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Another Australian State Copies Baz Luhrmann
Now that Australia, The Movie has been open a week or so to a pretty lukewarm reception, Australia, The Country might be a bit disappointed that they decided to do so much tourism board promotion tied to the film. This will not be to Oz what Lord of the Rings was to New Zealand, it seems.That hasn't stopped a couple of Australian states jumping on the bandwagon. First off South Australia got you to make your version of South Australia, The Movie.And now the breakaway island of Tasmania ha

Facticus evadus
Dave GrovesI’m a tad concerned about the recent spate of amnesia outbreaks in Tasmania. Bob Gordon is the latest official in a long line to be struck down with this malady. The real cause remains unknown, but I have read about it on the net and experts have put it down to a rare virus…the facticus evadus strain that seems to have surfaced in tassie. This is a pre cursor to the more virulent loopholus offhookus which is proven to exist in the higher echelons of Tasmanian society. I hope we fi

Internode resumes tassie ADSL2+ sales
in brief Internet service provider Internode today said it had resumed selling high-speed ADSL2+ services in Tasmania, due to the imminent prospect of BassLink switching on its cable back to the mainland.The ISP and others had withdrawn some services from the state earlier this year due to what it described as prohibitive backhaul prices on Telstra's cable to Victoria — the only way to get internet traffic out of Tasmania."While the cost of backhaul prices from Tasmania remains ap

Pecan tassies
Day two of the Twelve days of Cookies finds this home paying homage to the Pecan.  (Honestly, you can’t be a Texan if you aren’t making something with pecans.) The cookie of the day?  The Pecan tassie, from the era of big hair, heavy metal, Depeche Mode and Cindy Lauper.  Gourmet Magazine’s top cookie pick for 1985, and with good reason!Gourmet stated that these little gems reminded them of pecan pie.  I don’t get that when I taste them, but what I do get is a mouthful of wonderful.  The te

Time Away from Blogging.
.....but "I'll Be Back"I've haven't posted as often lately as I've bee preoccupied with updates to my website on the "Lepidoptera of Tasmania". As I've stated elsewhere it has been in a bit of a mess since I mucked up the database. I'm slowly rebuilding it but it still needs a lot of work. It now has 275 Tasmanian species with photos or illustrations. It also has a check list of 1,472 species known to be found in Tasmania. I still have more photos to add and I have to get the notes written up

asunburntcountry:‘Strayan slang of the day: Mappa tassie:  Map...
asunburntcountry:‘Strayan slang of the day:Mappa tassie:  Map of Tasmania (the island state at the bottom eastern point of Australia).Referring to a woman’s pubic area.  Note the shape.e.g.“So did she get her gear off?”“Orh, yeah mate… I got a pretty good look at her mappa tassie if ya know what oi mean…”

My dining room.....
This is our new dining room. Sweet Pea walls, quarter strength for the ceiling with lovely curd coloured trim. The floor is tassie oak and is waiting to be stained (sometime in January). It's amazing what knocking out a small wall and a coat of paint does. And here it is from another angle.

Nearly finished.....
I had the best weekend just gone.Our friend Alan came and put a new floor - tassie Oak in our kitchen and dining room.We have been renovating the dining room for months. A little bit here and a little bit there on Saturdays. When l say we l really mean Alan. We now have a lovely new dining room - freshly painted with a large servery going into the kitchen.Yesterday as Alan was doing the finishing touches I was putting the kitchen back into order. I looove it.This is how it was. Tomorrow

7 Things...
The lovely Brooke from Velvet & Linen has tagged me to tell you all 7 things about myself. I will explain the rules... Say who tagged you and link to their blog, share 7 things about yourself. Challenge 7 other blogs at the end of your post by naming their blog and linking to them. Let them know by leaving a message for them...here goes!1. I have always LOVED Christmas, and thought it would be a nice way to start. Don't you just love the orange rug on brown mottled carpet?2. I was born 28th Apri

Stephen Conroy's lackeys crack a funny
If we ever needed proof that the Dept of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy had become infected with its minister's mania, the following quote supplies it:"ISPs will be recognised for their participation in the Pilot. This recognition will strengthen their brand image with the community."Really? Excuse me while I roll about laffing.All I know is that iNet has said that it wants take part in the trial. Presumably to get its hands on free filtering hardware/software and so keep its