A to Z of Australia
D for Deprecation
Self-deprecation, that is. Australia is renowned for self-deprecation. OK, I cheated a little on the D. Sue me. We don’t like to boast and we’ll rip down (our famed “tall poppy syndrome“) those who we deem to be doing so. This is one of the biggest differences between the USA and Australia in the business world. […]
C for Crime
How does Australia stack up when it comes to crime? After all, crime or rather the lack thereof, is something most people investigate when deciding where to live. While we do make TV dramas about our underworld wars and find our drunken violence in the city streets on the weekends very disturbing and unwelcome, we […]
B for Balls and Barracking
Get your mind out of the gutter! I’m talking about balls in sport, naturally. While many countries are predominantly a one or two sport nation, Australia is a many sport nation: many of those sports involve balls. Mr O and the ankle-biters come from a country that plays soccer. Big round mainly white ball with […]
A for Arid
Driest inhabitated continent – Australia One of the aspects of Australian life that shocked my family on arrival was water restrictions. Four minute showers, people! They may lack reliable electricity in Nigeria but they do not lack water. How could this country their Dad was so keen on living in not have enough water?
Our A – Z of Australia
Pip (not her real name but she is shy 😆 ), over at Piglet in Portugal is doing something we think could be fun. Pip is writing “My A – Z of Portugal“, including both the good and the perhaps not so good. Pip suggested to me, when I commented it seemed like a great […]
Random Observations of Life 