Month: May 2008

Last month I made the drive up Australia’s very own Great Alpine Road in Victoria’s northeast: The Great Alpine Road travels for 308 kilometers over the heart of

For a land known for its lack of trees, Australia actually has an incredible variety of fascinating trees that come in all shapes and sizes.  However, there is

If you have ever been to Alice Springs, this story will not surprise you in the least: A DRIVER has “shocked and appalled” police after he stared them

Here is an update on the recent visitor we had in our backyard.  The kangaroo comes by our house now about once a week to graze in our

Narrative From the beautiful seaside town of Apollo Bay the Great Ocean Road actually goes away from the ocean for the first time and begins its landlocked traverse

It seems like politicians in Australia have no problem speaking their minds in regards to what they think about other states: A NSW Government minister has declared Adelaide

A great idea for those looking for a short diversion off the Great Ocean Road while visiting the Apollo Bay area of Victoria is to take a drive

The duck billed platypus is one of Australia’s most fascinating animals and now scientists have determined how the platypus evolved: Arguably the oddest beast in Nature’s menagerie, the

Now this video is pretty amazing: I don’t know what would make someone want to do this, but amazing none the less.  It makes you wonder what the

The volcano that erupted in Chaiten, Chile has provided some truly spectacular pictures of nature in action: TWO spectacular forces of nature seemed to be meeting in the