25 Stories of Life and Love in Australia by Margaret Lynette Sharp

She decided to practice a couple of tunes for quite some time until she could say that: “They didn’t sound too bad, either, when my audience consisted exclusively of my husband and our dog.” In addition, she includes many funny statements, like the one pronounced by a wife when referring to her stage fright while playing the piano in front of an audience. You will get all the flavor of the land down under, Ms Sharp makes sure of that. “25 Stories of Life and Love in Australia” also provide the reader, especially the ones that are not Aussies, with some unique expressions and references common to that lovely land, for example, “cuppa” for a cup of tea, and kookaburra, which is a kind of bird. Small bits of wonderment that do not quite tell you the end they rather let you imagine it and savor it in your own mind. That’s what these twenty-five stories reminded me of. Having chosen the wrong ones, she corrected me by saying, “Not those ones, the other ones, the small dark-chocolate ones.” I picked up a few of these and they proved to be absolutely delicious morsels. Researching and writing a historical novelSome years ago, the wife of a dear friend of mine told me to grab a few sweets available to all the guests at the end of a lovely dinner. Here are some pictures of Anzac Day in my little town, Wangi Wangi, on the shores of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales.Ĭlick here to buy a copy of Ben’s Challenge from Amazon. Every city and almost every town with a population of more than a few hundred has its parade and its ceremony of remembrance.

All wars in which Anzacs served since that initial campaign are remembered, right up to the present Afghanistan campaign that is still going on.

They dug in and both sides endured many months of warfare under terrible conditions.Īnzac Day has come to rival Remembrance Day (11th November) as a reminder of the sacrifice that so many made in the service of their country. From the beginning, they faced extremely strong opposition from the Turks, who had the high ground. Nowadays, ANZAC day is celebrated by the people of Australia and New Zealand on the 25th April, the day the first forces landed on the beaches of what is now called Anzac Cove.

This campaign, in which many hundreds of men lost their lives, was the first real test of the armies of these two new nations their “Baptism of Fire”. The Anzacs land on the Gallipoli beaches, under fire from the Turks who hold the high ground.

25 Stories of Life and Love in Australia by Margaret Lynette Sharp