Bird Attacking Car at Mount Franklin Campsite, Victoria
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in Essential Australia, Linda's Travels, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia, Victoria, Video, Wildlife, YouTube | No Comments »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 ...
Driving from Alice Spring’s to King’s Canyon via the Henbury meteorite crater
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Essential Australia, Linda's Travels, Northern Territory, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia, Video, YouTube | No Comments »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 ...
Hail to Heath Ledger
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Current Affairs, Essential Australia, YouTube, western australia | No Comments »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 ...
Long Awaited Pictures of the Australian General Election
Thursday, December 20th, 2007 Posted in Essential Australia, General, Linda's Travels, Offbeat News, Photos, Politics, Victoria | 1 Comment »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 ...
The Australian General Election
Sunday, November 25th, 2007 Posted in Current Affairs, Essential Australia, General, Linda's Travels, News, Politics, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | 1 Comment »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 ...
Great Ocean Road Mach II
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 Posted in Essential Australia, General, Linda's Travels, South Australia, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia, Victoria, Video, Wildlife, YouTube | No Comments »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. ...
The internet deserves a special place in media suppression laws
Friday, November 9th, 2007 Posted in AFL, Blogging, Current Affairs, Essential Australia, General, Horse Racing, News, Victoria | 2 Comments »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. ...
A Comment on Nuclear Weapons -Proliferation, Deterrence and Export of Technologies
Thursday, November 8th, 2007 Posted in Africa, China, Current Affairs, Essential Australia, General, Middle East, News, Politics | No Comments »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 ...
Adelaide -City of Churches
Sunday, October 28th, 2007 Posted in Essential Australia, General, Linda's Travels, Photos, Pictures, South Australia, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia | No Comments »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, ...
“Reclaim the Night” -Women March Against Violence in Adelaide
Saturday, October 27th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, Current Affairs, Essential Australia, General, Linda's Travels, News, Offbeat News, Photos, Pictures, Politics, South Australia, Traveling Australia, Travelling Australia, Uncategorized, Video, Women, YouTube | 2 Comments »A World's Greatest Blog Exclusive 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 ...