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Scuba Diving at The Great Barrier Reef Anyone?

by BobinOz on March 17, 2009

in Entertainment Australia

As I mentioned in a previous post about Hamish, my son, Tom, who is here on holiday, was off to Cairns for a week on a diving course.
Today he got back. He has completed his six day course, four days of which were spent at sea. He did 14 dives and hit a maximum depth [...]

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Tropical Cyclone Hamish. Cyclones? Brisbane?

by BobinOz on March 9, 2009

in Australian Climate

It’s been a hectic but fun weekend here. As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, it was my daughter’s fifth birthday this week. On Saturday we had a party. We kicked it off at about 6 p.m. and had 12 adults and nine children around. I fired up the barbecue and [...]

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North And South. More Than Miles Apart.

by BobinOz on February 11, 2009

in Australian Climate

As bushfires still blaze out of control in Victoria, the floodwaters are starting to recede in North Queensland. Yes, Australia is a big country.
It’s astonishing that two completely contrasting disasters can occur during the very same weekend in the very same country. At one end of the country there has been no rain for, I [...]

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