5 Years of Audstralia – in pictures – Audpodge and Blither Blather

5 years?! Where has the time gone?

My uploaded photos on this blog are a time capsule that I never get tired of looking through. So here’s well over a 100 pics from the past 5 years of Audpodge.

Enjoy!

we ferried past Luna Park, an ultra creepy amusement park that I want to go to.

view of the Opera House and Harbor Bridge from the Oriental Gardens

so pond

It’s basically my American life. All that’s missing is Canada Dry Diet Ginger Ale. /classy

Ooooo!

“Hey! I love carpal tunnel!”

Get inside of me.

Yum! Joel’s Massaman curry.

Such fog

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Standard Wendsgiving appetizer.

Chicken mash 4eva

Thanks, Santas Turner!

Blimp!

Joel opening his stocking stuffers, Christmas towels and American flag duct tape. Not pictured: Reese trees and brown gravy packets. My stocking had gossip rags and Reese cups because Santa Turner loves me.

Christmas grill day*!

I traded in my ugly sweaters and snow for paper crowns and sundresses.

I got to live the dream with a near $900 trip to Ikea.

So many good happy hours.

And I fell in love harder than I ever thought possible.

I began to conquer my fear of the ocean, thanks to Joel.

Happy New Year!

eeeughhhhh

Such a little guy!

chicken-pancetta-avo-smash on grilled sea salt Turkish bread

Kangaroo Steaks! Don’t worry–it’s the equivalent of eating deer in the US.

Carnival!

AUSTRALIAN COW. I was really excited to see the animal that gives me steak and dairy.

Everyone got chips on a stick. And to quote the 7 year old with us, “Food is always better when it’s on a stick.”

Punch drunk chicken!

Better Than Olive Garden’s Chicken Scampi (I used a copykat recipe that gave me the most badass way to bread and fry chicken. So much yum.)

Public Style studio, representing

Our pillows will never grow up, though.

you vile temptresses. Also, I ate 97% of these cookies over the week because Joel doesn’t like peanut butter desserts. Sucks to be him!

I wore my good sweats for this shoot. #fridaynight

PLANETS HOLY CRAP

yummm. Creaming soda tastes like vanilla + tarot root and looks like cherry ginger ale and is my new favorite.

And then there was demolishing of the cookie cake I made for Joel to celebrate him making his bonus this year. Hooray!

throw back love ❤

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Joel is the best schnitzel-er I’ve ever met.

mid-heart attack

family photo shootin

Visa finishin’

ice milk tea and our platter of Lor Bak – five-spice pork rolls, prawn cakes and fried tofu. I never knew how good fried tofu could be.

Joel’s Nan always brings articles and clippings to show him. It’s adorable.

the water was perfect, if a little cold. We would have stayed all day if there was a way to not get fried in the sun.

Melt butter and chocolate in a heat proof bowl over simmering water. Or, a double boiler. I don’t have a heat proof bowl, so I improvised.

yes plz

hey handsome!

Raspberry frosting with key lime sprinkles, and chocolate peanut butter oreo noms.

Breakfast of champions

we went Paula Deen on that beast #butterbath

mmmm

Cheers!

❤

Effing delicious, basically

We shelled out for cable… just for GoT. #worthit

The colours – trust me, I’ve only slightly edited this photo.

Working man

We also picked up some wooden salad bowls and turrets.

Good bye, winter friend.

I finally got around to re-hanging our string of Instax pics. Don’t even get me started on that eyesore phone. I’m going to take it down and hang a framed pic over the phone jack.

I was obsessing over spice racks, so our friend Hugh gave us one of his. Hooray! No more clunky spice drawer for us. Next step – new spice jars.

Came home at 9:30PM after a double shift to home made curry and fried roti bread – Joel is a keeper.

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Grilled veg, sauces, and wine – treasures

Master Chefs, Master Pals

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so much food

Thank god for slightly less than insanely hot temps

Also, I finally got to use my gravy cow

There was an entire wall of jarred Nope

I’ve spent most of my weekend hanging out here, because I am living life to its fullest

I want to sleep on these Heaven pillows

A stranger offered to take our photo. And she didn’t steal my camera. It was nice.

Fake Photographer

Big Joel had a big birthday! We celebrated with a day of fat, fat eating, a tiny cake, and a night at the pub. We also ate delicious meat at East Side Grill. #topnotch

Hella brunches

hella dinners with friends

The Only Time I Did Stuff on Easter Break: a day of beaching and adventuring with Josien. #alsotopnotch

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Breeeeakfast a la Joel

camera frenz

Jabba the Rock

Joel taught me how to use my long exposure setting (i.e. the one good photo taken all day)

Milkshake frenz

Cold Yuzu Shio ramen

caught ya!

date night

Ueno at dusk

New life moto

6:30PM

A Japanese couple asked us to take their picture for them, and then offered to take ours. #awesomebagplacement

Cat selfies are my life now

❤ ❤ ❤

Lunch!

ahhhhhhhh, heaven pile

Business maaaan

dat faaaace

cocktails + recliner chairs + free popcorn + AC + awesome movie = best Sunday

My 2/3 scratch pie, and Joel’s sweet card

I heart brunch

Mench on a Bench (missing his bench)

Tasted better than it looked, promise!

fluff pile

❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

carving the roast beast

food coma

Helllllllo, spritz

frenz

HALP (phase 4, crab)

kitchin bitchin

I didn’t get a picture of the cobbler before I sliced it, because it wasn’t going to win any beauty contests. It was however, delicious.

mid-feast (observe: bowl full of melted butter)

Dimi’s remains

Biscuit hair

1:09PM

5:31PM

ohhh how I wish this blog was scratch-n-sniff

Bear Hat Captain

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Kate’s mom sewed her dress, it was an incredible feat

This would have been better if he was standing on the S and I was standing on the N. But eh, what can ya do.

more fishing

Mariner Joel

Right before we almost got knocked off our feet

Henry was super psyched. This is one of my fave photos of the trip 🙂

Coffee time with Henry

My one and only

My mom and I dragged dad and Joel to a special advanced showing of A Star is Born ❤

WAFFLE HOUSE. /mydreams

Bridesmaids!

❤

Joel meets Mountain Mama Daron (and my beautiful Henry rifle)

Joel: prepared and adequately layered, me: freezing

Joel, handsomest man in Brooklyn. He’s been wanting this sweater for as long as I’ve known him, but it’s always been unavailable/out of reach. But in NYC, at the flagship Ralph Lauren store, they had it on sale for the first time ever. #destiny

Hang times will Bill Purray

Cara and Mel!

Flu victims at WalMart

Man Cave Gun Club

v. cold (and v. ok with it)

bridge tourists

The active wear is a lie

Tourists

ugly mugs – delicious diner coffee

This year, we decided to watch all the Christmas episodes of The Office

The Westworth Boys, and the target shooting game KB bought for us. “Audrey’s American, she’ll love the guns!” har har har (jokes on me because I actually loved this game)