Floods

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 [...]

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 [...]

Australia: One Extreme to Another

18 November 2011 Australian Climate

If it doesn’t rain by tomorrow morning, and it’s your not looking like it’s going to, Brisbane will have recorded its driest start to November on record. The record it will beat is 18 days without rain in November of 1915. Apparently it was also quite dry back in 1842, but as Weather Channel meteorologist [...]

Why Most Australians Holiday in Australia.

2 November 2011 Entertainment Australia

Ok, enough of this BobinThailand stuff; I’m back in Oz now. Time to start talking about life in Australia again. But before I do, it would be rude of me to not at least mention that we all had a fantastic time in Phuket. I clearly had some concerns about the weather before I left, [...]

Australia’s Climate: What Next?

21 September 2011 Australian Climate

On Monday I was moaning because I didn’t really have the time to get over to see the Redcliffe Festival. Well, guess who went to Redcliffe yesterday? And…. Swam in the lagoon…… Had fun on the beach….. Played in the sand…. Climbed on the humongous tree… That’s right! Elizabeth with her mummy and some friends. [...]

The Aussie Communal Spirit Strikes Again

8 April 2011 Life in Australia

I have mentioned before and it was shown to me again tonight, the Australian community spirit is alive and well and will remain so for a long long time. It’s something I noticed very early on following my move here, well, it’s difficult not to notice it. The Aussies love a local business, they love [...]

A Blog About Life in Australia

23 February 2011 Life in Australia

This blog is about life in Australia. And Australia is a continent that is pretty much out on its own. It’s a long way from many countries and about as far south east as you can get. We’ve been through a rough time lately; floods, bushfires and cyclones. It’s been tough. But we also have [...]

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 [...]