Tag: Australia
No More Ads
August 19th, 2010, No Comments
We’ve seen then them all over the telly for the last 4 weeks. I’m talking about the advertisements for the upcoming Australian Federal Election; I’m sure you don’t want to see one again, but if you do, click here. Have you noticed how 99% of the ads have been about shoving negativity about the other [...]
12 Months Today
August 18th, 2010, No Comments
I haven’t blogged for several weeks for a number of reasons, but I thought that this topic was worth a mention. Today marks the 12 month anniversary that Jo and myself have been back in Australia. We boarded an international flight in Christchurch at 2.15pm on the 18 August 2009 bound for Queensland. Since that [...]
Love our City
June 27th, 2010, No Comments
I was in the city of Perth yesterday afternoon, doing a couple of things, and was reminded what a great place it is to be. Up until a couple of weeks ago I have been in the city every day for work, just walking around delivering stuff and taking in the sights. There’s something about [...]
Earthquake Triggers Tsunami
February 28th, 2010, No Comments
We woke up this morning to the tragic news of an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale, hitting Chile. As reported on news.com.au, Highways were sliced into pieces, rubble piled across streets and buildings were reduced to little more than heaps of wood after the quake struck about 325km northeast of the capital Santiago. [...]
A Perfect Summer
February 24th, 2010, No Comments
Last night I watched the final Cricket match of the Australian home summer season, and it was the same result it has been all summer; the Aussie team walked all over it’s opponent and left them in the dust. A season of 6 test matches, 10 one day games and 3 Twenty/20 games, and the [...]
Proud Aussies
February 5th, 2010, No Comments
The Australian flag seems to be more than just a flag. Obviously it’s used as our national icon and is recognized all over the world; but I’ve noticed something about it that I’ve never seen before anywhere. It is everywhere. People dress up in it, wear it on their feet, have it waving from their [...]
Australia Day
January 26th, 2010, No Comments
For most Australian’s, Australia Day is a day when they celebrate being an Australian and living in this great nation. We see the Australian flag big and small being flown from everything and anything, people dress up and buy things with Australian colours and some people even get a tattoo for the day. For me, [...]
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