There are many advantages to living in Australia, including (to name but a few) the weather, water temperature (and if you were brought up on bracing dips in Loch Lomond and off the beach at St.... Read more >>

Think teenager ... stereotype flash! You think techno music addict, outrageous dress, face piercings, casual disrespectful comments, defiant, and drama queens. Now think again. Think caring, think... Read more >>

I can hardly move, but, I can report, with a note of triumph in my voice, that this is not because of the stresses and strains of the debut netball game, nerve-racking and physically challenging... Read more >>

On the most beautiful morning in Sydney, I took the foul fiend (the dog, in case of pardonable confusion as to which member of the family I am referring) down for a walk along the beach at 6 a.m. A... Read more >>

You can tell it is over halfway through the year in that it has taken me until now to get to the post office to send off this year’s, (and I do mean this year in the sense of 2010), photo... Read more >>

If Americans think of Australia at all, they probably conjure up images of Crocodile Dundee and Steve Irwin fighting massive reptiles, or maybe they picture the broad, dry land they’ve seen in... Read more >>

Australians are currently caught up in a battle for supremacy, newspaper inches and coffee gossip centers around the intriguing topic of who is going to win. I am of course talking about Masterchef,... Read more >>

As in all countries, there is a fair bit of geographic rivalry between the states in Australia—think North and South in the UK, or even in the US. Queensland and New South Wales’ rivalry... Read more >>

The sun shining half-heartedly in Sydney, but hey that’s a huge improvement on the torrential rain that has characterized the past couple of weeks. Things have got so soggy that bored of having... Read more >>

A one-two place finish was a spectacular way to start off the 2009 season of Formula 1 for team Brawn GP. Formerly known as Honda till ownership was passed to team principal Ross Brawn in early march,... Read more >>