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I have mentioned Parkrun in previous blogs from last time we were in Australia in 2018.   Altona Beach is close by so again we decided that a Parkrun would be a good start to our Saturday mornings.  They start at 8am in Australia which is great for us and means that it does not…

From an old established suburb of Melbourne to an almost brand new one.  We have moved to Point Cook, just over an hour away from Hampton, and the difference could not be more stark. Hampton was an established and mature suburb with classic style houses and bungalows interspersed with the odd new build. In 2001, Point Cook…

There is one thing any British visitor to Australia will notice, it is that place names here are copied, borrowed or even repeated from the homeland.  One can only surmise that it gave the new settlers a sense of a home from home, although I can’t imagine many early settlers were from Sandringham England, unless…