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What have the Greeks ever done for us?

I was thinking today about Greece and the problems it faces. Should the European Union bail out Greece with large sums of money? No, the EU shouldn’t but the entire world should. I can already hear the economists among my two readers saying that this is a bad thing. They may be correct. Argentina decided [...]

Flappity flap

  We had the first storm of the wet season last night – two weeks early – and the shade sail at the renter decided to let go of one corner this morning. I can’t see this lasting long in a real blow. A 6m x 6m sail blowing around in a strong wind isn’t [...]

Goanna in the garden

A fine specimen stomping through the garden and searching for breakfast. This big boy is about 1.5m (4 foot) long. The usual stuff about taking photos through a fly screen applies. Click the thumbnail image  for a much larger version, as always.

Garden Cassowary

Another fine specimen wandering around the garden. As with the photo of the recent juvenile cassowary visitor these were taken through fly screens covering the louvred windows.

Huntsman spider

Luckily this was on the outside of the car as it arrived in my peripheral vision: