When we first went to Australia we were given a posting to Broken Hill. Naively I said, "Oh is that in the West. Is it the Western suburbs? I only ask because we have been teaching in really tough schools in Newcastle and Liverpool and we kind of hoped to get some better schools . Of course we didn't know that Broken Hill is a remote city 1500km from Sydney and that Newcastle and Liverpool were cities in NSW!
So the guy took pity on us and sent us to a "fishing village" just south of Sydney ... Wollongong! As soon as we arrived we I knew. This was no fishing village. It was a steelworks city. So started 6 fantastic years of our lives.
Peniche was also not a fishing village. It felt like the Costa Brava with apartments, long crowded beaches, tourist shops. Oh! we are so spoiled in Oz. The cliff walk was fantastic... but then we got the phone call!
So the guy took pity on us and sent us to a "fishing village" just south of Sydney ... Wollongong! As soon as we arrived we I knew. This was no fishing village. It was a steelworks city. So started 6 fantastic years of our lives.
Peniche was also not a fishing village. It felt like the Costa Brava with apartments, long crowded beaches, tourist shops. Oh! we are so spoiled in Oz. The cliff walk was fantastic... but then we got the phone call!
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