Christmas Lights

Christmas Eve Already?

24 December 2009 Life in Australia

Well it has surely been Christmas week here on BobInOz. We’ve had Christmas lights, we’ve had Christmas songs and now we have Christmas Eve. Have I gone overboard on Christmas? Well, the thing is this. The temperature has been running at around 30°C here and the skies, for the most part, have been clear and [...]

Lights. Camera. Christmas!

21 December 2009 Entertainment Australia

In my post last week about England versus Australia on Christmas traditions, I mentioned that some people around these parts can go a little crazy with their Christmas decorations. I promised to tell you more about that later in the week, but today, later than later in the week but certainly at the beginning of [...]

And So This Is Christmas in Australia

8 December 2009 Entertainment Australia

But the weekend wasn’t all back breaking gardening work, I managed to squeeze in some fun too. That’s assuming that you will agree with me in saying the weekend starts at around five o’clock on a Friday afternoon. Because that is when we set off for Brookfield. I have mentioned Brookfield before, because back in [...]

It’s Going To Be Another Long Hot Christmas….

30 November 2009 Entertainment Australia

With temperatures topping 30°C on a daily basis now, sometimes reaching 36°C, it can be easy to forget that Christmas is just around the corner. Luckily there are regular events which act as reminders to keep us on track, like Christmas trees appearing in shopping malls and ordinary houses beginning to look like something out [...]