Archive for July, 2007
Perth and Femantle, Useful links to find out “What’s On”
Date: July 4th, 2007 | No CommentsHi There! Heading to the West Coast and wondering what on earth there is to do there! Well here are a few helpful websites.
Outback Australia, The Birdsville Races
Date: July 3rd, 2007 | No CommentsAre you in Australia and looking for something unique and different to do? Right up there with the Lightning Ridge Great Goat Races and the Parkes Elvis Festival, The Birdsville Races are quintessentially Aussie. The Aussies looooove their horse racing. The glamour, the excitement, the money, the thunder of the hooves, and [read more]
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]
South Australia, Glenelg: the Manly of Adelaide
Date: July 3rd, 2007 | 1 commentA few months back I had a thoroughly enjoyable visit to South Australia. One of the places I stayed while on that trip was the lovely beachy little suburb of Glenelg. This is definately the “get away” location that isn’t really “away”. You can feel miles…or kiolmeters… away from home while still [read more]
Cuddle a Koala, Australian Wildlife Experience
Date: July 1st, 2007 | No CommentsCare to cuddle a koala? There are a couple of opportunites in the Sydney area and up around Brisbane. The Koala Park Sancutary in Pennet Hills is reachable by car, train and bus from Sydney. Horrifying to most, during the 1920’s , there was a growing export trade in Koala fur. [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]
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