Sunday, June 7, 2009
Beautiful QVB
Beautiful QVB shopping mall in Sydney CBD brings two of my passions together: architecture and retail.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Goldilocks the Koala
(Source: Independent)
The koala who thought he was Goldilocks
Wednesday, 3 June
AP
The koala might have been searching for food according to wildlife ranger, Cliff Harman
ENLARGEA koala wandered into a Queensland holiday apartment and tried out several beds in a role reversal of the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", before curling up on its chosen one and having a snooze.
The three young women, who had rented the apartment on Magnetic Island, were unable to persuade it to move. They had first noticed the koala in a tree outside after checking in last Friday for a weekend break. They took several photographs, after which it descended on to their verandah and then joined them inside.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Biggles Takes A Dive
Friday, May 29, 2009
Cheeky Kiwi parrot steals Scottish tourist's passport
One tourist who now knows what a Kea is ......
Polly wants a passport - and isn't above stealing one.
A brazen parrot, which spotted a Scottish man's passport in a coloured bag in the luggage compartment under a tour bus, nabbed the document and made off into dense bush with it, the Southland Times newspaper reported on Friday.
The bird - a parrot of the Kea variety - made its move while the bus had stopped along the highway to Milford Sound in the South Island, and the driver was looking through the compartment. Milford Sound, which runs inland from the Tasman Sea and is surrounded by sheer rock face, is part of Fiordland National Park, a world heritage site and major travel destination.
A brazen parrot, which spotted a Scottish man's passport in a coloured bag in the luggage compartment under a tour bus, nabbed the document and made off into dense bush with it, the Southland Times newspaper reported on Friday.
The bird - a parrot of the Kea variety - made its move while the bus had stopped along the highway to Milford Sound in the South Island, and the driver was looking through the compartment. Milford Sound, which runs inland from the Tasman Sea and is surrounded by sheer rock face, is part of Fiordland National Park, a world heritage site and major travel destination.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Poisonous Komodo Dragons
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25504321-2702,00.html 
THE huge carnivorous komodo dragon isn't just the largest living lizard, it also packs the biggest poisonous punch of any creature.
New research shows that the komodo dragon packs the biggest poisonous punch of any creature. Picture: Chris Kegelman
What's more, new research shows that the mega-meat eater probably inherited its "biggest" and "most venomous" mantle from its extinct Australian ancestor, the 7m-long dragon, megalania.
Adult male komodo dragons weigh in at about 100kg and exceed 3m in length. A typical meal weighs 30-40kg. Deer are common prey. While humans seldom fall victim to komodo dragons, earlier this year a dragon stalked a poacher for several days and then, with a companion, waited for the man, and caught, killed and ate him.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
iPhone - the New Babysitter ?
Spotted in a cafe in Cammeray. She was pretty adept at it - but some parents seem to have more money than sense ?
Sunday, May 10, 2009
MOTHER'S DAY AT WOOLLOOMOOLOO
We had a fabulous lunch at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel, opp. the wharf. James and Katie have just announced their engagement, hence the shiny new ring - wonderful news.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Happy Birthday Buddha
Robyn taking out insurance for us by making a wish or two at the Buddha festival in Brisbane.
The Treasury, Brisbane
Great lighting, taken on a beautiful mild evening. The old Treasury building is now a casino and hotel.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Eumundi Market Colour
Travelling up to the Sunshine Coast (Queensland) we caught the Wednesday market day at
Eumundi.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Biggles: the Movie
Video of recent efforts to restore the historical reputation of that famous South African Aviation family, the Saunders Brothers.
Friday, April 10, 2009
TERMINATE YOURSELF
COOL VIRTUAL CATWALK
(Source: Internet Retailing)
H&M launches spring collection with interactive catwalk
The new feature shows outfits being modelled on a virtual catwalk and lets customers select and view outfits, 'try them on' in the retailer's virtual dressing room and comment on them in Facebook. H&M has launched its Spring 2009 collection with an innovative interactive catwalk. Customers can choose to see any of a wide range of outfits being modelled on the virtual catwalk and can then use the 'try it on' feature to see how they could look in real life, using H&M's virtual dressing room feature. Customers can also add outfits to Facebook so that their friends can comment on them.
SIMPSONS ON SALE
(Source: ShoppingBlog.com)
The Simpsons postage stamps are now on sale at U.S. Post Office locations and online. You can see more details here.
"We are excited to celebrate The Simpsons on postage stamps," said U.S. Postal Service Executive Director of Stamp Services David Failor. "Eyebrow-raising to say the least, this witty, well-written pop icon continues to irreverently satire its parody of a middle-class family as it lampoons American culture. The Simpsons stamps, which includes known philatelists Bart Simpson, will serve as a great opportunity to interest youngsters into stamp collecting."
"This is the biggest and most adhesive honor The Simpsons has ever received," said Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of The Simpsons.
"We are excited to celebrate The Simpsons on postage stamps," said U.S. Postal Service Executive Director of Stamp Services David Failor. "Eyebrow-raising to say the least, this witty, well-written pop icon continues to irreverently satire its parody of a middle-class family as it lampoons American culture. The Simpsons stamps, which includes known philatelists Bart Simpson, will serve as a great opportunity to interest youngsters into stamp collecting."
"This is the biggest and most adhesive honor The Simpsons has ever received," said Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of The Simpsons.
Dolphin species found intact
(Source: BBC) Conservationists have expressed their amazement that thousands of rare dolphins have been found in Bangladeshi waters when previously they were thought to be endangered or dead. Nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins were discovered in freshwater regions of Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangrove forest and the nearby waters of the Bay of Bengal.
Eyeborg
Canadian filmmaker Rob Spence damaged his right eye in a childhood accident and was later given a prosthetic replacement. Like any other false eye, it was designed to be purely an aesthetic replacement, but he realised that the vacant bit of face real estate could be put to better use in his art.
Now Spence is attempting to build a wireless video camera into his synthetic eye, turning himself into a self-proclaimed "Eyeborg".
The camera will record anything and anyone that enters Spence's field of vision and relay the footage back to a computer. That video will provide a unique perspective on the way video surveillance is becoming more popular in western societies, he told New Scientist.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16914-bionic-eye-cam-to-shine-a-light-on-society.html
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