Life in Australia – What it is Really Like – By BobinOz
What it's Really Like Living in Australia
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What crosses your mind when you think about the Hague Convention? Is it…
a) the sequel to the Geneva Convention?
b) a collection of men in grey suits meeting to talk about legal stuff in a place called The Hague?
c) an international law you should seriously consider before moving to Australia with your children?
So, as this is [...]
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As I mentioned in my most recent post, which was about our Australia Day celebrations, the Wednesday following Australia Day saw all of our school kids returning after the long summer holidays.
First -the back to school news.
How was Elizabeth’s first day at REAL school? As you probably know, she’s been at real school for a [...]
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Since moving to Australia I have stopped reading daily newspapers. I was beginning to bore with the papers in the UK just before I emigrated, so I really couldn’t see the point of immersing myself daily in Australian news when I got here.
But I do like to check the online news here in Australia, just [...]
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I woke up in a hot sweat the other night. But that’s something you just have to get used to during the summers here in Australia. But while I was lying there, trying to get back to sleep, I had this thought.
I didn’t actually address Vivienne’s comment when she said “I do love the English [...]
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That was the news headline that hit me first this morning when I fired up my Internet browser. Apparently the new figures which were released yesterday reveal that 427,000 people emigrated from the UK in 2008. That’s the highest number ever recorded.
The figures are extraordinarily high because half of those who left were non-British citizens [...]
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Two years ago to the day, almost to the hour as I write this, (its 6:30 p.m. here in Australia, so it’s around half eight in the morning back in the England), I was waking up in the UK for the very last time.
So today I am celebrating two years since we left England.
Two days [...]
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Remember…… when was it again?
Yesterday, I had occasion to check the date on my calendar so that I could fill it in on a form. First I checked what month it was……… November, then I checked the year….. 2009 (I thought so!) and finally the day….. it was the fifth.
Hmmmmm. That rings a bell. Have [...]
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This is not a happy post.
Three years ago, one United States dollar would have bought you $1.38 AUD, today that stands at $1.11 AUD. That makes Australia 24% more expensive to Americans today.
Three years ago, one a European euro would have brought to $1.69 AUD, today it is still around the same. That makes Australia [...]
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