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'Lots of wilderness down there! You know what I mean?' - Those were the words of our neighbor Darren when I told him about our vacation plans to the South. His concerned...

Australians are always on the move: they often move, travel a lot, and like to get around their city by car. Perth is a city that is a role model in terms of public...

I've been wanting to sing in a choir for ages and here in Perth I finally made it happen and reached out to a few choirs. It shouldn't be too far away, my singing...

Short explanation why Sofia and I flew alone to Sydney for 4 days: Rene and I wanted to encourage the children to speak English outside of school, so in the afternoons and...

We have heard a lot about Margaret River from the beginning, in almost every conversation with Australians the magical term "Margaret River" was mentioned. Beautiful,...

Our road trip to the North of Western Australia taught us several things:1. Australia is big, really big! Red earth and roads lined with dead kangaroos still take you to...

When I talk about our trips, it always sounds very nice and harmonious. But as most parents know from their own experience, such family outings are primarily about...

Perth is the Graz of Australia: in the tourist shadow of Sydney (Vienna) and Melbourne (Salzburg), but all the more livable and blessed with many small highlights. One...

Sculptures by the Sea - art meets beach, in this case Cottesloe Beach, one of the most famous beaches in Perth

Construction is underway here in Perth! New buildings, construction sites, highway expansions as far as the eye can see! The booming mining industry in Western Australia has...

What? To Australia? But there are the world's most poisonous animals! That's how some friends, relatives, and acquaintances reacted when they found out that we wanted to go...

In the 1st surfing lesson there were five of us, in the meantime Aurel has switched to bodyboarding When you grow up by the sea, you have a completely different understanding...

Take notice of the blue sky behind this luxury villa

So my mantra when I get in the car. Just a reminder. It is a huge mental effort to suddenly do something as automated as driving on the 'wrong' side: getting in on the wrong...

We had little luck with our car at first. We bought a Holden Captiva from a somewhat suspicious car dealer after just a few days of looking at cars. The elegant lady did not...

What I really like about Australia is this colorful cultural diversity among people. Personally, I would find it difficult to categorize the people here as 'real' and 'fake'...

When Rene kissed Australian ground at Perth airport on January 20 (he actually did), we had exactly 15 days until the first day of school for the children, because the Western...

Gestern hatte Aurels Klasse erstmals "Gardening" - und ich hab mich natürlich zum freiwilligen Helfen einteilen lassen, bin ja neugierig, wie das da so ist! Eine Dame,...

In the Primary School that Leon and Aurel attend, five core values ​​are particularly strongly conveyed to the children: respect, consideration, tolerance, responsibility, and...

Content It's really cool how positive people are here. And 'cool' is definitely the wrong word, you should say AWESOME or FANTASTIC or GREAT or AMAZING or LOVELY or OUTSTANDING!...

Content It's really cool when Rene goes surfing with Sofia before school or when I go for a run on the smooth, kilometer-long sandy beach right outside the door in the morning,...