Your reasons for choosing to emigrate to Australia will be varied. For us, as adults we saw the local parks and playing fields we used to play on as kids, turned into graffiti and syringe …

As we mentioned yesterday, the Federal Government released their budget last night so instead of going through the reams of data coming out of the budget line by line and boring you to death, I …

As the British economy hits rock bottom, thousands of skilled workers are looking abroad to start up a brighter, more stable life in a different economy. 
Traditionally, Australia and New Zealand have been a favourite destination …

We’re well past Christmas however Kevin Rudds Government continues with the handouts, announcing today that Low and middle-income earners will receive a $950 bonus as part of an extra $42 billion of spending in its …

Do you remember the ‘Where the bloody hell are you ads’ which became more famous for Lara Bingles use of the word ‘bloody’ instead of the content itself?
Well, the guys at the Australian tourism office …

I think it’s pretty safe to say that as your reading this you’re considering a move (or have already made the move) Down Under.
When we moved to Australia one of the main things that drove …

The towns and cities in Australia by UK standards are pretty spotless.
Rubbish is kept to a minimum and there seems to be quite a large army of street cleaners that help keep the places looking …

Although I’ve not able to post any pictures of our new house in Quinns Rocks yet (by virtue of the fact that we still haven’t paid for it) I thought I’d post a picture of …

Wow, well that’s winter out of the way. September brings with it the first day of Spring and it certainly seems like spring is well and truly here.
We had a great day at …

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 …

It has been really steamy over the last couple of days. The thermometer has been hitting 42 degrees Celsius (107 F in old money) during the day and hasn’t been dropping below 24 C (75 …

Well, Happy Australia Day!
Its our first Australia day today and we’re looking forward to enjoying some of the activities on offer.
A big bonus is that Australia day is a public holiday which is great news …

It’s two months to the day that we arrived here in Sunny Perth so I thought I’d celebrate the occasion by writing about ten things that I’ve noticed about that fantastic country that we now …

Ouch!
As Australia and Perth charges towards the silly and extremely hot summer season, I’m often impressed by the buildings and objects scattered around the city that are designed to help make shopping in such steamy …

Not so long ago I wrote a high level overview of Perth’s public transport system.
To be honest, this information was very much gleaned from research I had done on the web so now that I’ve …