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Ek sal nooit vergeet nie hoe verlore ek was toe ek die eerste keer in Australië groente gekoop het. Vol vertroue het ek by Woolworths ingestap in die oortuiging dat Woolworths in Australië net ‘n replika van Woolworths in Suid-Afrika sou wees. Groot was my verbasing toe daar ‘n hele klomp vreemde groentes in die rakke voor my uitgestal was. Selfs die aartappels was vreemd! Jare lank het ek slegs die bekende wit aartappels gekoop, maar na ‘n ruk het ek ewe dapper die perses probeer. Ek het gereken dat die skilkleur sekerlik nie die smaak kan beïnvloed nie, maar hoe verkeerd was ek nie! Die pers aartappels met ‘n gelerige vleeskleur is veel lekkerder as die gewone wittes. En dit was die begin van my avontuur om vreemde groente en vrugte uit te toets. In hierdie uitgawe vertel Renier du Plessis meer oor die verskillende soorte aartappels wat beskikbaar is en hoe om daarmee te kook.

As jy in Perth woon, kan jy eenvoudig nie die Afrikaanse kerk se groot basaar met sy gesellige atmosfeer en tradisionele eetgoed misloop nie! En vir almal in Adelaide wag daar ‘n heerlike kuier om braaidag volgens eg-Suid-Afrikaanse tradisie te vier.

Maak nie saak waar in die wêreld jy jou bevind nie, ShowMax is ‘n absolute moet! Praat met enigeen wat al ingeteken het en hulle sal jou vertel watter kykgenot dit bied. Teken sommer nou in vir ure se kykfees– jy sal nie spyt wees nie!

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Merise Afrikaans Magazine Description:

Merise is a digital family magazine and was started in 2011 to inform, encourage and assist each other as we together face the challenges of settling and integrating into our new community. We talk openly about the different aspects of our lives that take strain through the migration process – from helping our kids to adjust to their new schools to leaving parents behind in another country and changes in the dynamics of our personal relationships.
We provide valuable information about financial and visa matters, inviting specialists to write articles about topics which would be beneficial to our readers. Merise writes about the beauty of our new country by featuring different geographical areas in Australia and New Zealand, thereby giving would-be migrants or readers who are planning holidays or moving interstate a better understanding about what to expect in their new place of residence.
Merise is a new friend to you and your whole family.
The ascending aircraft is symbolic of her desire to reach for the stars. Even her name is symbolic. By dividing the word in two, you get “me rise”, accentuating her desire to make improvements to herself and her life.
It is important for Merise to support her friends, not just newcomers, but all expats in Australia and New Zealand who left their homeland to find new means of livelihood “Down Under”.
Merise lends a hand in almost every way. She’s been through the immigration process and experienced it all first hand. She is thoroughly aware of difficulties that may arise for both newcomers and experienced expats and knows how to overcome, or should we say “survive”, these difficulties.
Merise is vivacious and enthusiastic and lives her life in her new country to the full. She loves exploring and is always on the lookout for new challenges and new experiences. At the same time she enjoys sharing her experiences with her friends, always encouraging and inspiring them.
Merise is fully bilingual and she has English- as well as Afrikaans-speaking friends. She divides her time equally between the two groups of friends and shares the same information with both groups.
You will have to go quite far to find a friend as special as Merise . . .