The Big Wet – Queensland Floods

Posted on January 18, 2011 by admin
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Queensland Floods

Queensland Floods

The situation in Queensland has been too dynamic to be too accurate when blogging. Some towns were suffering their first flood, some were reliving the pain with a second flood. Some are still watching weather reports of cylcone activity with concern.

Over 80 communities across Queensland have been affected by flooding, covering an area bigger than France and Germany combined, with some towns hit more than twice by floodwaters. Floods hit the farming and mining belt near Brisbane hard, cutting road and rail links & crippling the region’s all-important coal production. Bundaberg‘s port was closed to all shipping & Rockhampton‘s airport shut over the weekend.
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Queensland Flood Help Services

Posted on January 15, 2011 by admin
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Disaster Recovery Hotline: 1800 173 349

State Emergency Service: 132 500

RACQ Road Information: 1300 130 595

Queensland Government Flood Information

Community recovery support and assistance

ABC emergency website

Queensland Traffic and Travel Information

Ergon Energy’s Flood Advice
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Australia Floods

Posted on January 15, 2011 by admin
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We’ve been absent from blogging for a while because we have been building our new website, but we had to break the silence to blog about recent events in Australia.

The eyes of the world have been on the flooding in Australia, Brazil & Sri Lanka. In Australia it actually started some time before Christmas up top and is still occurring. One of the explanations for the occurrance has been the warmer ocean waters & a strong El Nina. However, whatever the reason, a large part of Australia has endured a beating lately culminating in what are now call the Australian Floods.

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Selling Australiana

Posted on September 17, 2010 by admin
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It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that Australia is probably one of the most promoted countries in the world in regards to tourism. It’s one of the things that we are famous for. So it’s no surprise to see the amount of effort that goes into advertising campaigns that companies use.

Qantas is a prime example of bringing the message of ‘Australia’ out to the masses with it’s 1998 “Still Call Australia Home” commercial that had the Australia Girls Choir and National Boys Choir in various locations around the world & home. Every so often Qantas resurrect this one because it is as captivating now as it was when it first came out.

As you will see, Aussies like to see Australian flavour.

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Breaking the Rules of Drinking Tea

Posted on July 2, 2010 by admin
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I suppose when you break all the etiquettes of drinking english tea, there only seems one way to go, make it our own :)

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