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Last week I did the best I could to explain humidity and I also showed you where humidity goes when it gets a full. I appreciate I may not be using the correct meteorological terms here, but the end result is the same.
Stage one: become hot and sweaty. Stage two: buckets of rain.
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Sun, sea, sand, glorious clear blue skies, beaches, barbecues, beers, beautiful weather, swimming pools, fun, it’s what Australia is all about!
But not this weekend.
Without wanting to sound like a whingeing Pom, I am about to sound like a whingeing Pom. Living in a subtropical climate has many benefits, a few of which I have listed [...]

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Now, if you think you are suffering from déjà vu and you feel you have read this before, well, you almost have. I have previously written about the best city in the world to live, but today it is about countries. So, which is the best country in the world to live?
Image courtesy of randihausken
Norway!
And [...]

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Whilst I have no intention of turning this blog into The Weather Channel, there is only one subject to talk about today.
Why?
Because we are still in winter and this is what happened in Brisbane today…..
And to save anyone straining their eyes…….
I think even the Australians have been astonished by the speed with which winter has [...]

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Australia Is a Big Country

by BobinOz on July 3, 2009

in Australian Climate

I have mentioned that before haven’t I? Not that I really need to, because of all of the interesting facts about Australia, I’d imagine there are three that just about everybody knows.

It’s big.
It’s hot.
It’s got beautiful beaches.

In today’s post, I am going to tear apart all of those preconceived notions and put all of you [...]

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I made a post about the parking space trick a short while ago in which I mentioned the Meter Maids of Surfers Paradise.  I didn’t have a photo of any of them at the time, but I did promise you I would get one.  Well, today we went to Surfers Paradise to chill out.  And, [...]

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An Australian Story By A. Whacka

by BobinOz on February 18, 2009

in Australian Climate

I recently mentioned the Australians’ penchant for shortening words and ending them with “o”. You probably think this is laziness and slang. Here are some more examples in a short story.
Perhaps you and a relo (relative) decide to go to the bottle-o (liquor shop, off license). But when you get there you realise you spent [...]

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