It’s Twins Again!
Posted on August 7, 2009 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hey Oz! It’s hard to believe, but in a village in India, there are 230 sets of twins and 5 more is on the way. Walk around Kodinji village in New Kerala, India, and you’ll think that you have double vision: It is home to 230 sets of twins. And that number is set to […]
Read More..>>Avon descent 2009
Posted on July 31, 2009 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
this weekend is the Avon descent, a 134 kilometre white water race for power craft and paddlers. There is a record amount of entries this year. But i wont be going, instead i went last weekend and took photos of some of the paddlers tackling Bells rapids. I tested out my new Pentax 300mm da* […]
Read More..>>World’s Easiest Cities to Live In.
Posted on June 9, 2009 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz! I thought you’d be interested in the cities named for the easiest to live in! 1. Vancouver 2. Vienna 3. Melbourne 4. Toronto 5. Perth 6. Calgary 7. Helsinki 8. Geneva 9. Sydney and Zurich (Tied) Boz 🙂
Read More..>>What if the Beatles Were Irish
Posted on May 13, 2009 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Read More..>>Economy and the Bronx Zoo
Posted on April 25, 2009 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz Seems the economy is having and effect on the Bronx Zoo. They will have to let some animals go… $15 million in budget cuts means the Bronx Zoo’s Formosan deer, Arabian onyx, bats, porcupines and all the animals in the famed “World of Darkness” exhibit are going away. Sad for the people in […]
Read More..>>Perth Observation Wheel
Posted on January 2, 2009 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
g’day Boz here is something you may like to have a ride on when you visit. following in the footsteps of other cities that have built observation wheels, such as London (135metres), Singapore (165m), Melbourne (120m), we have decided to have our own “supersized giant Ferris wheel” on our Swan river foreshore. now, before you […]
Read More..>>Did You Eat Your Camel Today?
Posted on December 9, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hey Oz! I was so surprised to read that the Australian Government is recommending everyone eat Camel! Australians were urged Tuesday to eat camels to stop them wreaking environmental havoc, just months after being told to save the world from climate change by consuming kangaroos.A three-year study has found that Australia’s population of more than […]
Read More..>>World’s Worst Airports
Posted on October 27, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hey Oz! We finally met live and in person! Anyway, in light of your recent account to me about the last leg of your journey home, I thought I would pass on this about the world’s worst airports! Travellers wanting to avoid flight delays should head to Japan and South Korea and avoid Brazil, according […]
Read More..>>All Time Emmy Lows
Posted on September 22, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz I guess I was one of the people who made it the All Time Lowest Rated Emmy Awards show. I didn’t watch it. Not too long after the MTV Video awards where it spent the evening making fun of, and telling LIES about the Republican candidates, it was a given that political digs […]
Read More..>>Kings Park wildflower festival
Posted on September 18, 2008 - Filed Under Environmentalism, General, Humor, News, Personal, Technology | 1 Comment
g’day Boz last weekend i took a trip into Kings park to have a look at the wildflower festival (or should it be wild flower ?) I am certain you would love it, so i took a couple of photos for you to look at. I tried to show as many as possible. It was […]
Read More..>>The Sun Makes History
Posted on September 2, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
The sun actually made history this month. It had its first spotless month in over 100 years. The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted. The event is significant as many climatologists now believe solar magnetic activity – which […]
Read More..>>PicLens my site
Posted on August 12, 2008 - Filed Under General, News, Technology | 2 Comments
g’day Boz i see you had a look at PicLens isnt it a great way to look through heaps of images (or play with lol) i did try to make my gallery able to use PicLens too as i saw it had a way you could do it on their site but i think i […]
Read More..>>cultural (ex)changes
Posted on July 31, 2008 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
g’day Boz after our last conversation i thought i would blog it 🙂 i know i like to play with words, much to the angst of people that know me 🙂 what i didnt know is that other people that spoke foreign languages also liked to do the same thing (in their own tongue)(ok i […]
Read More..>>Boz, how about a 3000 kilometer trip for Boab tree
Posted on July 30, 2008 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
all the way to Kings Park, in Perth city, from the Warmun in the Kimberley region of Western Australia a gift from the Gidjar people to the Nyoongar people, the traditional owners of the Kings park area. The boab is 14 metres high, weighs 36 tonnes and is estimated to be 750 years old. I […]
Read More..>>Dark Chocolate Macadamias
Posted on July 27, 2008 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
Hey Oz! I was frustrated that in my special surprise “Winter package” I couldn’t get DARK chocolate macadamias for you! So, I thought, just to feel better, I would post this from my Shopping site! Mmmmmmmmmm Hersheys Special Dark Chocolate Covered Macadamias – 4.2 Oz, 12 ea
Read More..>>Gas Your BMW?
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment
Oz! Have you heard this one!? No, I don’t mean PUT gas (what you call petrol) in your car. I mean GAS it! In Germany; a liter of regular gasoline now costs about $9.40 per gallon. A German man doused his BMW with gasoline and torched it on Friday in protest at skyrocketing fuel costs, […]
Read More..>>New American Idol!
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz I know you know that I’ve been following this year’s American Idol! Here is our winner!
Read More..>>No Use Crying Over…Spilt Oreo Cookies?
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz! Do you have Oreo Cookies in Australia? They are good and yummy and especially good with milk. A truck spilled 14 tons of them! Have a look HERE
Read More..>>Raspberry Ants
Posted on May 15, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz! I thought you’d be interested to know about the flea-sized ants that has invaded Texas. Apparently, they feed on electronics. Computers, burglar alarm systems, gas and electricity meters, iPods, telephone exchanges – all are considered food. Recently they ruined pumps at a sewage facility. Now they are making their way to Nasa’s Johnson […]
Read More..>>Did I Tell You?
Posted on April 30, 2008 - Filed Under News | Leave a Comment
Hi Oz! I know I’ve told you about Maryland’s tornadoes, droughts, wicked thunderstorms, hurricanes, blizzards, floods, rains, and even our pestilance [the 17 year cicadas], but apparently we have another event I have missed. It seems in Pikesville, in Baltimore County at night, the people there are hearing loud booms followed by flashes of light. […]
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