I really don't understand this obsession with Paris Hilton in Australia. She's constantly all over the news here, much worse than in the UK. At least one US newsreader agrees with me - Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC in the US.... [youtube … read more

It seems ironic to me that the man who has done very little for peace in the Middle East in his 10 years in power, worst still, the man who helped start a war in the Middle East which has decreased stability, not increased it, is now set to become the Middle East envoy for the US, Russia, the UN and … read more

I'm glad we've moved. By the looks of it our old house in Doncaster could be under 4ft of water now! We've been looking at the photo's on the UK news sites and we're flabbergasted - we've never seen anything like it in South Yorkshire. It was particularly strange seeing the picture of the fish lying … read more

I must remember next time I move into a new house not to tell anyone that I work in IT. When someone asks me what I do I'll have to say Business Analyst or something - nobody knows what they do! Already I've had knocks on the door from 2 different neighbours to help them out with their PC. Our next … read more

Lauren visited The Gabba today while some of us had to work. The Gabba is Brisbane's cricket ground and home to the Brisbane Lions AFL (Aussie Rules) team. We're into the school Winter Holidays now and as we're both working we've had to put Lauren into Vacation Care with her school. It costs money … read more

We're all looking forward to this new Wii game when it's released. Looks like fun.. [youtube [www.youtube.com/watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5qJRewiUjQ&w=425&h=350]) read more

It seems Google are not content with just 'organising the world's information'. They're now branching into developing clean energy technology to help address climate change. They're taking the Toyota Prius hybrid car as a start and further developing this by plugging them into solar charging … read more

People often tell me that I'm lucky. I'm starting to believe it may be true. Things just kind of work out for me. I have a completely laid back attitude to life - I very rarely get stressed or worry about things. I take the odd risk now and again and it near enough always works out well. Take this … read more

We finally returned the hire car tonight. The company we're buying the car off have gave us a loan car until we return with the bankers cheque and pick up the car which we plan to do tomorrow. In fact we've been surprised how good they've been. The car we're buying is only cheap, yet they've been … read more

I've got a job! On Monday I received a phone call from an agent I've been dealing with telling me that while the Security Consultancy he's been speaking to about me are impressed with my CV, they don't have any work for me at the moment. 24 hours later I received another phone call saying that … read more

After a busy couple of days I packed my two girls off ready for a day of firsts this morning - Rach for her first day at work and Lauren for her first day at school. Now that one of has got a job we decided it was safe to get Lauren into school. We hadn't done it yet because we worried we may have … read more

Some good news - Rach went for her second interview (not for the same job) this morning for a Branch Manager position for a Home Services company. The company provides carpet cleaners, upholsterers, that kind of thing. She came home from the interview feeling that it went pretty well and after … read more

I’ve just finished reading this extraordinary autobiography from Michael Buerk. What a life he has lived! The book was funny, insightful, moving (especially when he is recalling his time in Ethiopia), and also acts as a good historical reference for some of the major events over the last 30 years. … read more

We've just realised that it's the end of the financial year here which may account for why it's so slow in the job market at the moment. When we came over in January there were tons of opportunities but I've hardly seen any this month. I'm just hoping it will pick up in July with the start of a new … read more

We had our first taste of aussie sport last night watching the annual State of Origin. The State of Origin is an annual set of 3 Rugby League matches between 'the maroons', representing Queensland, and 'the blues', representing New South Wales. It's one of the main sporting events of the year and … read more

I've just realised, for the first time in many years it's the middle of June and I'm not sneezing my head off with my eyes streaming due to hayfever! read more

After discovering Coon Cheese, and the Holy Sheet bedding company, today we passed a florist called Give Her One Tonight! read more

Knowing that the traffic would be bad yesterday as it was a public holiday (just like in the UK on a Bank Holiday Monday), and taking advantage of the fact that we’re both unemployed bums at the moment, we had a lazy day on Monday and decided to go to the beach today instead. We drove down to the … read more

After a couple of days of torrential rain and then an unusually cold day, we’re finally back to business as usual – clear blue skies and warm sunshine! You might have seen on the news that a cyclone has hit New South Wales, including Sydney, and killed a few people. I think we caught the edges of it … read more

I've updated our photo's on Flickr, including the LA photo's. I've also copied the post about LA into my Yahoo Trip Planner and included the photo's. I was going to update the LA post on here with the photo's but it's a lot easier to do it with Yahoo Trip Planner. Not surprising really as Flickr is … read more