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Australian life different from Canadian
very polite, always using 'please'
and 'thank y
Slower pace
The Papples both _noticed the
slower paced life style of
Australians who always seemed
to have time te dd things. "They
always bad time for us says
Janet . We always had 'fresh
fruits and vegetables brought to
our home by friends and
neighbours and, one lady whom
we did not even know very well
offered to take us to the airport.
She had the time to take the
whole day to do this for us."
Jim suggested that because of
the climate there is no pressure to
get things done in a restricted
time period such as the conditions
faced by the Canadian farmer
from seedtiene in the spring to
harvest in the fall. "Canadians
seem to spend a lot of time talking
about how busy we are and all the
things we have to do which we
have not done, yet," said Jim.
"The Australians seem to have
the time to do everything."
(Stores close at noon on,
Saturdays which slows things
down for a longer period over the
weekend and reflects the
Australians' slower pace way of
life.)
3 Hour Tea
This slower life style is evident
in their' daily lives. If you are
invited to go out'to someone's for
tea, which is the evening meal, it
may last three or four hours. They
take time to sit and relax with a
drink before the meal and the
meal itself is eaten more slowly
with lots of conversation. If the
meal is in someone's home the
dishes 'are left until the morning.
"It is almost an insult to offer
to help your hostess do' up the
dishes right after the meal."
The Australians are- great
sports enthusiasists. They take
the time• to enjoy their sports
activities almost every day all
year round because of the
climate. Many children stop off
on the way home from school to
play golf. Cricket is the summer
sport and the fall game of
Australians' rules football- which
was just starting when the
Papples left to come home.
Tennis, surfing, are also popular.
Jim and Janet thought that
swimming and water sports
would have been more popular
because of the available beaches.
"We had this preconceived idea
of tanned Australians on crowded
beaches" said, Janet ".but r very
few seemed to use the Franksthn
beach even on weekends."
Live and Work
The Papples did not see a great
deal of Australia during their st
ay because this type of vacation
allowed them to live and work
with the people rather than travel
from one end of the country to the
other. "We stayed in Frankston
for the week and did most of our
travelling on the weekends," said
Jim. "But even so, we were able
to see a variety of geographical
areas just in the 100 hundred mile
radius of Melbourne we were able
to cover." To the south was the
coastline; the 'north the
mountains and market gardening
in the valleys; the dry grasslands
in the west and dairy farming and
green hills in the east.
They made a trip to Philips
Island to the south of Frankston
where the koala bears are
plentiful because it is away from
the populated areas. All animals
and wildlife .are protected by law
in Australia.
"We could get, out of our car
and walk into the bush where we
could. watch the bears in the
trees," said Jim. "Many people
have this impression of kangaroos
and koalas being everywhere but,
it is like the Canadian fox or
beaver which is native to Ontario.
How often 'do we see either of
these animals in our immediate
area."
On the island, Jane and Kate
watched the penguins come up
onto the beaches and they also
slaw the mutton birds nesting on
the cliffs.
"The kangaroos were smaller
than we thought they would.be "
said Jim. "The only one we saw
was at the zoo in Melbourne"
(because they live in the wild in
areas north of Victoria into New
South Wales.) "The odd wallaby
could be seen in the area where
we lived but none of our family
were lucky enough to see one in
the wild. The closest I came to
seeing one was the tracks left in
the orchard one morning."
The poisonous snakes in the
area where The Papples lived
' were no real threat to safety
could tell that they were talking
about the girls and pointing to
Kate's doll, said Janet, "Kate
realized they were talking iboiit
her doll too, and clutched it
tightly in her arms. It is strange
that people and especially
children do not need language to
communicate."
