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It’s Not Summer Here

Our “Winter Holidays” start on 27 June for 2 weeks

Adrienne Beaumont in the Challenged · 2026-05-27 08:57 · 910 claps · 0.8 min read paywalled
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It’s Not Summer Here

Our “Winter Holidays” start on 27 June for 2 weeks

Summer pool parties My photo

Summer pool parties My photo

**May 24: School’s Out For Summer! **May 23 is the last day of school. What do you do with your kids all summer? Family vacation, camps, babysitters, send them to grandparents, or take them to Europe? (Mary Acton)

That’s 11 weeks of no school! That’s a l-o-n-g summer break!

(We have 6 weeks summer holiday around December — January in Australia.) Ed. note.

When my kids were at school, our summer holidays were spent in and out of our pool. Often the kids’ friends would descend to join the fun and “Marco Polo”.

Summer was our busiest season in the pest control business so I didn’t go far from the phone. So we never went anywhere. After leaving my husband and that business, I took advantage of those school holidays to see Europe in winter. And I’ve never looked back.


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