We’re All Going On A (Australian) Summer Holiday
I promised you a more exciting post today, following the intensely boring “Mowing the Lawn” epic. So here it is. We’re off on holiday! Not just me and my family. All of us. You’re coming too. Unless,...
View ArticleThe Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia
On Monday my post was about how we lived in one of Sydney’s multi-millionaire suburbs for all of 2 days, and on Wednesday I explained how Mrs Bobinoz and Elizabeth took care of some dogs in Australian...
View ArticleWollongong: Australia’s Eighth Most Liveable City
I suppose you could say we are now entering the “relegation places” in my series about Australia’s most liveable cities. Only 11 cities were included in this survey and today’s city came eighth, so...
View ArticleBushfires in Sydney, New South Wales
Very little rain in the last month or two, temperatures of 30°C or more and wind. Together they are the three ingredients for bushfires as I explained in my post Fire Safety in Australia: Prepare, stay...
View ArticleAustralia’s Drought: A Double Rescue Package
Here in South East Queensland (SEQ), that’s the Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast areas, it’s hard to believe that more than two thirds of our state has been drought declared for a while. The...
View ArticleWild and Domesticated Rabbits in Australia
On Monday I presented you with some photographs of our long weekend in northern New South Wales. As you will have seen from those pictures, we spent a lot of our time on the local beaches of which...
View ArticleKunghur: The First in Our Series of Ninja-breaks
Ninja definition: a covert agent skilled in ninjutsu, a Japanese martial art characterized by stealthy movement. Ninja-break definition: a very short weekend break, where we leave at about midday on...
View ArticleNimbin: The Most Unusual Small Town in All of Australia
Once upon a time, back in the 60s, there was a dairy farm in an area known as the ‘Rainbow Region’, which is in part of The Great Dividing Range. This is a different part of The Great Dividing Range…...
View ArticleA Splashing Good Time in Coffs Harbour
We interrupt this road trip for a flashback to a previous road trip. Yes, it’s time for another reprint of one of my Australia and New Zealand magazine articles. With added pictures. Well, we don’t...
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