sami´s colourful world

I have been a lucky girl and received a beautiful silk scarf from Gill at Africanaussie in a draw to commemorate her blog reaching 100 followers.I enjoy wearing scarves in winter (and necklaces in summer), so I will certainly use it soon.Gill writes about her beautiful Queensland garden and sustaina

Australia is going through a mining boom, which means more workers are needed to fill jobs mainly in the resources industries.Of course not enough skilled workers are to be found in Australia, which means these companies are pressuring the Government to increase the quotas of skilled migrants, as th

My wonderful fig tree´s produce is coming to an end, so I picked all the ripe figs and made the last batch of fig jam of the year. Right now the tree was left with 3 or 4 figs still to mature which I will pick and eat in a few days.Not a very big tree, but very fruitful!When we bought the house 5 ye

Finally my last post about Islands in WA. Hope you have been enjoying them, in this one I write about Penguin Island which was my favourite of them all!Garden Island is a limestone outcrop, about 10km long and 1 and 1/2km wide, just 5km off the coast of Rockingham, linked to the mainland by a road.

Western Australia whose capital is Perth (where I live), is the State with most islands, a total of 3747! It would be hard to visit them all !!!Just off the coast of Perth are the most known of WA´s islands -  Rottnest, Carnac, Garden and Penguin Islands. Apart from Garden Island where public is not

Australia is the largest island in the world, and it is surrounded by 8,220 islands within its maritime borders.Most of them would be uninhabited of course, but there are some pretty big islands, big enough to be independent countries!The largest of these islands is Tasmania with 68,332km2, and in t

Earth Hour is celebrated on 31st March (the last Saturday of March) and you are asked to participate by switching off the lights for 60 minutes, between 8,30 and 9,30pm wherever you are in the world.Last year over 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries switched off their lights in support of action

This year marked the 8th "Sculptures by the sea" exhibition in Cottesloe beach, which opened on 1st March and closed today 19th March.I love going to see the artworks set out in a relaxed outdoor environment, with people sunbathing next to them, families wandering around the sand from piece to piece

Since salaries and cost of living is higher in Australia than in Europe, housing here can be quite pricey, and every time there is a mining boom, property prices seem to go up as well...After 3 months in a furnished rented apartment paid for by the company that sponsored my husband, we moved into ou