Life in Australia – What it is Really Like – By BobinOz — What it’s Really Like Living in Australia

Things To Do During the Long Summer Holidays.

16 January 2012 Entertainment Australia

As you know, it’s summer here in Australia and we are still in the school summer holiday period. And during these times, we try to do the best we can to keep our children amused. With Christmas and New Year’s Eve slap bang in the middle of our summer holidays, that’s a couple of weeks [...]

Moving to Australia for the Weather?

13 January 2012 Australian Climate

This week, on various different days, communities in and around Brisbane have been marking the anniversary of last year’s floods. As the reporter in the video says, the weather around Brisbane this week has been absolutely glorious. He’s right, it has been truly scorchio. Temperatures have been reaching between 32° and 37°C. So it does [...]

New Rules for Migrants in Australia?

11 January 2012 Life in Australia

As you know, I recently received a letter from Immigration Minister Chris Bowen informing me that my application for Australian citizenship had been approved. He also said I would soon receive an invitation from his department about my Australian citizenship ceremony. And I have. My, or rather our ceremony will take place on Australia Day, [...]

Australian and UK Petrol Prices Compared Again

9 January 2012 Cost of Living - Australia

AKA: When is a discount not a discount? AAKA: Trouble at the bowser. Here’s another Australian word we’ve got that you haven’t. Well, you do have the word, but not in the way that we mean it here in Australia. The word can mean a generic name for a tanker. For most kids, and for [...]

Australia’s Top 3 Most Dangerous Snakes

6 January 2012 Australia's Bad Things

Okay, let’s kick off 2012 with my favourite subject. Snakes! The Coastal Taipan is one of Australia’s most dangerous snakes. This very reclusive reptile is rarely spotted, even up north where it is believed to be much more common. Where I live, which is Western Suburbs of Brisbane, we have plenty of snakes. I had [...]

A Happy New Year from BobinOz, Without the?

4 January 2012 Life in Australia

Three years ago on January the 1st, for some very crazy reason, I started this blog. The starting the blog bit possibly isn’t the crazy idea, but the date is. It means that I now spend every blog birthday nursing a hangover. My many thanks to Mark and Louise, the hosts, and everyone else who [...]

The Myer 2011 Christmas Parade in Brisbane

23 December 2011 Entertainment Australia

Here in Australia the closest you will get to John Lewis or Debenhams is a store called Myer. We also have a store called David Jones, but today I’m talking about Myer because they went to the trouble of putting on a Christmas parade here in Brisbane. Apparently, they’ve been doing this kind of parade [...]

Buying the Christmas Beers in Australia

21 December 2011 Life in Australia

I think most of you must know by now that I love Australia. I live in Brisbane, and I love Brisbane too. Regular readers will also have noticed that I love beer, not lager type beer, but bitter. Imagine my delight then, when I was doing beer shopping for Christmas, to see a new brew [...]