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Life in Australia

Senseless Vandalism Strikes in Quiet Brisbane Suburb.

30 August 2010 Life in Australia
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Vandalism in Australia. “Youth is disintegrating. The youngsters of the land have a disrespect for their elders and a contempt for authority in every form. Vandalism is rife, and crime of all kinds is rampant among our young people. The nation is in peril.” No, I haven’t just taken that from the editorial of a [...]

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Finding a Job in Australia.

23 August 2010 Life in Australia
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But first, the latest news. I stayed up late Saturday night to watch the result come in live. They said it was too close to call and it did go right to the wire. But in the end, we got a result. Stoke City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Yes, English Premier League football is back! [...]

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The Tuckshop. Australian Schools at Dinnertime.

6 August 2010 Life in Australia
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School Dinners. When I think of school dinners, I think of getting into the queue at the canteen, clutching my tray, collecting my school dinner, normally meat, two veg and mashed potato, and picking up my pudding at the same time. This could be chocolate sponge with custard if I were lucky or rice pudding [...]

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Australia Goes to the Polls.

28 July 2010 Life in Australia
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But not quite yet. Back in England, although I am not overly political, I at least knew who I liked and who I disliked politically, as well as which party I wanted to win come general election time. Here in Australia, I’m not so sure. In three weeks and three days from now, on August [...]

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Christmas Shopping in Australia

30 June 2010 Life in Australia
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Okay, we haven’t even hit July yet, Christmas is a very long way away and yet I am going to talk about Christmas shopping in Australia? Am I nuts? Sure, it’s a good idea not to leave it until Christmas Eve but to get your Christmas shopping organised now would be crazy, wouldn’t it? No, [...]

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Australian Politics: They Don’t Hang About Here…

25 June 2010 Life in Australia
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I hope you have all read my Definitive Guide to Australian Politics post. It covers everything you need to know about how we run things here down under. But even though I am clearly an authority on the subject, I wasn’t prepared for what happened yesterday. First, let’s go back in time and switch continents [...]

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Australia, Cork Hats and Flies All Around Your Face.

18 June 2010 Life in Australia
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I said a while ago that if Bobby Andonov did not win Australia’s Got Talent, I’d eat my hat….. along with all the corks…… Well, last Tuesday Bobby Andonov did not win Australia’s Got Talent. Dang! But then I had a good idea he wouldn’t win when he sang that stupid Christina Aguilera song. As [...]

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Here We Go! Here We Go! Here We……

16 June 2010 Life in Australia
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………… go to sleep. Regular readers will know I am a complete football nut and I have explained in the past what great football coverage we have here in Australia in my post called English football on Australian TV. So it was with great excitement that I looked forward to watching my first World Cup [...]

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