From the category archives:

Australian Climate

The Australian Climate: Humid or Arid?

1 September 2010 Australian Climate
cotton candy

I did go to great lengths to explain the complexities of humidity in my post The Australian Climate: Humidity Explained. But that was quite wordy, so for those who prefer their explanations in pictorial form, this is for you. But this time, lets talk about the opposite of humidity. Aridity. Well, at least I think [...]

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Breaking News: Todays Top Stories from Australia

21 August 2010 Australian Climate
beach

The Main Story on Seven News Welcome to my first ever blog post on a Saturday. Yes, it is Saturday, but only just. It’s 1 AM Saturday morning here and I do usually like to post a little earlier than this. Like on Friday! I am late for a reason, you will find out why [...]

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At Last, the Weather Breaks in Brisbane!

30 July 2010 Australian Climate
google weather

You heard it first, here on BobinOz. Unless you heard it somewhere else before. I mentioned only two weeks ago about the westerlies arriving early and, aided and abetted by my Aussie mate, predicted a swift end to winter. The date today is Friday, 30 July and as such we are still in the middle [...]

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My Traditional Winter Summer UK Oz Weather Comparison Post

14 July 2010 Australian Climate
winter v summer

Its long been a tradition on this blog to compare the weather between London and Brisbane right in the middle of the Australian winter and, therefore, slap bang at the height of the English summer. This tradition dates way way back to…….. ahem… last year. Well, my blog is not yet two years old, give [...]

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Bad Day For Surfing at Lennox Head

9 June 2010 Australian Climate

If you journey south from Brisbane, taking the coastal route, you’ll go past Surfers Paradise after about an hour and a quarter on the road. Keep going and after about two and a half hours you’d be at Byron Bay. Well, just a wee tad past there is a small seaside town called Lennox Head. [...]

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Australia: Acclimatising to the Weather

31 May 2010 Australian Climate
The Olgas

OK, the love affair with shorts is over! Yesterday my sister and brother-in-law jumped on a plane headed back to Old Blighty and they took the rain with them, just as they had bought it here in the first place. Or had they? I’ll come to that in a minute and also explain my heading [...]

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Australia’s Autumn Weather: A Snapshot Around the Country

12 April 2010 Australian Climate
autumn

Has anybody noticed that I haven’t spoken about the weather since 24th of March? Let’s sort that ridiculous situation out right now. The four seasons in Australia. I was sure I had written a post elsewhere on this blog about the four seasons here in Australia, but I can’t find it. So I thought today [...]

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Queensland Ahead of the Game.

24 March 2010 Australian Climate
flood

Just when I thought it was safe to start blogging about life in Australia again, with all the weather issues behind us, this happens! Before I explain what “this” is, there is an old joke when you fly from Sydney to Brisbane airport. If you remember from my post about time zones in Australia, Sydney [...]

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