May 2017

Heatwaves: More Dangerous Than Crocs, Sharks, Spiders and Snakes Combined thumbnail

There is an article in today’s Daily Mirror about a man who suffered horrific sunburn on the hottest day of the year so far in the UK. Apparently, last Friday, and I quote ‘He spent all afternoon in the garden, enjoying his girlfriend’s hot tub as temperatures soared high above 20°C.’ Ooh, scorchio! You can [...]

Crime Statistics in Australia: Finding Safe Suburbs thumbnail

This internet thing, it’s really catching on, isn’t it? There’s lots of stuff available online now, it’s come along in leaps and bounds in the last 6 or 7 years. That might seem a strange thing to say right now, but I do have a reason. Quite some time ago I wanted to write a [...]

Cooking on Gas: LPG and Natural Gas in Australia thumbnail

As you know, we recently moved to a new house. Our previous house was all electric, which wasn’t such a bad thing, especially after we fitted our solar panels. One drawback though was our cooker, it was electric. Mrs Bob would tell me whilst it looked like a normal cooker, it had one major difference. [...]