Storms

Crazy Golf Australia Style!

14 October 2011 Entertainment Australia

About 30 kilometres east of where I live is a suburb called Carbrook. It has a golf course. Now I’ve only ever played golf twice in my life and didn’t much take to it. But if I were to ever play a third time, Carbrook would be the course I would like to play. Why? [...]

I’m Dreaming of a Dry Christmas

17 December 2010 Australian Climate

Barely a week to go to Christmas and I’ve heard that Britain is bracing itself for a battering of snow. Here in south-east Queensland, we are also being battered, by storms! Yes, it’s storm season in Australia. Yesterday afternoon, more than 100,000 homes lost power as a ferocious storm ripped through Brisbane. 28,000 lightning strikes [...]

Australian Climate – Talk About the Weather!

26 May 2009 Australian Climate

That’s Wiped the Smug “Hot and Sunny With Clear Blue Skies” Off My Face As I understood it, when I originally moved here, Australia was a hot and sunny country with predominantly clear blue skies. And it’s true, I have witnessed it many times. But when it rains, my word. Does it rain! When we [...]