Santa wears short in Australia – Christmas in Australia

I recently was Face booked a picture of Santa giving presents in shorts. Very funny and very Australian. “Santa wears shorts”  and “Six white Boomers” songs are very popular with our kids. Also very popular is spotting some reindeer that turn up only at Christmas time down the road from …

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Aunty Dot has done the genealogy???

Aunty Dot, she has worked tirelessly on the family genealogy for years and no-one gives her any credit. She tries to talk to the family about her discoveries and wonderful stories she has found but doesn’t get very far. She thinks to herself  “If only she had someone like Jack the …

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Use History to pick your Melbourne Cup Winner

Tips for Melbourne Cup Barrier 11 is the luckiest barrier and barrier 18 is the unluckiest, no-one has ever won from barrier 18. On average the favourite wins the Melbourne cup every five years. (This means that in the hundred and fifty three years of the race running there have …

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