Living 5 years in Australia

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Around 1960, the Yovani Golf Club's membership in Canberra was low enough that I, studying at the ANU on a scholarship, was able to join. Kids fished golf balls out of the water trenches, and I bought from them a bucket full. At my first attempt to play golf, I ran out of golf balls at the 7th hole. Well, I never made it to the Master’s Tournament.

I had many pleasant experiences in Australia, and the last one was the most impressive of all.

A few days before leaving Sydney on the SS Canberra to San Francisco, it became known that the Australian Premier Minister Sir Robert Menzies would take a vacation trip on the ship. Before landing in Honolulu, we stood in line at the Purser's Office to change money. Guess what: two people ahead of me stood Sir Menzies like any other passenger. And sailing near Vancouver through the San Juan Straight on a foggy day, Sir Menzies stood by himself at the railing. As I passed, we exchanges some courtesies. If I hadn't known who he was, I never would have guessed.

Australia is a wonderful country, and I will always love it.
 

It is a wonderful country. I spent a couple of nights in Canberra during a conference and found it very quaint. I also spent time in Sydney and Melbourne thanks to business travel. I would go back in a heartbeat. It is beautiful, and the people are so welcoming.
 
1999 we did a 6 month house exchange with a couple from Adelaide. She is an Aussie and he was a former Canuck with family in British Columbia. It was the perfect exchange which included a car exchange.

We never encounter any spiders but lots of koalas and kangaroos.
 
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