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April 29, 2019 The last two weeks were Easter/Autumn holidays in Australia, of which I worked one week and then went to Nambucca Heads with my host family in the second week. ...

April 9, 2019 On Friday morning, I headed to the tropical north of Australia. After a three-hour flight, Katrin (my travel companion for this trip) and I landed in Cairns at 10...

April 2, 2019 Today, exactly one month from now, will be my last day as an au pair! I can't believe how fast time flies. It feels like just yesterday that I arrived here and met...

March 26, 2019 On Thursday evening, we finally went to Melbourne. A trip that I had been looking forward to for a long time. Myself and two other girls (Mira and Hanna) flew...

March 19, 2019 This weekend, I took a trip up the east coast to Port Stephens with three other girls. There were three Germans (Alex, Rebecca, and me) and a girl from Finland...

March 5, 2019 On Friday, Jana, the former au pair of my host family, moved back in with us because it's her last week in Australia before flying back to Germany. Since we get...

February 25, 2019 Finally, on Friday, my first weekend trip with another au pair came. The destination: Brisbane. Unfortunately, the journey started with a big disappointment....

February 4, 2019 Last week was the first day of school in the second grade for Sofia. For that, Sofia and I went to the school's uniform shop on Tuesday to buy a new hat and...

January 28, 2019 After 5 weeks of vacation with my aunt on the Central Coast, I am now back in Oatley with my host family since Monday. Since it is still summer vacation in...

January 8th, 2019 Last week, I did quite a lot, so it's perfect for writing a new blog entry! First things first: I finally petted Australian kangaroos! Now I can really say...

January 2nd, 2019 Happy New Year! One of my resolutions should definitely be to be more active on my blog. Since I haven't had time to write a post about my Christmas in...

December 18, 2018 Only 6 days until Christmas and I have to admit that the pre-Christmas time in Australia is a bit strange. Of course, some houses are decorated very nicely...

December 11, 2018 My work days went relatively smoothly in my third week. While Tuesday was again just about dropping off and picking up the kids, I did playground days with...

December 2nd, 2018 Hi! My name is Nora, I am 18 years old and I have been living in Australia for exactly two weeks now. Due to time constraints, I haven't had the chance to...