Preparations

Smiths Annual Halloween party!

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November 5th 2012
Saturday October 27th: Maria and I woke up in the morning, ready to host our host family’s annual Halloween party. Jacqui had been cooking all day. She made 2 pumpkin pies and 4 pecan pies for 32 people. Fran (25 year old host sister), Dwayne (32 year old husband), Maria, and I went to Carindale to shop for ice cream cake ingredients and a costume for Bella (their 8 month old daughter). ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more