Since their return ,the Papple
family has been trying to adjust to
the Canadian winter. In thinking
CLOSE ENOUGH , TO TOUCH — No, they didn't
have kangeroos in their backyard, but r Jane and
Kate Papple got a close-up look at a kangeroo during
their winter spent living with their parents, Jim and
Janet Papple in Australia. The Papple family lived
for four morVhs in Frankston, Aijstralia where Jim
worked as a foreman for, a fruit farmer.
about the trip Janet and Jim
agree that this, type of vacation
where you are able to live, and
work with the people is a valuable
experience.' "We were unable to
travel extensively through the
country and we did not bring
home a lot of souvenirs" said
Janet but the friendships and
experiences there will be so many
riell memories."
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HELLO KANGEROO — Jane and Kate Papple get pretty close to a kangeroo on a
wildlife preserve in Australia this winter. The people girls and their parents, Jim'
and Janet have returned recently from four months of living in Australia to their
farm in Tuckersmith Township.
Shop in Seaforth
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, (by Sharon Ran)
Several months. ,of living and
ordinary life, jgst like the natives
do, in Australia have given a
Tuckersraitb family a new way of
looking at Canada and their lives
here.
Jim and Janet Papple and their
daughters, Jane, four and two
year old Kate returned three
weeks ago from a four month
working vacation in Australia. It
was the type of venture many of
us 'talk about but somehow never
seem to get around to doing. The
idea was first conceived last
spring when Jim decided to wprk
out during the winter of 1974.
"We had want ed a change and
were thinking of taking a trip
before the children start school",
says Janet, "So the two ideas
came together.",
Australia was chosen because
of the similarity in life style
between this country and Canada.
`The language is English and the
climate there during our winter is
good because of the reversal in
seasons. At that time job
opportunities were good and the
Papples knew Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Alkemade who live in Melbourne.
When Mr. and Mrs. Alkemade-
visited their son, Stan and his
family in Seaforth last summer
'Jim and Janet met them and
discussed their plans. Mr. and
Mrs. Alkemade offered to meet
the Papples at the airport upon
their arrival in Australia. Jim,
Janet and their daughters left
Canada. They stayed with the
Alkemades for about a week until
they purchased a car.
Bought Car
"Everything fell into place
once we bought the car„" said
Janet. "We had been phoning
around to find a house to rent and
requesting work but no one
seemed to take us seriously. Once
we had the car and could go
personally for interviews with
prospective employers and
landlords it was only about a day
until we had both a job and a
house.
They rented a house in the city
of Frankston which is _about the
size of Stratford on the
Mornington Peninsula on the east
coast of Port . Philip Bay in
Victoria. Jim started work as a
labourer in a fruit orchard near
the village of Tyabb which is
about twelve miles south of
Frankston.
A short time later, Jim
decided to take a new job
installing air conditioners but
when he approached his.employer
he was Offered the position of
foreman in the orchard which
paid more money and better
benefits. It also included the
privilege of eating lunch in the
house with the employer and his
family instead of packing a lunCh
as he had done as a laboprer. This
was necessary to plan the work to
be done in the afternoon.
The foreman and the owner of
the orchard worked with the
lahourers thinning the orchard
until middle January when
picking started. Pickipg of the
fruits was still continuing when
Jim left in March.
The work day lasted from seven
a.m. until five p.m. with tea
breaks at ten and three and lunch
at noon. Overtime ran until six or
seven.. Any overtime, sometimes
necessary to load the -Wick for
market, the next day, usually
lasted until six or seven_p.m.The
average size of an orchard in the
area was 3,000 acres ,and the
produce included apples, plums
and pears.
Seasonal,
Extra workers were hired for
seasonal labour such as picking
and at these times half the
labour force in the orchard was
women. The average labourer
earned $88.00 a week. As
foreman , Jim earned $144.00 for
a 44 hour week with time and a
half for overtime and paid sick
leave and holidays. When I
noticed that most Australian
employers considered Cahadians
to, be hard-working and
responsible with the working
ability and responsibility of
Canadians, said Jim. The
positions of responsibility were
often held by Canadians.
