Category Archives: Australia

A road trip

Posted on Apr 18, 2012 by sim

Last week, we took our last longer (~2,000km) road trip as a family of four as we headed to Adelaide – the first time for all of us. I shall not bore people with too much text, but rather convey … Continue reading →

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Second impressions on Australia

Posted on Feb 7, 2012 by sim

Curiously, there’s no phrase “second impressions”, so what comes after first impressions? Noting that I wrote a couple of posts about first impressions of Australia some 2½ years ago ([1], [2]), it’s time to take stock of some cultural and … Continue reading →

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Seeing the trees for the forest

Posted on Nov 6, 2011 by sim

Usually this phrase is used in reverse and figuratively, but this time I mean it like this and literally. The thing is that when I moved to Australia, I realized I can’t name most of the trees. As I love … Continue reading →

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Backwater Australia – or maybe not?

Posted on Jul 9, 2011 by sim

There is a general consensus or at least an attitude in Europe that Australia is quite a bit behind in most, particularly technological, things. However, there was also a general consensus in Europe that it was leading the mobile devices … Continue reading →

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On residential solar PV systems

Posted on Jul 5, 2011 by sim

I find solar electricity production a fascinating topic. One of the curiosities of Australia is that the country is among the best in the world for solar electricity production, yet the vast majority of electricity production is based on coal … Continue reading →

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