Archive for February, 2007
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Ice Carving
We went an saw some ice carving in Yorkville as part of Toronto’s Icefest. Some quite large sculptures were being made, there was a lifesize fireman and even a horsedrawn cart that you could sit in. I would have thought electrical equipment and melting ice weren’t a good mix but they use just about every [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Toronto by simmo
Sunday, February 18th, 2007
G’day Toronto
Daniel Johns Originally uploaded by simmogem. For four days Dundas Square became a portal to Australia with the G’day Toronto Tourism Expo. In a huge tent, temperature controlled to a balmy 27 degrees, a series of events promoting Australian Tourism were held and Simon and I voluteered to help out (tickets to all the events [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Toronto by gemma
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Brrrr
 BrrrOriginally uploaded by simmogem. This morning we woke up to find that Toronto had got its first real snow storm of winter. Waiting for the bus (and streetcar) is a very different experience here in Toronto when you are 15cm deep in snow! It was cold too, minus 14 degrees, brrrr. p.s. there are [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Toronto by gemma
Monday, February 12th, 2007
Ozflix Film Festival
Kenny This post and the one to come next week will probably give you the impression we are getting a bit home sick. Mabye we are a little, it has been 8 months. In searching for something to do on Australia day, Gemma stumbled across the Young Australian Canadian Association webpage. While they didn’t have [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Toronto by simmo
Monday, February 5th, 2007
New Site Functions
 Firstly, I have shuffled the sidebar (over there ->) around to make room for a new addition – ‘Unread Comments’. This will list any posts that have had new comments made since your last visit. I would suggest you all click the ‘Mark all comments as read’ button to begin with as it will [...]