Great Barrier Reef

Good GrrrrrrrReef! What Was He thinking?

6 April 2010 Australia's Bad Things

I have had a really action packed weekend, not just because it was Easter, but because, well, I’ll tell you tomorrow. But today, something more serious has cropped up that I felt needed mentioning. Unlike my post from last week, Australia in crisis, this time it really is a crisis. You see, we have this [...]

Queensland’s Top 15 Natural Attractions

27 August 2009 Australia's Places

I need to get out more. It’s been a while since I talked about Queensland’s top 150 icons, but the last time I did it was about the top locations. I was surprised to see that I had been to eight out of 15 that made the final list. But now, as we look at [...]

Scuba Diving at The Great Barrier Reef Anyone?

17 March 2009 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 [...]

Tropical Cyclone Hamish. Cyclones? Brisbane?

9 March 2009 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 we all sat [...]