Australia has a pretty good selection of itsy-bitsy teeny scary creatures and I’ve mentioned a few before on this blog. I have previously described the mosquito as Australia’s biggest baddest thing. And I first looked at Australia’s ants back in May 2009 and re-looked at them again this year. Well, more specifically, I looked at [...]
South East Queensland
Barely a week to go to Christmas and I’ve heard that Britain is bracing itself for a battering of snow. Here in south-east Queensland, we are also being battered, by storms! Yes, it’s storm season in Australia. Yesterday afternoon, more than 100,000 homes lost power as a ferocious storm ripped through Brisbane. 28,000 lightning strikes [...]
I got through a whole post on Friday without mentioning the rain. Didn’t think I’d be able to, but I did. But with an opening like this, you’d be forgiven for thinking I am about to whinge like a whingeing Pom about the rain again. Well, not quite. I am pleased to report that normal [...]
The Main Story on Seven News Welcome to my first ever blog post on a Saturday. Yes, it is Saturday, but only just. It’s 1 AM Saturday morning here and I do usually like to post a little earlier than this. Like on Friday! I am late for a reason, you will find out why [...]
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we have had a very busy weekend. Action packed! So what did we do? Well, Good Friday was our quietest day but we still managed to have our favourite Australian family round for a barbecue. All the (four) children play great together, us four adults get on pretty good [...]
DONG! Egg almost fries in King George Square. DONG! Dog stolen in audacious shop raid. DONG! Koala in intensive care. DONG! Eastern brown snake breaks into Ipswich shop. Nothing is stolen. Good evening. I first mentioned the Australian news to you in my post about what happens when there isn’t any news. Since then I’ve [...]
Australia is getting hotter – it’s almost summer. Summer is almost here in Australia and the temperatures are regularly hitting 30°C and above. It’s the sort of weather that makes you want to get out and enjoy the open spaces. As I have mentioned previously on this blog, there always seems something to do and [...]
That’s Wiped the Smug “Hot and Sunny With Clear Blue Skies” Off My Face As I understood it, when I originally moved here, Australia was a hot and sunny country with predominantly clear blue skies. And it’s true, I have witnessed it many times. But when it rains, my word. Does it rain! When we [...]
