I think it started when I got an email from Vivienne, a lady who has moved from Australia to the UK. She felt quite strongly that educational standards in the UK were better than here in Australia.
I promised to look into it.
Then, in a post I wrote about the cost of education in Australia, Waleed [...]
It’s better than that! It’s Australia versus the rest of the world.
This article hit the news the other day here in Australia and probably where you are too, and it has been met with hoots of derision. Apparently, the BBC has a science and technology magazine and in the latest edition they have announced that [...]
….”It IS who you think, but instead driven by……..”
The more observant of you would have noticed something strange about Santa’s reindeer in yesterday’s post about Christmas house lights.
For those of you who aren’t so observant, let me help you out.
As you can no doubt see, the reindeer appear to be in the shape of kangaroos. [...]
Since moving to Australia I have stopped reading daily newspapers. I was beginning to bore with the papers in the UK just before I emigrated, so I really couldn’t see the point of immersing myself daily in Australian news when I got here.
But I do like to check the online news here in Australia, just [...]
As you know, our weekend began with horse racing on Saturday, but how did it end?
Allow me to tell you.
On Saturday evening, we put up our Christmas decorations. Our idea of Christmas decorations is probably a little more conservative than most people’s idea. We have, for many years, simply put up a Christmas tree with [...]
Talking of stamps, I heard from a friend of mine back in England the other week that there was a bit of a post strike going on. When I departed from England’s shores two years ago, the UK’s postal service seemed a complete mess to me.
So now I live in Australia, what is Australia Post [...]
I woke up in a hot sweat the other night. But that’s something you just have to get used to during the summers here in Australia. But while I was lying there, trying to get back to sleep, I had this thought.
I didn’t actually address Vivienne’s comment when she said “I do love the English [...]
A good while ago I wrote an article about Australia versus England at house prices where I tried to compare the cost of housing in Australia with houses in the UK.
My conclusion was that, despite a report suggesting Australia had some of the world’s most expensive housing, I still felt housing here was cheaper than [...]