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Jane Goodall could be humanity's guardian angel

Jane Goodall is primarily known for her 30 years of work with chimpanzees in Tanzania. She was nominated by paleontologist and archaeologist Dr Louis Leakey of Nairobi Kenya. She was just one of Leakey's Angels, keen to heighten the world's of our natural treasures.

27 comments    nature africa the future
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The Power of an Introvert

The introvert has a quiet, inner strength. An introvert survives in an extrovert's world by staying "inside". The shy, quiet, dreamy introvert avoids the extrovert's world of parties, bars and clubs, drama...

6 comments    social issues surviving
Images from William Ricketts Sanctuary - Dandenongs, Victoria - Australia70

Australian Art Oddities: Not all art is in an art gallery!

Australian art can be found in the most unexpected places. Undervalued art is art found outside the respected sophistication of an art gallery; it could be found in unexpected places in the city or the far reaching countryside. And as you wander these unexpected places, your whole view of "what is art" may totally change.

10 comments    art australia oddities
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Australia Travel - island of Tasmania - Australia's precious lingerie in a secret drawer

Australia is not all raw, outback landscapes. From the sea, to the forests, to the mountains - somewhere, in Tasmania, there is a special, magical paradise for the world-weary traveller!

13 comments    travel australia tasmania
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Oddities of Nature: Our future - Amphibians are more precious than gold

Locked in the world of amphibians may be the key to our future existence, our very survival. The humble frog, the salamander and caecilians may "sense" the state of our world far more effectively than humanity's most advanced technical sensors.

5 comments    animals nature the future
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Australia - The Great Barrier Reef and Global Conservation

Australia is the guardian of an international treasure - the natural wonderland of the Great Barrier Reef. Stretching 2,300 kilometres along the Queensland coastline, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's great natural "bank accounts".

2 comments    politics australia conservation
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Are we there yet? Some road trip communication

When I was young, I loved to hear the words, "We're going on a drive". I didn't care where! Anywhere was always good! Exciting! Different! It was a time to have mum and dad all to myself. Now I am older, the...

0 comments    entertainment family children
Principality of Wy72

Funny, Weird and Wacky "kingdoms" in Australia

So you thought a huge bench in the middle of Australia's outback was pretty weird. But wait! There's more! Some unique (a generic term including those verging on "beyond crazy") individuals in Australia live in (and rule) their own "unsung"? worlds - many legally and literally.

26 comments    funny australia odd facts
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The Moon + Crime - Thieves dance by the light of the moon?

"Moon madness!" "It must be a full moon!" Is there evidence for a link between crime and a full moon? Just an 18th century superstition? Is "lunacy" real?

6 comments    society crime moon
The Bra Ball by Emily Duffy - Photo: Sibila Savage71

Oddities: Weird bra stories (with a dash of poetry)

2000 bras strung along a barbed wire fence! Pink bras in a pepper tree! Bra art metamorphoses into gallery art! The ultimate - a Bra Ball! And are bras poetry in motion?

21 comments    poetry funny poem
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