of Winnipeg.
I am a true blue Aussie,
born and raised in Sydney, NSW.
As a PADI diver, I
have explored the eastern coast of Australia from Lizard Island
to Launceston, and dived on the Great Barrier Reef and in coastal
parks and reserves south of Byron Bay.
I became a dual citizen
in 2003 (officially making me a CanAussie), and even though
I live in Canada and have Canadian citizenship, I still wear
R. M. Williams boots, Akubra hats, Gowing’s shirts, Bond’s
stuff, and Aussie flag baseball caps. I pick up supplies of
Arnott’s biscuits, Cottee’s cordial, Milo, Vegemite,
Billy Tea and Weet-Bix whenever I am down under, and my Mum
regularly sends me ‘Aussie chocolate survival kits’
– with everything from Darrell Lea’s Rocklea Road
and Cadbury Dairy Milk to Maltesers, Cherry Ripes, Picnics and
Fruit Pastilles. Since I can’t pack the outback, the reef,
the beaches or the bush into my suitcase, these pieces of home
will just have to do.
I am an ambassador
and promoter of all things Australian, an example of the Australian
way of life – and nothing could make me more proud. As
they say, “You can take the girl out of Australia, but
you can’t take Australia out of the girl!”
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