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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 [...]

Holidaying From Australia: It’s BobinThailand!

24 October 2011 Entertainment Australia

I imagine it must have been about 6 to 8 weeks ago we decided to have our first international holiday from Australia. Of all the countries in all the world, we chose Thailand. As you almost certainly know, the capital of Thailand is Bangkok, and that is where we flew in to on Thursday of [...]

And Now The Weather: Wet, Hot, Cold….

18 May 2011 Australian Climate

As you know, the articles that I write for Australia and New Zealand magazine are posted here one month after they have appeared in print. But when I actually write for the magazine, I’m usually writing about a couple months ahead of when that magazine comes out. So to clarify that further, I’ve just written [...]

Are You Feeling Lucky?

4 February 2011 Australia's Bad Things

On a personal note we have had a pretty yucky time of it lately. Within the last six weeks or so….. Car ignition barrel/cylinder broke. Repair cost: $618. Kerching! Mudslide to garden real wall. Repair cost: $803. Kerching! Front shock absorbers worn. Repair cost: $853. Kerching! Solar hot water tank leak. Replacement system cost $3,416. [...]

An Australian Holiday, But Not Mine.

19 January 2011 Entertainment Australia

As those of you who read Monday’s article will know, I am now on holiday. But I still did want to put a post online today provided I could get an Internet connection here in Adelaide. Well, I can. But hold on! I’m supposed to be on holiday, shouldn’t I take a rest? No worries, [...]

The Brisbane Floods From A Western Suburbs Point of View

15 January 2011 Australian Climate

My post on Wednesday called how are you Bob pretty much summed up the events surrounding the flooding of Brisbane from a Western suburbs point of view. But yesterday morning at around 11.30 our electricity was restored, which has allowed me to fire up my PC again and make this video for you. I also [...]

How Are You Bob?

12 January 2011 Australian Climate

As you know, and as the world now probably knows, on Monday the Queensland flood crisis took a sinister turn as what has been called a wall of water and described as an inland tsunami swept through the Lockyer Valley, an area just an hour or so drive west of Brisbane. At least 10 lives [...]

It Is The Night Before Christmas…

24 December 2010 Life in Australia

The vast majority of my readers come from the UK, Australia or the USA. My best guess is that half of us (that’ll be the Australian readers and those living in California) are dreaming of a dry Christmas. The rest of you are probably going to get a white one. Given the choice out of [...]