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Faraway Bay - one of the most remote hotels in the world

Avatar Posted by hippo 184 days ago (http://www.farawaybay.com.au)
Category: general
If you really want to get away from it, try The Bush Camp at Faraway Bay. It's somewhere between Broome and Darwin, does that classify as the middle of nowhere? Faraway Bay - one of the most remote hotels in the world
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Beer Can Chicken

Avatar Posted by hippo 205 days ago (http://www.foodologist.com)
Category: general
Beer can chicken is something that I first heard about from Steve Raichlen’s BBQ Bible books but I see it now in Aussie publications, most notably Kim Terakes’ recent book, ‘The Great Aussie Beer Can Chicken
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Get your carbon-free funeral in Centennial park Adelaide

Avatar Posted by hippo 209 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
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Apparently turning you to dust creates 160 kg of Carbon Dioxide... which can be offset by planting a tree. Centennial park in Adelaide is promising to do just that. Get your carbon-free funeral in Centennial park Adelaide
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If you live in Sydney, your life may depend on these eight fish

Avatar Posted by hippo 209 days ago (http://www.smh.com.au)
Category: environment
In a small brick shed in the Southern Highlands eight tiny rainbow fish stand guard, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, over the water flowing to more than 4 million people. If you live in Sydney, your life may depend on these eight fish
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Sesame Street & visual thinking

Avatar Posted by hippo 215 days ago (http://infosthetics.com)
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a Sesame Street clip from 1971, in which a large-nosed man in a business suit tries to teach a younger, more casually dressed man about visualizing geometric shapes. the younger man has no trouble with the sha Sesame Street & visual thinking
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John Howard’s Legacy

Avatar Posted by hippo 217 days ago (http://alsblog.wordpress.com)
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In the first edition of Quadrant under the stewardship of new editor Keith Windschuttle, John Stone puts forward the case that John Howard is Australia’s greatest Prime Minister. His arguments are as fol John Howard’s Legacy
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A manufactured image with no philosophies?

Avatar Posted by hippo 233 days ago (http://clubtroppo.com.au)
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Hired as actors for a TV series, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones went on to feature in one of the most successful American pop bands of the 1960s. The four were chosen for their youth, A manufactured image with no philosophies?
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