Our rubbish is collected on a Monday. Every week regular waste is collected and the garden waste and recycling alternates. Last Monday the garbos went on strike wanting better pay conditions (they were offered 2% next year and 3% each year for 2 years). No rubbish collection. The ACT government did set-up drop-off points for…
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Puddles!
It rained on the weekend and we had puddles! It probably seems funny to get excited by puddles, but after years of el nino drought (which is why Australia burnt so well last summer) it is delightful to have a la nina spring and to see enough rain fall to make puddles. I can’t remember…
Tick Tock I HATE the clock
Yesterday 5 of the states and territories of Australia moved their clocks forward an hour to start summer daylight savings…for the next 6 months! I HATE daylight savings and I live in one of those places that has it. I’m a morning person and I am a warm weather person, so the thing I love…
Holidays!
I’m very excited…Queensland has opened the border to the ACT (ie where my parents live and where I live). A few conditions: have to fill out some paperwork to declare we haven’t left our little city in the last 14 days and have to fly direct (read take second mortgage to be able to go).…
Corflute madness
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and my home territory is about to hold the territory elections (17 Oct). There are very strict advertising laws here which I appreciate – no billboards for example, and thanks to size restrictions Maccas (McDonalds to the rest of the world) golden M’s are smaller. But it means when someone…