G20 Brisbane Countdown: Black Hawks, Shirt Fronting and Colours
On a Friday I usually like to take a look around the rest of Australia and steer away from Brisbane for a while. But this week Brisbane becomes the focus of attention not just for Australia, but for...
View ArticleSeven Years of Living in Brisbane: Now What?
Yes, it was seven years ago exactly to the day when me, Mrs Bob and a tiny Elizabeth stepped off the plane to set foot on Brisbane soil and called this city our home. To mark the occasion the...
View ArticleA Roundup of Brisbane’s G20 in Pictures
As you will know from Fridays post about the G20 Summit here in Brisbane, this city enjoyed a public holiday for the occasion. But what did I do with my extra day off? If past G20 summits are anything...
View ArticlePerth too expensive?
I still haven’t been to Perth, that’s something I definitely intend to fix in January of next year. I’m sure I’ll come back with lots of photographs, but for now I’ve had to scrounge this one from...
View ArticleTop Holiday Destinations in Australia
Private schools have already broken up for the long summer holidays here and on Friday state schools will be joining them. Some of those private schools can have seven or eight weeks off, state schools...
View ArticleTop Holiday Destinations in Australia Part 2
Last Monday in my post Top Holiday Destinations in Australia I started working through all the Australian destinations I’ve been to so far from the full top 100 list. The list I’m talking about is “The...
View ArticleA Beachy Weekend in Northern New South Wales
Well, we’ve just got back from a glorious weekend down the beach, Kingscliff to be precise. I’ve driven through the area before on many occasions, but never stopped off until now. Kingscliff Beach is...
View ArticleThe Tweed Coast, Northern New South Wales, Australia
I was going to wrap up my ‘Tweed Coast’ week by putting together a video of our escapades down that way. But before I do something like that, I always like to check on YouTube first to see what’s...
View ArticleEntertainment in Brisbane: South Bank Parklands
Recently the commissioning editor over at Australia and New Zealand magazine asked me if I could write a few articles about the nightlife and entertainment in and around Brisbane. That’s why last month...
View ArticleA Quick Trip along Pallarenda Beach, Townsville, North Queensland
Normally when I want to go to a decent beach I travel about an hour and a quarter north to the Sunshine Coast or about the same kind of distance south to the Gold Coast. But what if I wanted to venture...
View ArticleThere’s more to Australia than Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth
As regular readers will know, we love a good survey or report here on Bobinoz, especially when it ends up with a top 10 list. I am grateful to regular reader Col B who pointed me in the right direction...
View Article5 Things I Love about Straddie – North Stradbroke Island
Time to catch up on another reprint of one of my Australia and New Zealand magazine articles. I know we’ve had a bit of a run of them lately, but that just shows how far I got behind. This article is...
View ArticleMaxing out the Easter School Holidays with a Ten-Day Trip
When Mrs Bob and I lived in the UK we loved travelling around Europe. Long weekends, one week holidays, different cultures, different sights, we loved it. It was the one thing we knew we would miss by...
View Article10 Days in Perth, Western Australia
Actually, not just 10 days in Perth, but 10 days in and around Perth including Margaret River, Fremantle and a place called Yanchep. Over the coming week I’ll be telling you all about it. And the bits...
View ArticleFour Days in Margaret River, Western Australia
There are quite a few travel websites around and some of them specialise in Australia. If you check out any of their Top 10 lists for places to visit, my bet is that Margaret River will feature in all...
View ArticleMargaret River: A Real Surfers Paradise
Margaret River had one more surprise for us whilst we were there. I ended Wednesday’s post, called Four Days in Margaret River, Western Australia, by mentioning that some people go to Margaret River...
View ArticleTwo Days in Fremantle, Western Australia
When I spent A Week in Melbourne with a Hint of St Kilda in January of last year, I said “It doesn’t get much cooler and trendier than St Kilda“. I’m pretty sure I’ve also said somewhere else on this...
View ArticlePerth and Western Australia: A Holiday Roundup
For the last two weeks I’ve been telling you about our brief travels around Perth and Western Australia. If you read them all, you’ll know that we really enjoyed our 10 day stay over there. If you...
View ArticleMary River, Northern Territory and Mary River, Queensland
Time for a couple of nice and gentle riverside Friday videos. When I was in Western Australia last month, as you know, I spent Four Days in Margaret River. Well, not just me, Mrs Bob and Elizabeth as...
View ArticleHip Brisbane, 15 Years On
At first it was a mystery to me how I missed this. Here we are almost halfway through 2015 and I never knew. It was only when I was reading a magazine just yesterday that I discovered the news. In the...
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