Australia has had a spate of shark attacks this summer, prompting new calls for shark-enclosures and warnings about aggravating the beasts. Queensland is taking a look at their 44-year-old Shark Safety Program after a 21-year-old woman was mauled off Amity Beach. See also Diver attacked by shark at Perth beach.
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Andrew Stevenson writes a good commetary piece reiterating the question - if Michelle and Schapelle (recently caught in Bali with drugs) were male, would anyone care what happened to them? Tasty morsels on the catwalk of modern life
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More bad news for the western military - like their counterparts, Aus suffers from a shortage of enlistees. One reason? Many of them are obese or drug users and cannot pass entrance exams. From Youths too stoned, too fat to join forces
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A great white shark named after Aussie actress Nicole Kidman has shocked scientists by proving that girls can swim far and fast too - approximately 20,000 kilometers in the past year. They believe she is searching for a mate in Oz, where they are plentiful (just like backpackers…) Nicole the shark makes a record ocean journey
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As some of you may or may not know, prostitution is legal in much of Australia. An interested article entitled: Ten Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution maintains that sex trafficking, enslavement of Asian ‘working girls’ and other unsavory things have resulted from the legalization of the world’s oldest profession, using the state of Victoria as an example. An interesting read for those who are interested. Just a note - at least in Sydney (although I am sure about else where), on street solicitation is ILLEGAL, although officers look the other way in King’s Cross. Only …
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Frank Devine offers a refreshing commentary to the ‘emperor’s new clothes’ phenomenon surrounding Wolf Creek. Take out the blood, Devine says, and there’s not much there. Why nothing’s so gruesome as a state-funded movie
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These vans are like, totally Wicked. No, really. That’s what they’re called: Wicked Campers. These brightly colored - and slightly risky - vans are geared for the under 30 market, although they draw a fair share of retirees as well. The company started near Brisbane, and now boasts nearly 300 vehicles in all Aussie capital cities, Cairns and Alice Springs. Heading to NZ? You can also pick up one of 100 vans in Auckland or Christchurch. From Campervans like you’ve never seen them before
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It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter since they can lie, cheat, steal, and litigate (marks of a civilized culture, they say) whereas all the aboriginals can do is happily survive being left in the middle of a vast red-hot desert, equipped with a stick.
Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on Extended Holliday and became Australians. The changes are subtle, but deep, caused by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside …
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Another trail in the news blows my mind: A Western Australian man accused of sexual acts with a child has been deemed too fat to attend trial in Brisbane, Queensland. The charges stem from an incident 20 plus years ago…I’m assuming he wasn’t quite as fat then. Do not worry, however, justice hasn’t been thwarted: a small legislative contingent will travel to WA to try the man. Good grief. Prison should thin him out a bit.
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