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We considered sending this in to You’ve Been Framed, but decided to put it on the blog instead -and a year later we managed it.
I think this bird saw itself in the windows and mirror of our car and first tried to woo itself

Slavo casts his first vote as an Aussie! Larrikin Aussies jape around the posters of Kevin ‘07! Queueing to vote like you would never see in Britain!
These photos were taken on election day in December 2007 at the Timbarra Primary School Polling Station.
Notice how big the queue to vote is. This is the effect of [...]

We finally completed our circuit of Eastern Australia by driving from Adelaide to Melbourne last week. We passed the turn-off where we had peeled right to the Grampians over ten months ago and felt satisfied at having come full circle. Although we had to miss out Darwin and Western Australia, we are confident that we [...]

Well, the time is almost upon us when we have to leave Australia before we’re forcibly removed: our visa runs out next month, and we’ve booked some flights away, next Sunday, from Melbourne.
Following the sale of our car to some nice Germans here in Adelaide, we have decided to hire a vehicle to complete the [...]

An article entitled “Law has been left behind by new media” appeared the “The Australian” newspaper today and complains that jurors have access to internet fora when the rest of the media are banned for fear of prejudicing a trial. I’d just like to take up the authors, Peter Faris and Greg Barns, on [...]

Tomorrow will see the horse race that makes Australia stop - the Melbourne Cup, which takes place at Flemington, Melbourne, Victoria at 3pm Eastern Daylight Saving Time (so half an hour earlier here in South Australia & UK time: 4am GMT).
It is a massive day, which sees holidays across Victoria, and everyone who is anyone [...]

After a year which has seen Kevin Rudd and John Howard spend most of their time electioneering, at last they can finally do this out in the open, with a clear date in mind.
John Howard today flies to Canberra to meet the Governer General and formally request an Australian Election.
You heard it here first.
UPDATE
It’s [...]

The time has now come to sell the car, as we are leaving Australia in a month or so. We are offering the following vehicle for sale:
1990 Mitsubishi Pajero EXE Wagon 4WD
We are selling our 1990 Mitsubishi Pajero 7 seater 4X4.

Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
Model: Pajero
Type: EXE Wagon
Doors: 5
Colour: Burgundy / Maroon
Date of Manufacture:
Date of first Registration:
Current Registration: [...]

This Friday, 5th October, across Australia, it is “National Walk to Work Day.”
Following my articles on Climate Change, and reflections on the Sydney Earth Hour event, as well as my follow up article on Australian Car Culture, I feel that I cannot let this event pass unnoticed.
I heard about Walk To Work Day in the [...]

This is the second installment of the Essential Australia series of photos. These pictures sum up Australia quickly, having spent a year doing a lap of the country.
The Lost Service Station
After driving around 60 kilometers along gravel and dirt, in the first long drive of our trip, into Alpine Victoria (on the back road to [...]