You may remember that there was no post on Monday of this week. It was a national holiday here in Australia; 25 April is Anzac Day. Well, guess what? There will be no post next Monday either, it’s another holiday. This time, it’s Labour Day here in Queensland and Northern Territory. All the other states [...]
April 2016
Last week I did a post called Fresh Fruit and Veg: Australian and UK Prices Compared. Mary, in the comments, wondered how a similar cost comparison would work out on meat and fish. With that, in the blink of an eye, a trilogy was born. This then is part two. Those of you who are [...]
A few years ago I wrote a post about Mad Birds in Australia. I listed 5 birds, all mad in their own different way, and then added a final sixth, arguably the maddest of them all. I probably didn’t do this huge and sometimes intimidating creature full justice, and I was reminded of that when [...]
It’s been quite some time since I’ve been virtual supermarket shopping, the last time I did it was probably my post The Cost of Living in Australia Update: Groceries. At that time I loaded up my trolley with a supermarket selection that included (but wasn’t limited to) breakfast cereal, coffee, bread, rice and some double [...]
Remember this guy? The burglar? I first showed his ugly face on my post called Crime Rates: Australia versus the UK from just over four years ago. At that time I tried to compare household burglary rates between the UK and Australia, but some of the quoted figures I found for these break-ins varied quite [...]
Last week, if you recall, my post was about Snaking Caterpillars: The Pine Processionary Caterpillar. Caterpillars, at some point, turn into butterflies or moths. Last week, some rather large moths showed up in the upper south-east of South Australia. When I say big, I’d do mean big, as you can see from this tweet: Um [...]
It’s been quite some time since I last took a good look at house price comparisons between these two countries, maybe too long. So let’s put that right today. The problem with these comparisons though is, where do you get your information from? The last time I looked at Australian prices in my post called [...]
I’m sure everybody knows that the most famous bridge in all of Australia is Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bridge is also known as “The Coathanger” because, well, see if you can guess… Yes, because it looks like one. What some of you may not know though is that the engineer who worked on the design [...]
