Coles, Woolworths | Supermarket duopoloy blamed for soaring food prices
We’re NUMBER ONE!
(via isay)
New figures have revealed that sea levels along the coast of Western Australia are rising at a rate double that of the world average. (via bbc uk)
Anybody want to buy a lovely 3 bed, 3 bath home approx a mile from the West Australian beach-front? Just think of it as an investment… couple of years and you will have ocean frontage!
Masters Apprentices - Because I love You (1970)
“Do what you wanna do, be what you wanna be, yeah”.
Australians made some amazing music in the 70s.
Baby echidnas make first appearance at Perth Zoo
TWO baby echidnas born at Perth Zoo have today made their first public appearance.
Echidnas are notoriously difficult to breed and only 13 have been born in captivity in Australia.
The newest additions, which were inspected and weighed by keepers this morning, have been named Moa and Kain.
classy. real classy.
Let me explain: this picture, among others, is part of an advertising campaign created for a Danish chain of australian restaurants (yes, kinda weird) and the slogan of the campaign is “If it’s not australian, it’s not on the menu”. The restaurant chain is called Reef N’ Beef and the agency responsible for the campaign is Saatchi & Saatchi (I once started a blog about videos and advertising and I blogged about this campaign ;)).
Charles Kingsford-Smith and Charles Ulm, on landing after the first trans-Pacific flight, Mascot, 10 June 1928 (via State Library of New South Wales collection)
Photo via skysports
I’ve put a tenner each way on Munsef for the Melbourne Cup tomorrow. He’s an old boy over from Britain giving it a go.
Munsef is a rags to riches story. Discarded by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum, who won Melbourne Cups with At Talaq and Jeune, Williams got the horse when it appeared he was washed up.
“He went off the boil for 12 months and was sold. Dandy Nichols took him to Dubai and whether he never coped with Dubai or wasn’t in form, I don’t know,” Williams said.
“Munsef’s improvement back home has been quite amazing. He started off as a well-handicapped horse in May when we got him and his form has been on a steep upward curve.
“To be honest, his first run for us was a little, ‘let’s see how you go son’. We bought him for the equivalent of $25,000 and put him in claiming race, where someone could have bought him for $35,000 purely to see where we were.
“I shit myself because he bolted in (won) half-fit. I thought I was going to lose the horse.”
(via theaustralian)
His odds on Friday were 78/1. Wish us luck. I’d love it if he won.
Frenzal Rhomb/Triple J’s The Doctor using a staple gun to attach his set list to Jimmy’s chest, mid set at stonefest.
doctor insta-reblog. also: ha!