Although Australia is behind
Canada in many respects, the
effect of the Women's Movement
is- very up-to-date. Janet knew
many working mothers who were
raising families and there was a
co-operative nursery in their
neighbourhood. The mothers
helped supervise and those who
were not able to help in this way
did the cleaning and other
necessary duties to provide the
service to the community.
Many of the children of the
upper class families attend
boarding school after the age of
twelve and all school children
Wear Waiting. The influence of
the English background of the
Adttraliatis is evident not only ifl
the Stith& *thin but in the 0
POlitittets of the thittiten. Most
POWS 'Mt. heir* w tierinISSive
Child-46aritig iietheide, hitt Janet
did it Mee that the' &Mtn Were.*
because they moved away when
they hear you coming but, there
are some species in the country
which are very deadly,
The sharks in Port Philip Bay
will come into three or four feet of
water and these are a threat to
swimmers. A radio station in the
area has developed a volunteer
system for warning people of
danger of approaching sharks.
The Flying,. Tadpole is a small
plane which flies up and down the
toast watching for sharks. If
sharks are sighted the crew
signals radio equipped motor
bpats and cabin cruisers in• the
area. The owners crew on board
these hosts gout and the noise
from th/motors of the boats scare
the sharks away.
Cold Winter
Returning to Canada at this
time of year the whole family has
really noticed the cold of the
Canadian winter - outside and the
dryness of air inside. When you
have lived here all your life you
never .consider the climate as a
disadvantage, until you have had
the opportunity to live somewhere
else. If Jane is asked what she
"liked about Australia she usually
mentions that 'it is warmer
there'. The average temperature
during the summer in the area
where the Papples lived was 80 to
90 which they found quite
comfortable because it is not
humid." The Australians were
always complaining how hot it
was" said Jim "but we were not
even too uncomfortable on the
hottest days when the
temperature rose as high as 104."
Many people, who travel to
Australia or Europe find it
difficult to drive in these
countries because they drive on
the left-hand side ofthe road. For
Janet and Jim however, the
neutral corners in Victoria were
the most confusing. "There are
few stop lights or stop signs, even
at the main intersections", said
Jim, "Yield signs are common at
corners and the person to the
right has the right of way. It can
really become hectic when four
• cars approach the same corner at
the same time. How do you
decide which person to the right
has the right of way?" Many of
the main roads are so narrow that
one wheel is on the shoulder of
the road when you pull over to
meet an oncoming car.
Meat Cheaper
During their stay Janet found
that the only food which was
'cheaper than in Canada was the
meat. They did not like the pork
but enjoyed the lamb. "I served
lamb at least three or four times a
week, because it was so cheap"
says Janet, "And it can be done
in such a variety of ways. We
often had cold lamb as a meal
using the lefover from a roast or
leg."
The native people of Australia,
the aborigines are not respected
as the Maoris of 'New Zealand are
in their country. it is an honour to
have been born a native. The
white people of New Zealand
consider it an honour to have
been born a Maoris. The
aborigines are ostracised from
society much like the Canadian
Indian. They are good herdsmen
and can track a man or animal
across any kind of territory or
landform, even stone.
On the trip home the Papples
spent time in both New Zealand
and the Fiji Islands. The Fiji
Islands made the , greater
impression because the island has
not been touched by advanced
civilization. It is a primitive
society with thatched huts for
homes where the sugar cane, is
still done by hand. There is no
industrialization and the produce,
sugar cane and fish, is brought
into the villages to be sold at the
street markets. The food served
in the restaurants is native food
and Janet remembers vividly that
"the whole island smelled of
fish".
The native people did not seem
to mind the heat. Many were'
dressed in black and sat under
huge black umbrellas 'to be out of
the direct sun. The women wore
long black dresses and shawls.
"Jane and Kate really felt the
heat while we were there," said
Janet, "Their heads were wet and
the water was rolling down their
faces." The native children were
very fascinated by the white
tourists. At one point Alen Jim
stopped the car, a gratip of native
children gathered around to peek
through the windows at Jane and
Kate.
"We could not understand
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insulating value. In summer, do the opposite.
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