August 2009

Dangerous Creatures of Australia: More Bad Things!

19 August 2009 Australia's Bad Things

My series on Australians bad things has proved to be hugely popular. I get more traffic searching for the bad stuff than I do from people searching for say, golden beaches, open spaces or wonderful weather. I wonder if that is because many people want to come and live in Australia, but some are a [...]

Australia vs England: Road Safety

18 August 2009 Australia vs UK

Driving in Australia. Is it a safer? A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about driving in Australia and the RBT. I ended that post by saying “But hopefully, because of these RBT’s, Australia’s roads are safer. I am only guessing.” Well, I sure was guessing! Britain 3,201 people were killed on Britain’s [...]

A Typical “Australian Lifestyle” Weekend

17 August 2009 Entertainment Australia

Some weekends can work out to be surprisingly simple, extremely entertaining and astonishingly cheap. This weekend was a great example of that. As with most weekends, it started on Friday evening at around six o’clock. My Aussie mate Pete came round and we popped down to the Sports & Rec for a couple of early [...]

A Day Out At The Ekka – Part 2

14 August 2009 Entertainment Australia

Okay, let’s get this Ekka thing done shall we? Yesterday I promised you three unusual facts about the Ekka. So here they are. Fact #1 The Ekka is actually the Royal Queensland show, but it became known as the exhibition. Anyone who has read more than just a few of my blog posts, in particular [...]

A Day Out At The Ekka – Part 1

13 August 2009 Entertainment Australia

It’s been a while since I talked about Q150, but today is a good day to revisit that subject. One of the ten categories is events and festivals. Of the 15 events and festivals that made the list, I have experienced three out of the top five. At number four is “Riverfire” which is a [...]

Mosquitoes, Sandflies and My Favourite Aerosols

12 August 2009 Australia's Bad Things

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been talking about the biggest and baddest Australian bad things that I have encountered, namely the mozzies and the sandflies. The funny thing is when I came to Australia I thought the biggest baddest thing would probably be snakes or if not, possibly spiders. I was never really [...]

Oh No! Trouble with the Neighbours.

11 August 2009 Life in Australia

My Noisy Australian Neighbour: Caught on Video This is the last thing I expected here in Australia. But sadly, it has happened. About five or six weeks ago a new neighbour moved in. My new neighbour was a bit noisy to start with but I was hoping things would settle down. But no! It has [...]

A Night Out On The Town

10 August 2009 Entertainment Australia

On Saturday evening our little girl had her first ever sleep over. Mrs BobinOz and I were so distraught that we decided to go into the city to console ourselves with beer, wine and food. As I am sure I have mentioned before, we kind of live out in the sticks. But even so, getting [...]