Bird Attacking Car at Mount Franklin Campsite, Victoria
We considered sending this in to You’ve Been Framed, but decided to put it on the blog instead -and a year later we managed it.
I think this bird saw itself in the windows and mirror of our car and first tried to woo itself
Driving from Alice Spring’s to King’s Canyon via the Henbury meteorite crater
Driving to King’s Canyon from Alice Springs can be done on sealed roads or else on un-sealed roads along the Ernest Giles Road via the Henbury Meteorite Conservation Park. In 2007, we decided on the latter and went off to see the spot where NASA had tested their martian landing gear. Here’s the
Hail to Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger was reported to have died yesterday by times-online. I have to say that I was actually quite sad though I am not normally moved by the lives of celebrities. Apparently his family are denying drug abuse, but details aside, Heath was a brilliant Aussie actor with some fantastic domestic credentials as well [...]
Long Awaited Pictures of the Australian General Election
Slavo casts his first vote as an Aussie! Larrikin Aussies jape around the posters of Kevin ‘07! Queueing to vote like you would never see in Britain!
These photos were taken on election day in December 2007 at the Timbarra Primary School Polling Station.
Notice how big the queue to vote is. This is the effect of [...]
The Australian General Election
On our last day in Australia we accompanied some friends to the polling station. One of the group was casting his first vote as an Australian citizen and so it was an auspicious day for him. It was quite amazing as a British voter, to see the long line of Aussies waiting to cast their [...]
Great Ocean Road Mach II
We finally completed our circuit of Eastern Australia by driving from Adelaide to Melbourne last week. We passed the turn-off where we had peeled right to the Grampians over ten months ago and felt satisfied at having come full circle. Although we had to miss out Darwin and Western Australia, we are confident that we [...]
The internet deserves a special place in media suppression laws
An article entitled “Law has been left behind by new media” appeared the “The Australian” newspaper today and complains that jurors have access to internet fora when the rest of the media are banned for fear of prejudicing a trial. I’d just like to take up the authors, Peter Faris and Greg Barns, on [...]
A Comment on Nuclear Weapons -Proliferation, Deterrence and Export of Technologies
In preparation for an article on Autralian uranium exports, I spoke to a friend about the nuclear issue. Here is an edited and paraphrased version of a lively discussion.
My friend proposed an argument put to him by a colleague, namely that the idea of a British nuclear deterrent is now defunct because we, as “deterrers” [...]
Adelaide -City of Churches
Here are a few good places to visit in Adelaide -city of Churches; the Adelaide markets, Rundle Mall and King William Street. As South Australia is the festival state, you can expect to stumble upon a march, a celebration or, at the very least, some very enterprising buskers!
The Adelaide markets are great to visit. Local [...]
“Reclaim the Night” -Women March Against Violence in Adelaide
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On Friday 26th October 2007, Around six hundred women walked up King William Street in Adelaide, Australia, to campaign for safety. “Reclaim the Night” is the slogan for a movement aiming to bring about a world in which women can move about freely during the night-time without fear of violence.
Banging drums [...]
