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Businessman Alan Bond dies after surgery
Alan Bond was a high-profile Australian entrepreneur who made headlines around the world for financing the racing yacht team of Australia II who successfully won The America's Cup from the New York Yacht Club, which had ever lost it in its 132-year history ( Read more... ) -
Robin Williams dies aged 63
Damn. Another marvel of the bigand small screens gone too soo. 63 is too young ( Read more... ) -
Ghostbuster Harold Ramis dies
Damn... :( They were all good but he was my favorite of the cast.
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=953089
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Garratt 6029 to be restored
dewhitton the other day asked "Why no 6040 restoration? Lack of parts, or lack of funds?" in reference to the magnificent articulated steam locomotive preserved as static display at the Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere in the Blue(?) Mountains (not sure of my geography here). The 60 class is another locomotive that I intended to cover in my "For the ( Read more... ) -
Phar Lap's skeleton to be corrected
(Public post)
Although Phar Lap was foaled in New Zealand he was trained and raced here. I therefore regard him as a great Australian symbol.
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What’s so good about English?
I’ve never professed to be well educated. Coming from a family who by today’s standards would be considered poor, so too was my schooling. Hampered further by impatient, domineering parents and by a learning difficulty that back then I didn’t know the name of ( Read more... ) -
Letter from the wallaby lady
(Open post - share with everyone)
- Perri-Dorcas Concinnia
6th July 2011
Greetings everyone, your wallaby is fine ( Read more... ) -
Perri-Dorcas has suffered a stroke
Perri phoned me just now. This is the first time I've heard from her since returning from Canada. I'd been leaving messages on the answering machine at the place where she'd been staying, but of course they didn't pass along even a single one of them, therefore she had no idea I'd been trying to reach her ( Read more... )
