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The coldest summer in 50 years

The coldest summer in 50 years

on 18Dec2011 in thoughts | 0 comments

Sydney has the coldest summer in more than 50 years.  The temperature has been around lower 20°C during the day and at night around 15°C-16°C for more than two weeks. This is 3°C below average the normal temperature of December. The big chill is making us feel like living in winter days in the Northern Hemisphere. We could even imagine snow may fall pretty soon. Of...

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Where is the great place to live on earth?

Where is the great place to live on earth?

on 3Nov2011 in thoughts | 0 comments

Do you believe there is no great place to live on earth? Read this article,  and further on this original statistics list, you will find there are really some good places for you to choose to live out of 187 countries and places  (but don’t think it is easy to migrate). But you also discover some worst places  on this planet and I can’t believe almost...

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The world’s most livable city

The world’s most livable city

on 31Aug2011 in thoughts, travel | 0 comments

Melbourne was ranked the first in the most livable city and my city Sydney the sixth as reported by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Survey. Equally surprising is that two other Australian cities Perth and Adelaide (both ranked eighth) are also in the top ten on the list of 140 cities.  So is Australia the most livable country? According to the...

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Every rock tells a story

Every rock tells a story

on 16Jul2011 in thoughts, travel | 0 comments

Jenolan Caves are located about 60km drive south of Katoomba.  Katoomba is one of the beautiful towns in Blue Mountains in the west of the city of Sydney and a place you can take a break. But we could not believe it took almost 45 minutes meandering through the winding roads on an average speed of 40kph. The entrance of Jenolan Caves is gorgeous.  There are 11 show...

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on 14Jul2011 in thoughts | 0 comments

Alfred, my nephew and his mother came again visiting us in this freezing cold winter. They arrived early this morning and then we went out midday to bathe ourselves in this bright sunlight although the wind was chilly and dry. Just when I was about to shoot a picture of this jogger coming towards me, Alfred waved his hand and blocked my view.  (The composition of...

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