Melbourne Storms
On Saturday there was a big storm in Melbourne.
I heard lots of noise on the roof. It was hailstones (ice rain) hitting the roof.
Then the wind blew hailstones under my front door. I had to cover the bottom of the door.
There was lots of rain and in the center of the city the streets flooded.
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Australia the top choice for Japanese school excursions
Australia is the number one destination for Japanese school excursions and study tours, according to a report by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. In the 2007-08 Japanese financial year, 43,669 Japanese students visited Australia, of whom 34,802 arrived for school excursions and 8,867 came for language study tours. [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Hybrids Thrive in Japan
An interesting article about Australia and Japan.
“In Australia, I am pressured to be an Aussie. Even my family say I speak with a strange accent. There is pressure to conform to being an Australian. Here, you can take what you like from Japan, and they love you for being Japanese, but you can also retain [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Common Mistakes About Australia
When I was teaching in Japan, I found that some students had some ideas about Australia that weren’t right. Sometimes this was because they’d seen a news report about something unusual in Australia and assumed it was common.
Here are some things about Australia you might be surprised about.
Santa Claus doesn’t usually wear a bathing suit
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Sam the Koala goes on display in Melbourne
The koala that become a symbol of Victoria’s bushfire disaster will go on display at the Melbourne Museum from today.
A picture of Sam the koala drinking water from a firefighter’s bottle at Boolarra in Gippsland in the lead-up to Black Saturday became one of the most recognisable images from last year’s devastating fires.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/14/2792035.htm
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