Australia is a big country; I know I have mentioned it before. But then, I’m just stating the obvious aren’t I? Everybody knows Australia is a big country. But I was reminded of how big Australia is again this week. As you know I have been talking about the arrival of spring here over the [...]
September 2010
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 [...]
Two weeks I probably scared quite a few of you with my post about the arrival of spring and with it the waking of the snakes. Then at the end of last week I may have scared a few more of you with my post about swooping magpies attacking people. As these posts were separated [...]
I did mention on Monday about the school holidays being here and the weather being awful. It is a big shame because lots of outdoor events have been organised yet the weather is only fit for going to the cinema. And that’s just what Mrs BobinOz did with my daughter Elizabeth on Monday. They went [...]
Yes, after a long hard term doing all that learning stuff, it’s the school holidays here in Australia. At last, time for their well-deserved rest, or… Time to have some fun! Let’s see, what could we do? Well there are several theme parks down at the Gold Coast, just one and a bit hour’s drive. [...]
Following the snakes awaking post on Monday, you’d think the best thing to do would be to keep your eyes on the ground checking for danger. Well, it’s not as simple as that! Because at the same time as those snakes are surfacing from their winter slumber, nests are being built in trees. Nests for [...]
It was February 2009 when I wrote my first post about going to the doctors, and ended it by declaring that for my next exciting adventure I may go in search of a dentist. Didn’t take me long, did it? Yes, last week I went to the dentist. It was actually my second visit to [...]
Geckoes are Chuck Chuck Chucking…. And the snakes are awaking. More of that in a minute. But first….. I usually like to post on Monday about something I did over the weekend. This weekend we went to “Art in the Park”, the very same local event we went to last year. Not really much point [...]
