Best City: a Celebration of Adelaide and Australia

24 May 2013 Australia's Places
Adelaide

Those of you who read my post on Wednesday will know that Adelaide topped a poll commissioned by a company called the Property Council of Australia. What was it for? Well, for the third year running Adelaide has been voted Australia’s most liveable city by Australians who live in Australia. This particular survey has only [...]

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Australia’s Best Liveable City 2012 Poll

22 May 2013 Australia's Places
Adelaide

It was over two years ago that I wrote my post And the Best City in Australia to Live in Is.. and anyone who did read that article will know the result at that time was Adelaide. This particular poll, which was released March this year, was conducted on behalf of the Property Council of [...]

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Brisbane Festivals and Shows: A Busy Weekend

20 May 2013 Entertainment Australia
cake

It was one of those weekends when we have been spoilt for choice. It was a busy weekend for festivals and shows and although winter is only two weeks away, the weather was perfect. Around 23°C and sunny with clear blue skies. So, where could we have gone? Noosa Food and Wine Festival Yes, we [...]

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Australia’s Most Dangerous Animals: a Decade of Death

17 May 2013 Australia's Bad Things
kangaroo

In today’s post I am going to reveal Australia’s most deadly animal, the critter responsible for the most human deaths year by year here in Australia. Before I name the beast, you might like to try and guess who the culprit is. You won’t be the first to try, the following question was asked to [...]

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Coles versus Tesco: Battle of the Batteries!

15 May 2013 Cost of Living - Australia
batteries

Also known as: the cost of living in Australia compared with the UK explained with batteries. Time I did another of my scientifically flawless cost comparisons between the UK and Australia, this one should be slightly easier to complete than my post Buying a Bed in Australia: It’s a Nightmare! For one thing, both of [...]

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The Budget in Australia and the Disappearing Surplus

13 May 2013 Australia vs UK
budget

Tomorrow, here in Australia, it’s budget day. So, how’s that going to go for us? Well, two years ago I wrote a post called BobinOz’s Probably Wildly Inaccurate Australian Budget Special 2011. I’m sure you remember reading it and I’m also sure you no doubt remember that in it our Treasurer, Wayne Swan, said his [...]

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Stonefish and Bullrout in Australia: It’s Not That Bad

10 May 2013 Australia's Bad Things
stonefish

If you think Australia is a dangerous land to live in, and some people do call it “Venomland”, wait till you hear about the sea. We’ve probably got more creatures living in water that can kill you than we have that live on the land. A few years ago, I ran a little series on [...]

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Interstate Rivalry in Australia: A Few Nicknames

8 May 2013 Australia's Places
cane toad

Time for a another reprint of an article I wrote for Australia and New Zealand magazine, this is the one that appeared in their March issue a couple of months ago. A month before that, I’d written an article about hopping on a plane and visiting other Australian cities and I was going to follow [...]

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