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Our time here in Australia and exploring this beautiful country is about to come to an end. We will be moving back to our house in NJ on July 1. Brent will be taking on a new role at BMS’ home office as Head of Tumor Commercial Teams for Worldwide Oncology. It’s bittersweet. We are excited to arrive home in summer,…
Brent goes to Sydney all the time for work, but usually just overnight trips in the middle of the week, so we never went with him. I decided I wasn’t leaving Australia until I got to see Sydney! Everyone always talks about how gorgeous the harbour is… so I wanted to see it, especially the Opera House. During Labour Day…
Before summer vacation ended, we took a long weekend trip to Hobart, Tasmania. Hobart is the capital of the island state of Tasmania- just a quick 1 hour flight for us. We visited the northern part of Tassie (as the Aussies say) when Clay and his family were here last year, but Brent hadn’t visited Tassie yet, so we took…
This year, we opted to stay in a resort rather than a camper van for Christmas….Our friends, the Kings (Mike, Amber, Claire and Caroline), met us in Fiji for 8 days, then returned with us to Melbourne and visited for another week or so, before traveling back to cold Philly weather. We both had overnight flights and arrived early in…
I’m naming this post “4th Quarter 2017” so it seems like I really meant to wait this long to write and include all the activities that rounded out 2017. 
So I must back track to the biggest event of the year which occurred in October. October 16th was Isla’s 5th birthday. It seems like the planning (done by her) started…
I started this post last July…. clearly I never finished it until now. When I started it, the intent was to highlight what I noticed most about the differences in our English and what new words and phrases were standing out to me in Aussie speak. And shortly after I starting writing it, I had dinner with one of Brent’s…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted things related to living in Australia (let alone posting at all!). So, I thought I’d share this little tidbit… It’s now spring as of September 1st, and it’s now also magpie swooping season. Magpie birds are typical birds that live all over most of Australia. We see them daily on our walks to…
Brent and his team at Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia made national headlines this week with their important work. After months, if not years of work, BMS Australia has had their immunotherapy agent listed on the nation’s Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme for the treatment of advanced lung and renal cancers. It was described as the “Gift of Life” by all the new agencies….
We are very pleased with Isla’s school and how much they inspire creativity in the children. Isla’s very interested in drawing, painting and writing lately. A few months ago, they read the book “Alexander’s Outing” by Pamela Allen. If you have six minutes and are interested in hearing it for context, then here it is: Alexander’s Outing by Pamela Allen. I’m…