On the afternoon of Wednesday 9 November this year we had a rather violent hailstone storm pass over our house. Here’s how our swimming pool looked on the day; please do click on the picture to see the full view… Poor Mrs Bob was out in the car at the time. She got caught up [...]
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It’s all over for another year, Christmas and New Year’s Eve is now behind us, time to kick on with 2015. Last time I posted on this blog was just before Christmas and I looked at how the weather would be around this nation in my post called Christmas in Australia: What’s It Really like? [...]
My daughter, Elizabeth, who is now 9 and in year 4 said to me the other day “Daddy, did you know there are only two days a week when I don’t do any sport at all?” No, I didn’t. So I asked Elizabeth to explain, and here’s how her week pans out: Monday – She [...]
So that was Christmas and the New Year, how was it for you? Here’s how it was for us: We spent Christmas Day and Boxing Day round friends along with more friends. In total I think there were 13 adults (15 at one point) and, give or take one or two, about the same number [...]
As I mentioned on Friday in my post How to Surf: A Quick Guide to Riding the Waves, Elizabeth is sure to be wanting to go into the swimming pool sometime soon. That sometime soon happened on Saturday, just one day after my prediction. A friend came round to play and at about 1:30 in [...]
When you move to Australia, the big challenge is settling in. I’ve mentioned it many times around this website that it is crucial that you put in the effort to make new friends. Not always the easiest of tasks, depending on where you live and what your circumstances are. The first four months that we [...]
