Some think its only a Koala, but I think this guy is actually a close relative of the Koala – you know from the line of Koalas and Dropbears that interbred … can’t remember the latin name but it was something like dropbearuskoalainfestcityus. Other species of Dropbear have also been sighted recently, but not so far into the CBD.

Scientists thought that this particular species of dropbear had been killed out after they concreted over the CBD. Just seen in the Courier-Mail that there is now concern because these dropbears only came out between dusk and dawn, its very rare to see one in attack mode during daylight hours.

Brisbane City Council have warned everyone in the CBD today to wear dropbear repellent, or if you can’t get hold of it (there’s a run of repellent at the chemists apparently), smear some Vegemite on your nose. They hate the taste of it, hence why they don’t attack Australians unless desperate (they can sense it coming through our heads).

Security is not just about information security, or network security. Its also about people – a lot of information about an organisation is held within the minds of its employees and contractors. How would your organisation survive with the loss of key personnel due to a natural disaster or incident such as a dropbear attack? Today’s incident has highlighted the need for Queensland-based organisations to include the likelihood of this in their business continuity planning strategies.

Well, I was wrong. The Gold Coast Bulletin’s online editor pointed me in the direction of the report, so I could check it out. You can download the 273-page (erm … I should mention its actually 273-slides) report that the jurno referred to. Search for the word confuse and we actually do get 3 hits:

• p80: Not suited to farming sector (e.g. milking cows; confuses livestock)
• p199: Does not suit farmers/rural sector (confuses animals/ milking times)
• p201: Does not suit farmers/rural sector (confuses animals/ milking times) (5% compared to nil).

And in each of those tables, if you do the maths, you can see that its more than just one or two respondents who actually believe the cows would get confused if the clocks went back or forward an hour.

Not really sure what to say … so I’ll just say that I am currently ROTFLMAO*!!!

*  and I do wish that someone would tell these Americans

   how to spell the word arse properly.

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 fact that they exist at all. Let’s be honest about this. Dropbears do exist, but given the Australian Government is concerned for the welfare of our strong tourism industry, they try many forms of discrediting the fact that exist, such as the rubbish on here (the disclaimer), editing Wikipedia, and so on. Indeed, the most accurate description I have found is here.

I have a dropbear near where I live in southern QLD, she’s a juvenile (would say about 3 or 4 years old) and she’s started to attack dingos and small animals. It won’t be long before she starts to attack foreigners, in particular Mexicans (by which I mean those Australians from South of the Border – Victorians, Canberrains and New South Welshman), Kiwis, Poms and, for some strange reason, people from Tierra del Fuego.

Contrary to popular belief, they’re not so keen on Americans, maybe there’s too much fat in there and not enough meat. Also, the Irish are safe due to their high Iron and Alcohol content. To remain safe, all you need to do is smear Vegemite onto your nose, as they can’t stand the taste of that stuff either.

BTW – the “dropbear” in the Bundaberg Rum advert is not a real dropbear, but is different Aussie Icon, the Bundy Bear. I guess they were too scared to get a real one

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 pure water.

This is, IMHO, pure genius; as here in Queensland we are suffering from a severe water shortage as well as a potential energy crisis, as the water supplied to power stations is being substantially reduced. To put this in perspective, the local newspaper has also highlighted what ordinary QLDers are doing to save water: