Pubs

Gambling in Australia and Pubs

8 June 2011 Australia's Bad Things

I’m quite shocked that it’s taken me this long to write about Australia and gambling. From my very first holiday here in Australia, I remember seeing a sign and saying… “What on earth does that mean?” Image Courtesy of lozzc Having searched Google images for the above picture, I can tell you that elsewhere around [...]

Caxton Street, Brisbane: A Night in the City

27 September 2010 Entertainment Australia

Those of you who subscribe to my sometimes weekly, sometimes fortnightly depending on what’s happening newsletter will already know that on Friday Mrs BobinOz and I went out for the evening. Our little girl was having another sleepover and we weren’t going to waste the opportunity. On previous nights and out we’d been to the [...]

Education, Sports, Leaving Do, Birthday and Christmas

26 July 2010 Entertainment Australia

Yes, it was a busy weekend. Education. We continue to be impressed with the standard of education over at our local school. Elizabeth’s reading skills are coming along just great; she now reads her bedtime story to us! On Friday she was promoted to “red books” which are for grade 2, although she is only [...]

A Night Out On The Town

10 August 2009 Entertainment Australia

On Saturday evening our little girl had her first ever sleep over. Mrs BobinOz and I were so distraught that we decided to go into the city to console ourselves with beer, wine and food. As I am sure I have mentioned before, we kind of live out in the sticks. But even so, getting [...]

Your Australia Holiday is About to Begin

22 January 2009 Australia's Places

My holiday is over but yours is just about to begin. My intention was to have a holiday and blog it at the same time. What a joke! In just over two weeks away, I managed to get only two posts up. As an exercise in blogging on the move, it was a miserable failure. [...]