Fresh Produce at Oz Prices

In contrast these fresh fruits and vegetables are not unlike what we have available in China- except the prices. The "vine-ripened" tomatoes in the foreground are the equivalent of 30RMB/kg ie 15RMB yi jin (1/2kg)!

# 49 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College-Holiday in Oz- Mellow Melbourne

April 17th 2007
As well as lolling about on the Gold Coast I managed to squeeze a week away in Melbourne. I have been to Melbourne a number of times, so the purpose of my visit was not to “sight-see” so much as to catch up with long term friends, particularly Jan and John Martyn and Jenny and Bruce Martyn, whom I’ve stayed with a number of times. Jan and Jenny were my “tentmates” during a 9 week odyssey ... read more

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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

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