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Thanxgiving in OZ

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October 22nd 2008
Because I had to miss Thanxgiving at home this year, I decided to host a Canadian Thanxgiving in OZ. There is no such holiday here so everyone was keen to join in and experience turkey and cranberries (I couldn’t do pumpkin pie). We had 15 people crammed into our small apartment (surprisingly we did not get a noise complaint) and all went off without a hitch. The “turkey” I made was actua ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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