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Australia's Places

Brisbane Is Not on the Beach, But……

by BobinOz on February 15, 2010

in Australia's Places

… it doesn’t do bad for sun, sea and sand. I’ve been meaning to write a post about the South Bank Parklands for some time now, but for some reason I never seemed to get around to it. Until today.
I showed you a glimpse of the Parklands a few weeks ago but felt it inappropriate [...]

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Australia: Far Too Dangerous and Way Too Livable

by BobinOz on February 12, 2010

in Australia's Places

I feel such a fool. All the effort I have put into my category Australia’s Bad Things, with 46 post so far and probably more than 30,000 words and now I discover how I could have covered it all so much quicker.
A couple of comedians managed to condense it into just over a minute! On [...]

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A Day at Byron Bay

by BobinOz on February 8, 2010

in Australia's Places

As you may recall from last week, we decided to escape to the beach for a while just so we could get away from the whirling swirling wind tunnel known as our bedrooms.
Where we live in Brisbane may not be on the beach, but for some time we have been grateful to live in such [...]

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Where to Live in Australia?

by BobinOz on January 8, 2010

in Australia's Places

If you are one of those people who are hoping to make 2010 the year you move to Australia, where are you going to live when you get here?
There are over 100 large urban centres to choose from, these are towns and cities and localities with a population in excess of 10,000 people. Then there [...]

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Queensland’s Top Iconic Structures

by BobinOz on September 11, 2009

in Australia's Places

It’s been a while since I spoke about Queensland’s top 150 icons, but when I last did it was about the top 15 natural attractions in the state.
The sixth category in the series is called structures and engineering feats.
Engineering feats aren’t really my thing, not something I tend to get excited about. But I do [...]

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Queensland’s Top 15 Natural Attractions

by BobinOz on August 27, 2009

in Australia's Places

I need to get out more.
It’s been a while since I talked about Queensland’s top 150 icons, but the last time I did it was about the top locations. I was surprised to see that I had been to eight out of 15 that made the final list.
But now, as we look at the fifth [...]

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Our Dream Australian Road Trip

by BobinOz on August 20, 2009

in Australia's Places

You may recall a couple of weeks ago we had our first guest blog here posted by Sami, a fellow blogger and author of Life, Laughs and Lemmings. I commented to Sami at the time that “I owe you one”.
Today, I pay up.
Sami’s blog, is about the life, laughs and…err.. (little fluffy rodents with a [...]

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And the Best City Ever to Live In is….

by BobinOz on June 12, 2009

in Australia's Places

Drum roll please…..
Vancouver! Ra Ra Ra!
And the next best city is……..more drums…..
Vienna! More Ra Ra Ra! (at a slightly lower volume)
But I thought this blog was about living in Australia? Well yes, it is. And for those of you who have stuck with this post past the boring bits, that is the bits that are [...]

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