Sam the Koala goes on display in Melbourne
The koala that become a symbol of Victoria’s bushfire disaster will go on display at the Melbourne Museum from today. A picture of Sam the koala drinking water from a firefighter’s bottle at Boolarra in Gippsland in the lead-up to Black Saturday became one of the most recognisable images from last year’s devastating fires. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/14/2792035.htm [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia, News Articles | Permalink | No Comments »Moldova
I ate pizza in a country that doesn’t exist. After Ukraine I visited Moldova. There’s not a lot to see inside the main part of Moldova, but there is Transnistria. Transnistria is a self-proclaimed independent republic. There was a civil war in Moldova in 1992 and more than 500 people were killed. Transnistria has its [...]
Posted by Aidan under News - Australia, News Articles | Permalink | No Comments »Hot Days & Thirsty Koalas
Last week it was really hot in the south of Australia. One day in Melbourne it was 44 degrees. South Australia was really hot too. Someone took a video of a thirsty koala having a drink. http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/01/11/2789617.htm Related Articles: The Japanese tourist who joined Pakistani mountain tribe Chinese Fast Trains Spelling Bees Studying at Disney [...]
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I only stayed a couple of days in Belarus and then took a night train to Kiev in Ukraine. (Where are all these countries? Here’s a map) Kiev has a lot of nice churches, but I found it a difficult city to navigate and not a particularly friendly city. Ukraine and Belarus bore the brunt [...]
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How menus are designed to encourage you to buy the restaurant’s most profitable dishes. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/dining/23menus.html?pagewanted=all Related Articles: The Japanese tourist who joined Pakistani mountain tribe Chinese Fast Trains Spelling Bees Studying at Disney World Nightingale Floors Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking list.
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