Renovate Australia

As I wrote in my previous article, Black Cart Garbage Collecting Starting Soon in Calgary, Calgary is finally moving to a more effective method of garbage collecting with the introduction of the black cart garbage collecting. I’m wondering if this is going to change the behaviour of Calgarians when it comes to putting out their [...]

Given that they have been using this service in Australia for decades I’m surprised it took so long to catch on here in Calgary. From our experience in Australia it’s a muchbetter way to collect garbage since it’s faster, more efficient and cleaner. In Australia there was no provision made for extra garbage bags. To [...]

After about four different inspection and a few visits to the Townsville City Council offices we have received final approval on our house renovations! We mad a lot of changes to our plans since the beginning that called for amended plans. The first time I amended our plans and changed the lower level from block [...]

Last year the Queensland State Government floated the idea of selling off the Townsville Showground to make way for more development near the centre of Townsville. This week though the government announced that they will not be selling the Townsville Showgrounds for redevelopment. As a resident of West End, Townsville I had mixed feelings about [...]