Ahhhhhhhh! I think I’m going to have a nervous breakdown.
After this mornings post the ’specialist’ has sent the missus back until something a little more productive happens!
It transpires that the waters hadn’t broken, the fluid …

Well, I asked the question what do you do with a four year old when your wife goes in to labour?
The answer is, you stay at home and wait for news Seriously, it’s …

It’s been all of 2 weeks since I announced that we had taken the plunge and decided to buy our first bricks and mortar here in Australia.
Since then, things have progressed well. Firstly the Real …

OK, I think its time to get serious and write an entry which may well be the final tick in the final box when deciding if you’re going to take the plunge and make the …

I’ve just been watching a story on the news this afternoon about the influx of migrants into Western Australia.
According to figures produced by the clever statistitions at the Federal Department of Immigration and Citizenship; Western …

Seriously, how much more can this baby grow before its due to pop out?
We are now at ‘full term’ which the missus tells me means junior number two is fully formed and 100% capable of  …

IELTS or the International English Language Testing System measures a persons ability to communicate in English across all four language skills – listening, reading, writing and speaking – a key requirement for folks who intend …

Remember the screws that I lost when I was putting the cot together?
The screws, that because they were sadly lacking meant that I couldn’t put the cot that we brought from the UK back together …

Well, I went to see my first AFL Footie Match yesterday and I have to say I had a pretty good time.
We had great seats and I even managed to get my head around some …

Well, I had to get my first AFL footie match in at some point and today is the day.
I’ve been invited by a supplier to attend an AFL match between a team called the West …

Well, all of 5 days ago I wrote about whether or not it was now the right time to buy a house. Since then I think it’s fair to say things have moved quite quickly.
We …

When we shipped our stuff to Australia we made the conscious decision to leave a lot of the furniture back in the UK.
Anything that we didn’t want to take with us was either sold or …

Good news for people looking to emigrate to Australia under one of the Skilled Visa Classes.
According to a media release made on Wednesday, Australia is issuing more Australian visas to skilled migrants than ever.
The …

I read quite an interesting article about the property market recently. As our regular readers will know we have recently renewed the lease on the property we are renting but I think it will soon …

I know I’ve written briefly about the winter weather here in Australia before.
When it rains it really does rain and the temperature really does drop pretty low first thing in the morning.
During the winter months …

I love Hillarys boat Harbour, it has to go down as one of the nicest, cleanest, most children friendly beaches I’ve ever seen.
Well, it would be if there wasn’t a four meter long great …