I’ve actually lived in Australia for 11 years now, as at 14 November 2018, just one week ago as I write this. Each year though, I come up with a short video, around five minutes, of each of the ‘full years’, as in calendar years, I’ve lived in Australia. So my first full year was [...]
Sunshine Coast
As you will probably recall from Friday’s post, I’ve been away for A Long Weekend on the Sunshine Coast. We stayed in a rental in Maroochydore for three days, six of us in all. It had a balcony overlooking the river; very nice… But what can you do on the Sunny coast? 20 Things to [...]
It’s Friday evening here in Australia, the start of another weekend. Here in Queensland, as well as in Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia, it’s even better, it’s a long weekend. Monday, October 5 is Labour Day for us. Next year though, Labour Day in Queensland will be in May. Here’s how [...]
If you think you’ve just had a déjà vu moment, you haven’t. The title is just incredibly similar to last week’s post Cycling on the Gold Coast: The Hinterland, Beaches and Charity. Let me explain. Last week we saw three videos about cycling on the Gold Coast, but anything that Goldie can do, the Sunny [...]
Those of you who read my post on Friday will know that we have had a weekend away and our destination was the Sunshine Coast, Alexandra Headland to be precise. Alexandra Headland is a small town, population of around 4,000, on the coast of Queensland between Mooloolaba and Maroochydore. The easy way to get there [...]
This is another one of my “I’m not here” posts. When this post goes live online automatically, thanks to the wonders of WordPress scheduling, I’ll be two hours away. This morning I packed all of the essentials into the car. Tinnies, wine, sunglasses, shorts, mp3 player, headphones and thongs. Thongs may or may not be [...]
Two blog posts in one today, totally unrelated. First up…. How would you like to get your fizzog the box? I’ve been contacted by a man called Peter Beard who is a documentary film producer in the UK and has been commissioned by ITV to make an eight part series about moving to Australia. His [...]
The other day I was looking for something on my own blog and couldn’t find it. “That’s not good” I thought. If I can’t find it, who can? As I am a very sharp cookie indeed, it didn’t take me long to work out the problem. You see, I was looking for something in my [...]
