Australia- Moving in on a budget!

OK- so you’ve arrived into Australia and you need to buy a few housekeeping items- Tupperware, toilet paper, cleaners, extension cords, etc. The first thing you will notice is how ridiculously expensive all the things are in the stores you are used to going to such as Target.
Instead of going broke- Try [read more]

Darwin- Dress Guidelines

While the climate is tropical this is not a resort town. Darwin is still a city and the most metropolitan one around. The dress is casual…kind of…
I was generally surprised at how non-casual the dress was. I brought some fun tropical-location-loungewear- however, upon walking down the street, I instantly realized it would [read more]

Darwin- getting around town

Taxis: For a taxi in Darwin a useful number is 08 8981 3777 or as in all Australian states you can call 131008. In Darwin, taxis only really work on a call out basis during the peak times of the year. Just because you are at a taxi rank- your chances of getting [read more]

Google in need of the feminine touch

There may have been an emphasis on cultural diversity, but Google is having a hard time attracting qualified females Down Under.

Internationally, the search engine behemoth strives to employ workers from many backgrounds, a recognition that its customers also come from every background. In Australia it hired more than 10 engineers from five ethnic backgrounds - [read more]

Lees’ tell-all book set for Oct release

Let the money-making begin! Actually, it’s been going on some time now with the whole Wolf Creek thing, but now the real-live players are diving into the ring. Joanne Lees will be ’setting the record straight’ the murder of her boyfriend Peter Falconio. The book is to be published by a non-fiction [read more]