“So you’re half?”
“No, I’m double.” My Japanese students looked at me, perplexed. “I’m Greek and Australian,” I explained. “I’ve got the benefit of two cultures.”
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“A nap? But it’s the middle of the day!”
I adamantly refused my aunt’s suggestion for an afternoon respite. “I’m going out for a walk.” I trudged through the empty streets alone, past all the closed shops: A foolish tourist out walking in a 40-degree heat wave. “Excuse me, this ATM isn’t working.”
“There's another one in the public bar,” said the young bartender, pointing me towards a door. “Oh, and I think I should warn you - it’s a topless bar.” |
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I acknowledge the traditional Custodians of the land on which I work and live, the Gubbi Gubbi / Kabi Kabi and Joondoburri people, and recognise their continuing connection to land, the waters and sky. I pay my respect to them and their cultures; and to Elders past, present and emerging.
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