Surfers Paradise

Are You Scared of Australian Creepy Crawlies?

20 January 2012 Australia's Bad Things

I think it’s an absolute miracle that I’ve lived here over four years and I still haven’t done a post on the TV program “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” hosted by Ant and Dec. Today, I’m going to change that. What spurred me into this action now? Well, two performances that are [...]

Parking in Australia. Not So Free Anymore?

10 October 2011 Life in Australia

It was a long time ago, over 2 1/2 years in fact, when I last spoke about parking in Australia. If you live in a town or area where finding a parking space where YOU want to park is difficult, you might like to go back and read that post. In it, I explain a [...]

Brisbane Festival vs Gold Coast Record Breaker

3 October 2011 Entertainment Australia

On Saturday we headed down to the Gold Coast for a party. It was our friend’s birthday so, of course, we had to celebrate. Very nice too. We stayed over, and Sunday morning we thought it would be rude to leave the Gold Coast without having breakfast in a seaside cafe. So we had breakfast [...]

Whale Watching on the Gold Coast, Australia

16 August 2011 Entertainment Australia

Last time I went whale watching, it was from North Stradbroke Island’s Point Lookout just over a year ago. It wasn’t the most successful whale watching trip in history, we didn’t spot a single whale. If you recall, I took hours of video footage but ended up showing you just one picture, because in that [...]

The Beach is Getting Crowded

25 March 2011 Australia's Bad Things

I remember it used to happen in England quite a bit, and, it seems it happens here in Australia too. What am I talking about? The Indian summer. Well, at least that’s what I thought it was until I checked out the true meaning of the phrase. Apparently it only really applies in the northern [...]

A Day on the Beach: Labrador, Gold Coast

28 February 2011 Entertainment Australia

I can’t remember the last time we went to the beach. Oh yes I can, yesterday! Of course, I meant before that. We came close to being on the beach when we went to Lota to celebrate three years living in Australia. Before that, who knows? But we went yesterday. You see, with all the [...]

A Night at the Gold Coast.

4 October 2010 Entertainment Australia

With another Elizabeth sleepover on Saturday came a further opportunity for a childfree evening in a drinking hole for me and the wife, and this time we decided to stay out all night. Surfers Paradise is probably Australia’s most popular holiday destination. It’s on the Gold Coast and only about an hour and a quarter [...]

Australia is All Spaced Out.

19 July 2010 Australia's Places

It is worth pointing out that here in Australia everything is a little spaced out. And I’m not talking about “Alice in Wonderland” space out, I mean the distances between places. I was reminded of this on Saturday when we decided to nip down to Broadbeach for a bite to eat and a stroll around. [...]