Bondi to Coogee Beach: A Sunday Walk Unlike Any Other
At the end of last month, when the school holidays began, the Bobinoz family jumped on a plane to Sydney for a four day break. Top of our list of ‘things to do‘ this time was to walk from Bondi Beach...
View ArticleA Tasmanian Ten Day Tour with Itinerary
In July 2011 my family and I went for a winter holiday in Tasmania. We were there for a week, spending four days in Hobart before driving north to Launceston to spend a further three days there. During...
View ArticleAustralia’s Ever Changing Economy; Have Sydney and Melbourne Peaked?
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, in case you didn’t know, is one of Australia’s big four banks. Commonwealth Securities, also known as CommSec, is an Australian online stockbroking firm operated by...
View Article6 Must Dos in Cairns and Port Douglas; a Queensland Coast Road Trip
As any long-standing readers with even longer standing memories will recall, back in 2016 I was writing a series of posts about my coastal Queensland road trip. Then in November 2016, when the series...
View ArticleFinding Somewhere Nice to Live in Australia
Biff! Bosh! Bash! ‘Ouch!‘ This is exactly what you don’t want to happen to you whilst you’re out at night on walkabout, or any time really. But when you’re looking at new areas in which to live, and...
View ArticleA Burleigh Heads Break for the School Holidays
I would have told you about this on Monday, but I didn’t, because I was enjoying the day off on account that it was the Queen’s Birthday. Of course, it wasn’t really the Queen’s Birthday, but then I...
View ArticleThe Top 20 Most Beautiful Countries in the World
As you probably know, we love a good report or survey here on Bobinoz. Australia normally does quite well in these things too, which is probably why I like them so much. For example, Australia’s...
View ArticleA Weekend Trip to Tenterfield, New South Wales
Just two days after posting about how hot it was on People’s Day in Brisbane last week, we went away for the weekend. Six of us set off in the car at around 4 o’clock on Friday, and drove for 3 1/2...
View ArticleAustralia’s Economy: CommSec’s State of the States Report July 2017
If this were a horse race, the commentary as they crossed the line would probably go something like this: “NSW romp home having led from start to finish, gallant effort by Victoria towards the end to...
View ArticleThe Alternative Lifestyle in Australia; Byron Bay
I suppose I’m a bit of a hippie myself, if truth be known. Had a great time at the Glastonbury Festival in 1992, highlights for me being The Fall, The Orb, The Ukrainians and John Otway. It doesn’t get...
View ArticleCrime Statistics in Australia: Finding Safe Suburbs
This internet thing, it’s really catching on, isn’t it? There’s lots of stuff available online now, it’s come along in leaps and bounds in the last 6 or 7 years. That might seem a strange thing to say...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Moving to Sydney or Melbourne
What a difference a decade makes. When I first moved to Australia in 2007 I chose to live in Brisbane. I could have chosen Melbourne, I could have chosen Sydney, or I could have chosen anywhere else....
View ArticleTugun, Currumbin and Palm Beach; A Weekend Break on the Gold Coast
It’s not quite summer here yet in Australia but where I live, which is Brisbane in case you didn’t know, it might as well be. Temperatures recently have been hovering at around 28°C, the skies are blue...
View ArticleA Thorough Look Around Cairns, Far North Queensland
On Monday we had a wander around Cairns, and on Wednesday we looked at the two Jewels in the Crown of Cairns: Kuranda and the Great Barrier Reef. Coming up I have a video that shows you all of that in...
View ArticleJewels in the Crown of Cairns: Kuranda and the Great Barrier Reef
There is more to Cairns than just strolling around and having a look. There’s also more than just two ‘must do’ attractions in Cairns, but if you only had time for two, your choice would be simple. On...
View ArticleRoad Trip Day 10: Cardwell to Cairns
At just 94 kilometres, my journey from Cardwell to Cairns was by far the shortest leg of my trip. That was intentional though, I needed to pick up Mrs Bob and my daughter Elizabeth from Cairns airport...
View ArticleWhat It’s Really like to Live in Cardwell, Far North Queensland
In Wednesdays post I mentioned that I had driven from Wallaman Falls, which is east of Ingham, to Cardwell on the coast. What I didn’t say though is that in doing that, I’d crossed from North...
View ArticleCardwell to Cairns via Mission Beach and Etty Bay
About an hour after leaving Wallaman Falls, driving along roads that looked something like this… I arrived at my final overnight stop off before picking up Mrs Bob and my daughter Elizabeth from Cairns...
View ArticleQueensland Coast Road Trip Day 9: Townsville Heading Towards Cardwell
It would have been very easy to have driven from Townsville to Cairns in a day, after all it’s only 350 kilometres or so. There were a few places I wanted to see though, so I decided to spit the...
View ArticleThings I Didn’t Do in Townsville: Magnetic Island and Castle Hill Hike
If you read Wednesdays post you will know that I did NOT Get Fit with the Castle Hill Workout, I drove my car up that hill. Here is a reminder of what that hill looks like… As I mentioned though, lots...
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