Living In Australia

And the Best City Ever to Live In is….

12 June 2009 Australia's Places

Drum roll please….. Vancouver! Ra Ra Ra! And the next best city is……..more drums….. Vienna! More Ra Ra Ra! (at a slightly lower volume) But I thought this blog was about living in Australia? Well yes, it is. And for those of you who have stuck with this post past the boring bits, that is [...]

Moving to Australia – Part Twelve

4 June 2009 Moving To Australia

If you are new to this series and would like to start at the beginning, please go to Moving to Australia Part 1 The story of how we moved to Australia is nearly over. As you know from last week’s post, we received telephone confirmation that our Visa was granted on the 18th of July [...]

Picnic On Mount Nebo, Brisbane, Australia

4 March 2009 Australian Climate

As the UK enters spring, we have just begun autumn. The 90°F heat of today, if our usual weather patterns prevail, will gradually fall down to a steady 75°F (24°c) by the end of May. Then it will be winter. Brisbane’s autumns are just fantastic.

The Journey from Sydney to Melbourne

29 January 2009 Australia's Places

With Sydney now in our rear view mirror, we were heading for Melbourne. The quickest way to get there would be to cut across land along the M31, driving past Canberra and dropping down to Melbourne. But how could I desert the M1 after all those good times? Besides, it would only add an extra [...]

Our First Full Year Living In Australia

1 January 2009 Life in Australia

What’s it really like to up sticks and move all the way around to the other side of the world? We have now completed our first full year, the whole of 2008, of living in Australia. Here are the highlights, in a 3 minute and 33 second video. My intention was to launch this website [...]

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