My sister works for a service that helps homeless youth in Western Sydney. In August they are participating in a fund-raising challenge where people sleep in their car for a night to try to experience a little of what it is like for those with no where to live. The image links to the Western Sydney group, though there are… Read more →
I cant remember if it was Sunday or Monday now, but someone I follow on Tumblr mentioned SBS PopAsia. I had no clue about it so was all ‘WHAT IS THIS??” Turns out its an australian 1) digital radio show streaming 24/7 run by SBS here in oz, 2) a 2 hours weekday broadcast that they also have streaming live… Read more →
so there is this english mag called Peoples Friend. some of these popular UK mags i think they do actually print some of them here to save on costs but this one clearly is not. we have received an issue that came with a free packet of seeds inside. if it had been printed in oz it wouldnt have had… Read more →
I dont usually go gaga over aussie history stuff but I am just loving this stuff about this cave researchers are looking at of Aboriginal rock art that they say spans thousands of years. This slide show shows a lot of the artwork. Read more →
Next week Sydney is gonna be inundated with Catholic kiddies and that ugly Pope guy for World Youth Day (i liked the last Pope better!). Much like the Olympics – I dont give a damn unless its gonna affect me getting to work – cant get the time off chums. So I was a bit concerned about the news stories… Read more →
SO i have become quite fond of Lush stuff. I have a few LJ friends who raved about it, so near the end of last year I actually went in and bought some stuff….and LOVED most of it. GAWD my bathroom smells so good these days! HAHA! Anyway, I have gone a few tmes now and I think the thing… Read more →
Mount Franklin bottled water has a promotion on their bottles at the moment – the first 250,000 people to either SMS the last 4 digits of the barcode on their bottles, or log into this website and enter the barcode – they will plant one tree on that persons behalf. Dudes – the site is SOOO cute! And if you… Read more →
I didnt put my stalking skills to good use. I was either too busy, too tired, too sick or had to work. Oh yes – I could have had a VERY different week if I wasnt such a lazy wench! The oh so lovely Jensen Ackles spent the last week in my fair city. Did I get to see him… Read more →
I was talking to my friends in irc about this weblog and my friend Cait said: “Captains Blog, Webdate140600.2. We encountered some … strange type of creature….known only as .. The GST. Phasers seem to have……..absolutely no effect on this creature. I am consulting with Mr Spock … about the … most possible way … that .. we…. can destroy… Read more →
This is to do with aussie news so any non aussies should just run away now! 🙂 Issue 1: John Della Bosca and his comment about GST on food. I got the impression by the statement he made about having the GST on all food was just saying that to make it easier if the Labor party chose to keep… Read more →
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