Category Archives: melbourne

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In the last edition of 2009, The Week magazine had a retrospective of aussie statistics that I found interesting. An aussie woman’s life expectancy is 84. Men = 80. Which made me wonder what it is with other countries – … Continue reading →

one of my first years in AU, i decided i wanted to dye eggs for easter. run out to the shop, grab that little box of dye, some eggs, some vinegar and voila! pretty easter eggs. but no. in one … Continue reading →

i’m having a hard time getting into the xmas spirit this year. i’ve bitched about the lack of xmas music & shitty xmas trees before but this year everything is annoying me. take for example – yet another metal xmas … Continue reading →

the election here was… 2 weeks ago? the 11 yr running prime minister (and george’s buddy) was kicked out. woo hoo! but a few days before the election we all had a flyer in our mailbox with a pix of … Continue reading →

i’m going to bitch for a second about how aussies get totally ripped off – it’s xmas party season & for whatever reason xmas parties mean costume parties. (they dont dress up for halloween but bring it on for xmas). … Continue reading →

this one is for any australians who stumble upon this post. if you ever buy anything electronic @ jb hifi, watch out for this ‘warranty is included’ scam. fyi, this occured at the elizabeth street shop in melbourne. the other … Continue reading →