The 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleBondi 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...
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