I realise I’ve not said much about the food over here. That’s probably because, in general, it is very much the same as we have in England. There are the same fast food chains – Macdonalds, KFC , Pizzahut (and you know how much Nana loves fast food!). And the supermarkets are full of foods we are all familiar with, as well as quite a lot of Asian foods, and noodles of every description. We have found it hard to find bacon like English bacon, and most of it has little flavour and feels like ham.
The things we have really loved are the mangoes, and the fish and chips! The mangoes are grown in Australia, and have a fabulous flavour, much nicer than the ones we get in England, and much cheaper. We’ve had lots of different kinds of fish and chips – barramundi, flat head, blue grenadier, red snapper – all fish we don’t tend to find in England, and all delicious. Especially if you are eating them in the sunshine by the sea!
There are lots of restaurants in Wollongong, mostly run by people who have migrated to Australia from different countries, so you can choose food from a huge range of countries: Italian, Indonesian, Cambodian, Korean, Hungarian… We have not gone hungry! Although my blue-swimmer crab (see below) was a little smaller than I had expected!
POSTSCRIPT: and this afternoon, as we walked around Flagstaff Point in Wollongong, we saw a pod of dolphins go past, leaping in and out of the water. Beautiful!
Nana Down Under 