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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 [...]

What Do Australians Do When They Are Angry?

22 August 2011 Life in Australia

After the excitement of last weekend’s whale watching trip, which was closely followed by Wednesdays Ekka day out, I decided that I should take it easy this weekend. So I did. Others didn’t though, as you will see. Question: What do Australians do when they get angry? Like most countries, Australians protest and, occasionally, riot. [...]

Australia: Bushfires, Floods, Cyclones, When Will It End?

7 February 2011 Australian Climate

I had hoped that today would be a good time to change the mood of this blog and post about something light and entertaining, maybe even be a bit witty. And I thought it would make a change to write a post that didn’t mention the words rain, floods or cyclone. (Dang! Too late.) But [...]

A New Milestone in My Australian Life.

28 October 2009 Australian Climate

Here, in Brisbane, at around 6 p.m. on Monday evening of this week it started to rain. I can honestly say that for the first time in my entire life rainfall felt really good. It gave me a deep sense of joy. Rainfall has given me joy before, but in a most opposite way. Back [...]