Archive for July, 2006
Glut makes Australian wine cheaper than water
Date: July 21st, 2006 | 2 comments Yet another reason to go back to Oz! Cheap wine!
Australian wine is being sold off cheaper than water, as a glut of grapes pushes the cost of a bottle to below two dollars.
Bumper harvests for three straight years have led to a massive oversupply, with up to a billion litres of unsold wine in [read more]
When killer kangaroos roamed the earth
Date: July 13th, 2006 | 1 comment Scientists have recently discovered remains of a fanged kangaroo. Only in Australia would a scientist label an animal a “demon duck of doom” instead of ‘carnivore’.
Forget cute, cuddly marsupials. Paleontologists say they have found the fossilized remains of a fanged killer kangaroo and what they describe as a “demon duck of doom.”
A University of [read more]
ID system for Aussies
Date: July 27th, 2005 | 2 commentsIn 1987, people still cared about Big Brother. But now, in the time of terrorism, it’s open season and big wigs are once again calling for an ID system for Australians. Of course, the funny thing about big brother is that people don’t think big brother is ever going to look at t [read more]
World’s Best City: Sydney
Date: July 25th, 2005 | No Comments It’s the rock star of the world for the eighth time: Sydney claimed top honors in American mag Travel and Leisure’s poll of best places in the world. Bali remained the number one island. Perth was named the number two city in the region.
CNN.com article
Yahoo article
A [read more]
Cornelia Rau Story, Part 2
Date: July 21st, 2005 | No CommentsA follow-up investigation of the Cornelia Rau incident, where a mentally ill Australian woman was held in detention centers for 10 months while German and Australian governments determined her fate, reveled a lot of ‘no duh’ verdicts such as ‘we screwed up’. Yes, this is the same government that deported an Australian woman to [read more]
Young man survives ravine plunge
Date: July 20th, 2006 | 1 commentMake sure you lick through to read this article - the last line about where he beer was is priceless.
An Australian man is recovering from a close brush with death after surviving a fall of nearly 30 metres into a ravine in East Vancouver on Tuesday.
The man, who had been drinking, climbed up onto a [read more]
Detention Stories, Continued
Date: July 28th, 2005 | 1 comment After almost seven years on detention,
Qasim learns how to tackle life again as someone with a ‘pending removal visa’. As soon as Kashmir is deemed safe (out of curiosity - who determines that sort of thing? Is the US safe? Is London safe? What are degrees of security?) he must [read more]
Australia to defy US in UN
Date: July 26th, 2005 | 2 commentsAustralia gets a backbone! SWEEEET. Reps from the country say that despite what big ol US wants, the Aussies are going to vote in favor of expanding the UN security council from 15 to 25 members. I’m thinking this must be one of those “we don’t want everyone to know, just our [read more]
John Marsden Interview
Date: July 22nd, 2005 | No CommentsLawyer celeb John Marsden recently granted an interview. The Australian version of a recently passed Johnnie Cochran, Marsden’s most famous trial is that of serial killer Ivan Milat. He managed to free the rapist in the 1970s, who went on to rape, torture and kill several women from 1989-1992. Marsden’s second most-famous [read more]
Cancelled Air NZ Flights
Date: July 20th, 2005 | No CommentsAir New Zealand is going to have a lot of dissapointed passangers after forty eight outgoing and 37 incoming flights from Australia, Asia and the Pacific region, have been cancelled due to strikes. The cause of the problem? Money, [read more]
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