Welcome, Toni Griffin!
It’s Day 19 of our Down Under Author Showcase and our featured writer today is Toni Griffin! Toni lives in Darwin and write a number of supernatural romance series, including shifters! Toni is also involved in a new publishing company along with Angel Martinez, Freddie McKay and Silvia Violet in Mischief Corner Books which put out one of my favorite holiday anthologies in 2014, Chestnuts Roasting, including a story from Toni Griffin!
Visit Toni Griffin’s page which follows shortly, learn about Toni, her books and writing and don’t forget to enter her giveaway contest and find the Down Under Scavenger Hunt word of the Day.
Australia Fact of the Day!
Today’s Down Under Australia fact will be about Darwin, Toni’s home town!
Darwin is the capital of Northern Territory is a multicultural city famous for its huge thunderstorms, beautiful sunsets,
colourful Mindil Beach Markets and excellent barramundi fishing. Places to see include the Northern Territory Parliament House, Fannie Bay Gaol Museum, Darwin Entertainment Centre and Botanic Gardens. Outside are Charles Darwin National Park, Crocodylus Park, Territory Wildlife Park and Berry Springs Nature Park.
Who was Darwin named after? Charles Darwin, the man came up with the concept of natural selection and evolution.
Find out more about Darwin here!
New Zealand Fact of the Day!
Since I chose a city for Australia, let’s take a closer look at New Zealand’s Christchurch.
Christchurch is New Zealand‘s second-largest city (question: can you name the first?) and the gateway to the South Island. Bordered by hills and the Pacific Ocean, it is situated on the edge of the Canterbury Plains that stretch to the Southern Alps. Christchurch, New Zealand is interwoven by two rivers linking parks, gardens and avenues. Bordered by the Port Hills and the Pacific Ocean, it is situated on the Canterbury Plains with the Southern Alps as a majestic backdrop. The award-winning Christchurch Botanic Gardens feature one of the finest collections of exotic and native plants found in New Zealand,
In February 2011, Christchurch was hit by a huge earthquake. Much of the central city with its classic neo-gothic architecture was destroyed. This event was a major element in a book from one of our Down Under Authors. Do you know which one? It’s still in the process of rebuilding, but the heart and soul of New Zealand remains the great people who live there.
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