Is Australia Too Boring For Ping-Pong Poms?

Ping Pong Poms - Is Australia borning enough that some people end up going back

Quite an interesting artice over on the Guardian Website about the number of English people who emigrate to Australa only to move back to the UK some later. The article by Patrick Barkham does talk about the wonders of Australia, such as the benefit of not having to wear socks but also cites how studies [...]

Emigrating to Australia – An Exciting Venture

Emigrating to Australia

The welcoming country down under summons you to have a look at its great landscapes, rough mountains, lovely, warm climate and abundant way of life. Australia certainly has the most excellent elements to have a convenient and comfortable life. Perhaps these are the main reasons why it has continued to be a favorite holiday destination.

Is Australia a Racist Country?

Is Australia a Racist Country?

So before I even begin to tackle this sensitive subject, let me give you a little context behind the purpose of this article. Today the federal government said the Indian media is unlikely to show restraint when reporting on alleged racism in Australia. India’s foreign ministry has called on its media to exercise restraint when [...]

Iran to Australia – Dreaming of a better life down under

Iran to Australia - Protests

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 strewn scrap heaps. Australia presented us with the opportunity for a better life for our kids. The affordable housing, wide [...]

Australian Budget – What could it mean for you?

australian budget figures

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 thought I’d provide a very (sky) high summary of some of the key points which may be of interest to [...]

Australia versus the UK – Is Australia really the answer?

australia-house-price-income-trend

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 for British skilled migrants, but it seems now their economies are also feeling the rippling effects of the American [...]

$42 Billion stimulus package announced

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 latest bid to defy the economic gravity that is dragging down economies around the world. The spending package, over the [...]

Australian Tourism office launches new walkabout campaign

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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 have kicked off a new and (in my opinion) very fresh looking walkabout campaign which markets Australia as the [...]

What is a better Lifestyle?

moving-to-australia-poll

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 us here was the better lifestyle we saw Australia giving our family. When you think about it though, what [...]

Junk Week

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 nice and tidy. This applies to the suburbs to. You don’t see blokes riding along on their ‘super sucker [...]

Quinns Rocks Beach – Hmmmm!

Quinns Rocks Beach

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 our local beach which is about five minutes away As mentioned earlier today we decided to go down to the [...]

Wild Flowers at Kings Park – Spring is really here

Wild Flowers in bloom at Kings Park in Perth

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 Kings Park yesterday, the sun was shining and the temperatures rose to the early twentys. Junior had fun playing on all [...]

Subiaco Oval – Pretty Impressive

Subiaco Oval - Perth

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 of the rules. The game was played at a Stadium called the Subicao Oval I took a picture on [...]

Going to the footie

West Coast Eagles

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 Coast Eagles and Richmond at the Subiaco Oval which is one of the larger stadiums here in Perth. ‘The [...]

Steamy nights and a trip down to Rockingham

Wild Dolphins at Rockingham

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 F) during the night which has been pretty uncomfortable. Still, I’m not complaining…! The nights may be pretty uncomfortable but [...]