Mostly we don't actually have kangaroos hopping around the main street of town. Contrary to some popular opinions.

But if you're in Tasmania, it seems there are other things to watch out for:
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/13/2654765.htm

I know lots of you use Twitter.  Are you really working for MI5?

Twitter: the new crime-fighting tool?

www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/26/2636471.htm

A town in eastern Australia is banning the sale of bottled water.  There is some controversy over this move and the primary issues appear to be decreasing the bottle waste (lots of people pushing for refundable bottle deposits Australia-wide, like SA has) versus minimising the availability of water alongside sugary drinks in shops.

Interested to ( Read more... )

Out of Time: A chilling investigation of an ambulance service that is putting patients' lives at risk' airs on ABC1's Four Corners at 8:30pm tonight.

www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/06/2617498.htm

Paramedics in Western Australia claim patients have died while waiting for an ambulance, and say the system is so poor it is putting other people's ( Read more... )

It's absolutely pissing down here!  The power lines are waving violently, I can hear the rain louder than anything else (and it's not a bare tin roof), the rain is slanting sideways and I just saw something flying through the air; I think it might have been something from a tree but visibility is too low to make it out!

Lovely.  Send her down,

Stoned wallabies make crop circles
www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55O4ZG20090625
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/25/2608232.htm

There are cameras on ebay.  I have a short list compiled.    With a guitar thrown in for good measure.  And a wooden block in the form of a piece of swiss cheese, accompanied by a little mouse on a long string.  It's a lacing toy for children, and if I manage to get it, it will go to one of the nieces for a birthday or Christmas present ( Read more... )

Tonight, we are keeping up appearances with Mrs Bucket.  A while since I've seen such things; nice to permit myself the genuine time to relax and be a bit frivolous.

Train driver under fire over trapped guide dog
Melbourne rail operator Connex is investigating an incident in which a guide dog's tail was stuck in a train door last night.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/05/2560906.htm

As if this wasn't bad enough, what I'm *really* unimpressed about here is the range of idiotic 'commentary' afterwards: ( Read more... )

Thousands flee California bushfires
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/07/2564095.htm

This looks bad. California's a nice spot for many things, but a horror for fires, rather like Victoria/SA really.