Godzone

  • Suburban Tokyo’s Little Slice Of The Godzone

    Aussies like to call our country the Godzone, a corruption of the phrase “God’s Own Country,” and we’ve been lucky enough to replicate a little bit of that zone in the suburbs of Tokyo. Thanks to the talents of the amazing Alex Endo, Japan’s premier author on Australian plants and designer of gardens using Aussie natives, we have an incredible Aussie garden. Late spring in the lead-up to the rainy season is when the garden puts on its finest show. Nearly everywhere is lush and green. But there is also an explosion of color and beauty as the flowers spring forth. We have the scarlet of the callistemon. The burning…

  • Slice of Heaven

    Kangaeroo Corner, the name I give to our garden even though it’s not a corner but close enough anyway (which kinda sums up my life) is a little slice of Godzone for me. Gardening had never entered my radar until Mrs. Kangaeroo and the amazing Alex Endo presented us with an Aussie native plant garden just over two years ago. And while much of my life has entered something of a downward spiral since that time, the garden has been a little sliver of great joy. It’s really ironic as mum and dad were avid gardeners and dad even did it professionally. Of course, I never took enough interest to…

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    豪メルボルン市が4年連続「世界で最も住み良い都市」で選ばれた

    　 オーストラリアメルボルン市が19日付4年連続「世界で最も居住に適した都市」として選ばれた。 　先週、ニュージーランドのオークランド市とタイで世界で最も友情的な都市と選べたことに続きオーストラリアの住み良い環境が世界に認められ続けている。 　「世界で最も居住に適した都市」が英国エコノミスト誌の調査ユニットに選ばれた。クオリティ・オブ・ライフ世界ベスト10都市中4都市がオーストラリアにあり、メルボルンの他シドニー、パースとアデレードがランクインした。