People sometimes ask me: why is Australia so beautiful, and why do you want to stay there and not coming back to Holland ? Australia has an X-factor. It’s not only the pleasant climate, the quietness all around you, the beautiful nature and the friendly people. It’s the combination of that all plus something that [...]
Many people might not know that Australia has been attacked during World War II as well. The town of Broome in Western Australia was bombed by the Japanese, exactly 70 years ago, on March 3rd 1942. 88 people were killed, of which the majority was Dutch. Broome was a refuelling point for aircraft, en route from the [...]
Many people might not know that Australia has been attacked during World War II as well. The town of Broome in Western Australia was bombed by the Japanese, exactly 70 years ago, on March 3rd 1942. 88 people were killed, of which the majority was Dutch. Broome was a refuelling point for aircraft, en route from the [...]
Many people might not know that Australia has been attacked during World War II as well. The town of Broome in Western Australia was bombed by the Japanese, exactly 70 years ago, on March 3rd 1942. 88 people were killed, of which the majority was Dutch. Broome was a refuelling point for aircraft, en route from the [...]
This Sydney summer has reminded me of the wet and miserable summers we used to have in The Netherlands. Digging into the facts makes it even gloomier. Apart from the temperature, the past Sydney summer has been worse than the average Dutch summer. It rained on average once every two days (!). Looking back at the [...]
The kookaburra is a miraculous Australian bird. They usually sit quiet on the branch of a tree waiting until they see a worm or a bug moving on the ground. They take a deep dive, pick up, swallow and fly back to the tree. Except when they are with more kookaburras in the same tree, [...]
Today, I’m exactly 4 years in Australia ! On September 15, 2007 I arrived at Sydney Airport, was picked up by Christian and Melissa, and they dropped me at my temporary apartment in Chatswood. They stayed the whole weekend in Sydney to give me a warm welcome, and treated me on a nice lunch at Balmoral [...]
Four days for work in Auckland, New Zealand. Still down under, but another 2,500 kms further from The Netherlands. People always try to compare New Zealand with Australia. Waste of time, not necesarry, and hardly impossible as well. It would be the same comparing Ireland with Greece. New Zealand is a beautiful country, and reminds [...]
Restaurant Marque in Sydney’s suburb of Surry Hills has reached the number 1 spot in the latest edition of Gourmet Traveller’s Restaurant Top 100 of Australia. Cutler & Co in Melbourne dropped to number 3, whilst Quay in Sydney is the new number 2. It also means Sydney has definitely taken over from Melbourne as [...]
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