Listening to ABC regional radio in the car today I heard about the discovery of marsupial lion bones near Burra in South Australia earlier this year.
The marsupial lion is regarded as part of Australia’s “megafauna” which became extinct about 45,000 years ago.
These were giant versions of wombats and kangaroos, and in this case a carnivorous [...]
The Sunday papers are great for running articles that wouldn’t normally qualify as news during the week.
The Herald-Sun had a good one on December 11 headlined "Making up time". It quoted a UK survey which proved that women take three times longer than men to get ready for work or a night out.
The average bloke [...]
I took the big kids and two of their friends to Wangaratta today to see Star Wars. While they were watching the latest in science fiction, I relaxed to view My House in Umbria.
To save some summary text, here’s the "New York Times" version … (more…)
