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Brisbane and Queensland Floods: Should We Avoid Living There'

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As most of you will know, last year’s floods were as a result of us being in the middle of a very strong La Ni?a event. When she is around, it rains a lot. The opposite of a La Ni?a is an El Ni?o. When he is around, Australia can go into drought. I explained [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaBrisbane and Queensland Floods: Should We Avoid Living There' Related posts: Queensland: The Cost of Living Crisis! The Brisbane Floods, One Month Later. Brisbane: After the Floods January 2011 Read more

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Today Tonight and A Current Affair

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What does it mean to be Australian' Here, in Australia, we have a couple of current affairs programmes. One is called Today Tonight and the other is simply called A Current Affair. They are both on every weekday evening after the news at 6.30 PM. One is on Channel 7 and the other on Channel [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaToday Tonight and A Current Affair Related posts: Bad Things a Plenty Today Why It Is Inappropriate to Write About Life in Australia Today. How to Settle in Australia. ... Read more

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Fireworks in Australia: An Australia & New Zealand Magazine Article

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When I originally wrote this article for Australia and New Zealand magazine, it was highly topical. No prizes for guessing it appeared in their November issue then. Today it seems about three months out of date, but I like to think of it as being nine months ahead of its time. Remember, remember… When I [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaFireworks in Australia: An Australia & New Zealand Magazine Article No related posts. Read more

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The Price of a Night Out With the Boys

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In many ways, it’s a great relief that the barbecue, or any kind of gathering in a friends back garden, has replaced going to the pub as the standard form of entertainment here in Australia. Because when you go round a friend's house, you take a couple of bottles of wine, which will cost anything [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaThe Price of a Night Out With the Boys Related posts: Cost of Living in Australia: The Price of Spirits. Australia versus the UK: Price of Seeing Eddie Izzard... Read more

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Our Australian Citizenship Ceremony and The Citizenship Pledge

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G’day! This is the 563rd post on this blog, and so far I’ve never started any of them with G’day. But today I speak to you for the first time as an Australian, so I just had to do it, didn’t I' The day started early, we had to be at the Brisbane Convention and [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaOur Australian Citizenship Ceremony and The Citizenship Pledge Related posts: How to Pass Your Australian Citizenship Test Becoming an Australian Citizen The Australian Mud-dauber... Read more

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Becoming an Australian Citizen

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Tomorrow is Australia Day. I won’t explain what that is, I’ll assume you’ve read my post about Australia Day from three years ago. Or perhaps you’ve read about the Australia Day party I went to a couple of years back. Last year, almost all Australia Day parties became charity events, raising money for those affected [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaBecoming an Australian Citizen Related posts: A New Milestone in My Australian Life. Australian Tornadoes: The Most... Read more

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Life in Australia: Furniture and Fittings

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Every weekend for the people living in Australia the routine is almost always the same. We arise to be greeted by a rapidly heating golden sun nesting in a clear blue sky. We gleefully pack picnics, Esky’s full of cold beers and bottles of wine, camping chairs, sunglasses and hats. We bundle our children into [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaLife in Australia: Furniture and Fittings Related posts: Life in Australia. And Plenty of It! A Blog About Life in Australia Normal Life Returns in... Read more

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Are You Scared of Australian Creepy Crawlies'

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I think it’s an absolute miracle that I’ve lived here over four years and I still haven’t done a post on the TV program “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!” hosted by Ant and Dec. Today, I’m going to change that. What spurred me into this action now' Well, two performances that are [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaAre You Scared of Australian Creepy Crawlies' Related posts: Good News for Those Scared of Australian Spiders and Creepy Crawlies. So, Any... Read more

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Australian Holidays and Popular Destinations'

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On Monday I wrote about Things To Do During the Long Summer Holidays. That article was about a long weekend away, but what do Australians do when they want the biggie, the two week (or more) summer holiday. Well, I’ve written about those sort of Australian holidays before as well, but this is the article [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaAustralian Holidays and Popular Destinations… Related posts: Yippee! It’s the School Holidays…. School Holidays in Australia: What To... Read more

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Things To Do During the Long Summer Holidays.

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As you know, it’s summer here in Australia and we are still in the school summer holiday period. And during these times, we try to do the best we can to keep our children amused. With Christmas and New Year’s Eve slap bang in the middle of our summer holidays, that’s a couple of weeks [...]Post from: Life in AustraliaThings To Do During the Long Summer Holidays. Related posts: We’re All Going On A (Australian) Summer Holiday Another Great Australian Christmas Song... Read more

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