I love the freedom of not having a car.
No monthly payments, no ruinous splodges of wonga on the garage card. No insurance, no tracking device, no monthly subscription for said tracking device.*
In South Africa, I drove a RunX, which, I reason...
Views: 321 | 10 Comments » | posted on Monday, May 19th, 2008 | Tags: driving, John Robbie, road safety, RunX, Talk Radio 702, traffic, Yfm
South Africans are so much better than Australians when it comes to swearing. Possibly not quantity -- Australians are said to be unusually prolix when it comes to coarse language -- but when it comes to quality, I believe that we klap them stukkend....
Views: 2197 | 34 Comments » | posted on Friday, May 16th, 2008 | Tags: Australia, South Africans, swearing, vocabulary
Sydney is a city of immigrants. In that respect, it reminds me of London, but with better weather and more attractive scenery.
Sometimes I wonder where all the Australians are, at least the ones actually born here. The bus from the airport is dri...
Views: 2136 | 35 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 | Tags: Australia, immigrants
I never thought I would say this.
In fact, there was a time when I regarded anyone who moved to Australia as a traitor, and quite possibly racist. The sort of person South Africa would be better off without, as Pallo Jordan might say. When JM Coe...
Views: 5777 | 108 Comments » | posted on Monday, May 12th, 2008 | Tags: ANC, australia, emigration, JM Coetzee, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
