Tree Kangaroos are pretty amazing and cuddly. I really envy the countries down under for all their strange and rare animals. 
Tree Kangaroos are pretty amazing and cuddly. I really envy the countries down under for all their strange and rare animals.
Hot summer nights on xmas eve, hanging out with sharks and kangaroos on the beach, even more exotic animals in the outback, no snow and no freezing your ass off, a new socialist government … some people have all the luck!
Damn you Australia!
After 11 years of conservative rule Australia makes a jump to the left (details here). Labor promised to sign the Kyoto treaty, get the troops out of Iraq (but hopefully still support the war in Afghanistan) and rolling bad some labor laws which favored the bosses.
I hope for all my Oz friends that the new government REALLY does something about the environment - even when it will decades until nature will react to any human efforts. Australia suffers tremendously from one heat wave after another, the wildlife and the great reefs are greatly endangered and have already taken a lot of damage.
But this election also influences the world stage: George Bush has now lost most of his Coalition of the Willing. Spain went left, Italy went left, Australia went left. Germany’s Frau Merkel is not very willing either nor is Britain’s Gordon Brown. Only France’s Sarkozy seems pretty excited about following America into a new war.
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A great many good people and fascinating animals live down there. I should visit this awesome place someday!
Get a HUGE satelite image via Wikipedia.
Dedicated to my great StumbleFriend Lisabal and thanks for our many interesting discussions.
A have a new favorite animal: the wombat. I always thought these are cute LITTLE marsupials. But they are actually pretty big and even more adorable. According to the great website ‘The Wombat’s Burrow‘ they are absolutely unsuitable as pets. Make sure to watch some of the videos on the case study page (loacted at the end of the page). Thank evolution for Australia and it’s many great beasts!
More? Wombats @ Wikipedia and loads of YouTube videos