February 2012

My Christmas Article for Australia & New Zealand Magazine

29 February 2012 Entertainment Australia

It’s time for another one of those reruns of an article that I have had published in Australia and New Zealand magazine. If you thought my last months rerun was out of sync, and I’m talking about the one called fireworks in Australia, wait till you read this one. That said, imagine living in the [...]

You Call That a Mushroom? This is a Mushroom!

27 February 2012 Australia's Bad Things

I expect we are all familiar with the line from Crocodile Dundee which goes “You call that a knife? This is a knife!” Ever since then, people have been copying that quote, but sometimes changing the word knife for whatever it is that they’re talking about. Today, it’s my turn to do that. You Call [...]

The Wildlife on Moreton Island

24 February 2012 Australia's Bad Things

To round up what now can probably be regarded as Moreton Island week, I’ve made a video about my close (and sometimes not so close) encounters with the wildlife on Moreton Island. Now, I know some of you don’t watch the videos, fair enough. Sometimes we’re just too busy, sometimes we don’t have the time. [...]

Our Moreton Island Weekend

22 February 2012 Australia's Places

In Monday’s post I presented you with a few pictures from Moreton Island, and said that today I would tell you whether or not we had a good time. Er, yes! The weather was pure scorchio, I don’t think any of us saw a thermometer all weekend, but we all suspected it was at least [...]

A Weekend on Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia

20 February 2012 Australia's Places

Those of you who read Friday’s post with the long title that included the words An Island in the Pacific, will know that I made a certain number of predictions. I am happy to announce that almost all of those predictions were spot-on, except the final one which suggested our ferry “would depart at 8:30 [...]

An Island in the Pacific: Living the Dream in Australia

17 February 2012 Australia's Places

Last Monday I wrote a post about the crime rate in Australia, comparing it with the UK’s. What I prefer to write about on Mondays, are all the exciting things I did over the weekend. The problem with last weekend was that I had done nothing exciting whatsoever. As I said in the article, “No [...]

The Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living 2012

15 February 2012 Cost of Living - Australia

As I mentioned on Monday in my post about Crime Rates, we love a good survey here on BobinOz. But what makes us laugh like a drain is a really bad survey. A Really Bad Survey Australian cities amongst most expensive in the world are the kind of shock horror headlines that greeted any of [...]

Crime Rates: Australia versus the UK

13 February 2012 Australia vs UK

Nothing happened the weekend. No visit to a sunkissed beach, no camping trips, no Australian citizenship ceremonies; no fetes, no fun-fairs or BBQ’s. Not even a zombie walk. So I had no idea what to write about today, until I saw this headline… Household burglaries in Queensland out of control as police struggle to cope. [...]

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