I have officially been a permanent resident of Australia for 2 year now.
This means I qualify for dual nationality, I can become as Aussie as the kids at school.
They, needless to say, are aghast “But you don’t even sound Australian” blithely forgetting that the
very people who came here to take the land from the original […]

Fungus is feeling the cold.
He spends most days out on the deck curled up on his bed waiting impatiently for us to return.
His dodgy knee had rheumitism as well as a titanium plate, so when the weather is
cold he ends up limping around the place.
That, plus pathetic longing looks, mean we never leave […]

The whole of Tasmania has been following the fate of a couple of Gold miner trapped 1km under ground
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1634560.htm
The TV news have been kept waiting for 2 weeks for the men to be dug out.
On cue this morning just as the breakfast time TV was going to air, the 2 men breathed their first fresh […]

Our loo as I am constantly harping on about is a “dunny”.
A “wee hoose out the back” call it what you will our WC is waterless.
Once every few weeks the “chamber” needs emptying, and then the black plastic bin stands in Tasmania’s scorching sun “composting”.
Well that was what the last owner told us.
One flaw […]