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EVS Electric Vehicles Are Tops “Down Under”
We Make Hybrids | August 13th 2008 by Liz
No country of the world is untouched by the rise in energy costs and the tipping of the balance of reserves. While US drivers gasp and struggle with gasoline prices hovering around $4.00 per gallon, british and Australian cousins have been coping wi read more
AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Melissa Wu
DISGRASIAN | August 4th 2008
Name: Melissa WuAge: 16Hails from: AustraliaOccupation: Olympic diverKnown for: Her work on the 10M platform (solo and synchronized), being the youngest and smallest diver (at 4'6" and 81 lbs.) to ever represent Australia, winning the silver at the 2 read more
Drought Threatens Water Supply For One Million Australians
Bible Prophecy In The News | July 21st 2008 by OneBlogAtATime
Up to a million people in Australia could face a shortage of drinking water if the country’s worst drought in over a century continues, a report on the state of the nation’s largest river system revealed Sunday. The report said the situat read more
Growing Up Vs Growing Old
Aussie Bloggers | July 15th 2008 by Meg
Post from: Aussie Bloggers Growing Up Vs Growing Old In a park, by a river, there was a party. A birthday party. With balloons, and cake, and presents. All for a girl. Another year older. A special one. One with a zero at the end. But she didn’t fe read more
The All Australian River,
writing | July 2nd 2008 by Barb Haynes
why can't the Politician say "Open the gates let the Water flow" for all to use. Monitor the use of the water, stipulate what can be farmed and No More over farming! Many families rely on the River to survive, us city dwellers do but the people in read more
Australians hit up for almost $1 billion
Spamzy Blog | July 2nd 2008 by ByronZED
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ first survey of personal fraud says Australians lost almost $1 billion to fraud and scams last year. More than 800,000, “fell victim in some way to at least one instance of fraud, representing 5 per ce read more
A Proposition - Tarnation
I Like Being Tragic | June 28th 2008 by Pete
While watching IFC’s - Fabulous, A History Of Queer Cinema I was reminded of this: Tarnation Tarnation is a 2003 documentary film by Jonathan Caouette. The 88-minute long film was created by Caouette over 20 years from hundreds of hours of old read more
London, Day 3 -- Harrod's, Hyde Park, and Our Rob
Expatriate Games | June 24th 2008 by G
Before I start on Day 3, I have to briefly wrap up Day 2 for you. We did the tourist game during the afternoon, but that night (Monday night), we met up with a real Englishman and did some real English things. The Englishman was Rob, or "Our Rob" a read more
London, Day 1 -- The Astor Victoria
Expatriate Games | June 22nd 2008 by G
Some people collect snow globes, some stamps, and some shot glasses. My grandmother collects those little engraved spoons. I don’t know why.I collect places.I collect significant places – places I call “home,” even if only for a short while read more
Australia has Officially Become the Fattest Nation in the World!
Waging a War on Anti-Americanism | June 20th 2008 by Karen
America can’t always be number one. Australia has just officially kicked some Yank ass on this one. AUSTRALIA has become the fattest nation in the world, with more than 9 million adults now rated as obese or overweight, according to an alarm read more
Are we really so laid back?
Aussie Bloggers | June 3rd 2008 by Meg
Post from: Aussie Bloggers Are we really so laid back? Australia is, from everything I hear and read, one of the most laid back countries in the world. This impression comes from past experience too. However, I find today there is a sad lack of many read more
Patrick White
Gay For Today | May 27th 2008
Patrick White born 28 May 1912 (d. 1990)Patrick Victor Martindale White was an Australian author widely regarded as one of the major English-language novelists of the 20th century. From 1935 until his death, he published 12 novels, two short story co read more
Darren Hayes
Gay For Today | May 7th 2008
Darren Hayes born 8 May 1972Darren Hayes is an Australian singer-songwriter.Hayes was born in Brisbane, Australia, the youngest of three children. He started performing for his mother at home from an early age. At Mabel Park High School, Hayes appear read more
Opening Rain
Aussie Bloggers | May 4th 2008 by Meg
Post from: Aussie Bloggers Opening Rain The sweetest sound on a farmer’s roof is that of an opening rain. Around here, May is the best time of the year for sowing our crop and farmers tend to be on the lookout for rain anytime from mid-Apr read more
What’s a BarCamp, and what is it good for?
Aussie Bloggers | April 29th 2008 by Meg
Post from: Aussie Bloggers What’s a BarCamp, and what is it good for? On May 10, Perth is hosting it’s second BarCamp, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to introduce people to the concept. So what is a BarCamp? A lot of people read more
Fat America
Waging a War on Anti-Americanism | April 18th 2008 by Karen
In yet another futile attempt to humble imperialistic America off of her self-absorbed, “high and mighty” throne, Canadians and Europeans (both equally guilty on this one) remind us about the obesity epidemic in America on a daily basis&# read more
Clarification on Mortgage Loans for Foreign Nationals Purchasing…
Arizona Mortgage Guru | March 12th 2008 by Shailesh Ghimire
I’ve talked to a lot of Canadians recently who are seeking to purchase real estate in the Arizona market. I do want to clarify that the program which they qualify under is officially called the foreign nationals program and is not restricted t read more
Australian Negative Credit Reports Unique and Changing? Privacy C…
Credit, Debt, Life and Steve | February 18th 2008 by Steve Rhode
It is generally assumed in Australia that banks and lenders have access to a person’s full credit history however this is not the case. Australia is currently one of four countries in the developed world (the others being New Zealand, France and I read more
How to Date American Guys: A User's Guide
Expatriate Games | February 16th 2008 by G
The footloose Citizen of the World faces many confounding conundrums when circumnavigating the globe and delving into other cultures. Among the most famous are the language barriers, the variances in decorum, and of course, the gender politics.Of th read more
World Golf Rankings - Week 4 2008 (27th January)
The Ultimate Golf Blog | January 28th 2008 by Tom Banks
I thought I would take to posting the world golf rankings every now and then because a few people might be interested like me. I was amazed at just how many Aussies are in the top 50 at the moment. English golf also seems very healthy!Rank Player read more
Australians Set Back the War on Terror
THE CONSERVATIVE POST | November 25th 2007 by Scott Miller
- Scott Miller Strange times we live in… capitalist-leaning countries like Australia are voting in socialist-leaning regimes, and socialist countries like France are voting in capitalist regimes. If you missed it due to the holiday festivities read more
Traveling with foot-in-mouth disease
Traveling Stories Magazine | November 7th 2007 by Michael
I was in Cambodia touring the temples of Angkor. My guide Ree, was staring at me with a look of utter horror on his face. I was smiling broadly before I realized I had made one of life’s awful tourist gaffes. Share This Article read more
Australians set beachside bikini record
World Amazing Information | October 1st 2007
More than 1,000 Australian women donned free bikinis on Sydney's Bondi Beach on Wednesday for a group photograph to win a spot in the Guinness World Book of Records. "This was certainly one of the more spectacular world records that I've been invited read more
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