Well, a few days ago I had a little rant about Daylight Savings Time in SE Queensland and how I couldn’t believe that some people in the Outback thought that the cows would get confused if we changed the clocks for some parts of the year.
Well, I was wrong. The Gold Coast Bulletin’s online editor […]

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Koalas are part and parcel of the Aussie bush. They’re not that bad,stoned probably,but it really is the dropbears (affectionally known as droppies to the natives) you’ve got to worry about …
More about droppies for those who don’t know about them:

http://www.purple.dropbear.id.au/curios/dropbear.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3695/db.htm
http://www.cfr.com.au/dropbears/

There are many other sites about dropbears, most of which disclaim the […]

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Finally, for those of you working in the Sunshine State, can also spend Monday’s Labor Day holiday marvelling at the potential life-changing discovery at the University of Queensland.
The propellerheads there have found a way of charging a battery cell using the waste water from the beer brewing process, with the waste being renewable CO2 and […]

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