Well, it's been raining for 2 weeks straight here in Sydney. And it's been a COLD winter (by Sydney standards) so far (meaning it's got down to maybe 5 degrees celsius), the first cold one I can remember in at least 5 years ( Read more... )

I've never known the true value of that great aussie icon, the Aussie Cork Hat, in the whole 12 years I've lived here, until the past few weeks. You go outside and the flies literally stick to you!


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Yesterday, Peter read in the newspaper that it would be really hot and windy today, and that there would therefore be bushfires around Sydney ( Read more... )

This is a lovely shot that my mother-in-law took at Chibi's favourite park near us ( Read more... )

Well, the rain started here about last Wednesday, and isn't supposed to stop until this Wednesday ( Read more... )

So yesterday was my last day at work. Now I have 9 days off, 4 of which will be spent relaxing and trying to make order out of this chaos which is our house. The other 4 will be spent probably pretty drunk on tequila with Karen up in Queensland. It's a much needed stress release ( Read more... )

There could not possibly be better weather than we're having right here right now in Sydney.

It's clear as a bell out there! It smells like spring flowers! And it's not too cold but not too warm.

I've broken out the spring/summer wardrobe and the self-tanning cream!

Drought be damned! This weather is great, and I hope it holds out!

Y'all doing OK down there in Florida?

Sounds like there's a hurricane afoot!

Thinking good thoughts and hoping you're all OK.

As geodyne mentioned earlier today, it is bone-chillingly cold here at the moment ( Read more... )