I can’t find the original source, but this is reportedly how Douglas Adams, the author of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, viewed Australia and Australians: “Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognizable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what…
Funny
ACT Border closed to the Grinch
In September 2019, Australia started to burn. Where I live we had 4 months of hot, windy, smoke-filled skies with fire warnings keeping us attached to our phones. Then we had a serious hail storm (take the more than 20,000 cars written off as an indicator). Then covid19. It’s been a year to forget. To…
A rose by any other name…
Recently a village in Austria succeeded in changing its name. As of Jan 1st, the town of F***ing will be called Fugging. It was pronounced Fooking, but of course, foreigners took great delight in using the alternative pronunciation and swiping the town signs. I thought it might be fun to list some of the places…
The Tibetan Sand Fox stare
Have you heard of the Tibetan Sand fox? As the name suggests you find them in Tibet, but also Nepal. Like all foxes it feasts on small mammals (rodents) and lizards. It’s common and ranges the grass plains and are considered of least concern. But it isn’t so much the life of the fox I…
Panda pups
Because in 2020 everyone needs a moment to forget what’s really going on. (I removed sound from the video because it had annoying music that totally ruins the clip) Keep smiling and have a lovely day