An American visitor to the Australian Outback has experienced the ride of his life and lived to tell of it. Chad Vance, aged 19, of Alaska, was about to miss the Ghan, their trans-continental train, and clung onto...
"Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor), photo was taken in Sydney Park, St Peter, NSW, about 10km from Sydney CBD. Crimson Chat is usually found in outback Australia, rarely seen in Sydney. Thanks to TunPin, who reported the sighting. This is acturely the first time, I have gone...
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"WINDS of up to 120km/h hit outback NSW yesterday as massive dust storms gave way to heavy rain, causing widespread damage.The storms swept across the west for more five hours, cutting a path of destruction,...
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The article below discusses a sort of turnstile access for watering holes in the Australian bush. Using facial-recognition software, the system would grant entry to a rancher's cows, but deny access to any other...
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Even if it has taken far too long to happen, it is a landmark and historic moment for Australia's government to finally offer a public apology to aboriginal victims of the 'Stolen Generations'."Australia's...
I can't believe I'm just hearing about this now- what a surreal event. All of those Elvises (Elvii?) in the middle of the desert."WHEN the late Elvis sang Everybody Come Aboard, little did he know his fans would...
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The NCAA Divsion 1 college football buffet line was full of candy and nuts on New Year's Day. Below is a run-down of how the first four games turned out, according to Bob McCarty Writes™:The Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Wisconsin Badgers, 21-17, in the Outback...
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I must be honest and admit that the college football bowl games that matter begin tomorrow morning. That in mind, I offer my predictions below for the eight major bowl games* being played during the next seven days:"JANUARY 1""OUTBACK BOWL, Tampa, 11 a.m. ET, ESPN""Wisconsin...
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Year end, when news room are quiet and offices closed, is the time of lists. I thought I'd start with this one - the worst food in America. "The Worst Food in America
Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with...
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Volunteer Ministers Goodwill Tours travel to remote areas to bring one-on-one help and training, based on the Scientology Handbook, by L. Ron Hubbard, to remote locations. But if they expected the Australian...
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"WHAT Australia's outback deserts lack in water they make up for in uranium. They contain almost 40% of the world's known low-cost reserves of the nuclear fuel. It is big business for Australia: exploration...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSteve Irwin, famed Animal Environmentalist and "Crocodile pisser offer" killed in a stingray attack last year is having a 333,385 acre Wildlife preserve named in his...
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Is a little bun in the oven for Nicole Kidman? Britain's News of the World tabloid reported earlier this week that the mega celebrity was back in Australia to rest becasue of her pregnancy, but Kidman's...
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