I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned Springfield before on this blog, that’s where we found ourselves on Saturday afternoon for the World Harmony Society’s Children’s Festival 2014. If Springfield were in the UK, I reckon we would call it a ‘new town’; according to Wikipedia, here it is known as a ‘satellite city’… “Springfield is a [...]
October 2014
Well, I’ve been spoiled for choice this week for videos to show you, I’ve had a tough time deciding. In the end though, it was ‘no contest’. Well, actually it was, as you will soon see. Wyee Point Suburb is at the southern end of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales somewhere between Newcastle and [...]
Mosquitoes are, without doubt, a right pain here in Australia. Well, not just Australia, mosquitoes irritate people in many countries so we are not alone with that. Fortunately, our mosquitoes carry far fewer diseases than they do in some regions, so at least we can be thankful of that. I’ve written quite a bit about [...]
Considering I have written posts such as All About Australia’s Bank Holidays and in particular A Scorching Bank Holiday Monday in Australia, you would not have thought I would have made such an error. This afternoon at around 4 o’clock I went to the post office as I needed to send a parcel. When I [...]
It’s been a bit of a ‘here comes summer’ kind of week, in fact it all started last Friday when I featured a video of Perth’s heatwave. On Monday the subject was Ticks and Snakes in Australia: Welcome to Summer and then on Wednesday we had Things to Do in Australia When It’s Hot. That [...]
One of the headlines in the online news today was “Summer 2014-15 weather forecast: Bushfires, heatwaves and severe heat“. The report went on to say… “AUSTRALIA is headed for its third consecutive severe summer with temperatures set to hit way above average bringing increased risk of bushfires, heatwaves and not much rain, a new report [...]
