From the very creative Sue H. Sue's work is for sale on Flickr.
Broom's Head 
Starry Night I (Armidale)
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Studies in tones
From the very creative Sue H. Sue's work is for sale on Flickr.
Broom's Head Starry Night I (Armidale)
Friday, 13 August 2010
Get it right, it's a mountain!
In the aftermath of four international tourists missing for more than 15 hours in bushland in Mount Warning National Park on the NSW far north coast earlier this week, Tweed Daily News (13/8/10) reports "(a) Murwillumbah SES officer **** [name deleted] has called on Tweed accommodation providers to provide more information to guests about climbing the hill."Hang on a minute, is it a hill or is it a mountain? Warning Hill or Mt Warning?
According to the Geographical Names Board of NSW, hills have altitudes of less than 300 metres.
The geographical feature, which has dual names of Mt Warning and Wollumbin (*1), has an elevation of 1,156 metres.
*1 From the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word `Wollumbin' meaning the patriach of mountains. J A Gresty. The Numinbah Valley. p67 1947. (Source: GNB of NSW)
Warren Truss - Nationals Leader and now rural firefighter
I don't for one minute imagine that Nationals Leader Warren Truss thought that part of his job description during this federal election campaign included a sugar bag and a bucket of sand to put out Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's rural and regional spot fires before the wind fanned them into electoral blazes.However it is rumoured that is how he is spending at least part of his time.
Unfortunately he was a little slow off the mark when it came to Abbott's intention to fully implement the former Howard Government's Murray-Darling Basin water plan, which in 2006-07 appeared to include possibly damming and diverting the Clarence River on the NSW North Coast.
It seems Warren was reduced to running behind the flames as they sped across the Northern Rivers by word of mouth, beamed out over the airwaves and lobbed on front lawns in print form. Apparently more than a few locals are literally incandescent with rage over the thought that they may have to again fight to 'Keep the Clarence Mighty' and he doesn't want anymore media attention on the subject ahead of polling day.
Fireman found at www.canario.co.uk
A week in which Julia learned to tweet back to voters & Tony said "Dunno"
JuliaGillard @3AW693 Tweeting to @handypearce in the car #ausvotes http://twitpic.com/2dl4k3
This week Julia Gillard learnt how to tweet back to the electorate and Tony Abbott revealed he's not Bill Gates and finally said "Dunno, dunno, dunno" in reply to almost any question about information technology in the 21st Century.
Tony Abbott being quized by Kerry O'Brien on the 7.30 Report on 10th August
2010 Election Campaign Day 28 - Abbott puts government savings ahead of jobs
ABC TV "7.30 Report" 10th August 2010:
KERRY O'BRIEN: But you're talking about the big bang spending sprees; the big bang spending spree would have been $20 billion more than your big bang spending spree that Joe Hockey has already acknowledge a Coalition government would have spent. And in fact, if you're fair you would acknowledged that before the global crisis came along, the Rudd Government also delivered a budget that was more than $20 billion in surplus.
TONY ABBOTT: Which they did not deliver a budget. They did not deliver a budget outcome. Sure they told us ...
KERRY O'BRIEN: Because the Global Financial Crisis came along.
TONY ABBOTT: And they started spending like drunken sailors.
KERRY O'BRIEN: As you would have done.
TONY ABBOTT: And the point I make, Kerry, is that $20 billion is a very, very significant outcome.
KERRY O'BRIEN: But when you talk ...
TONY ABBOTT: And getting $20 billion off the bottom line is surely worth doing.
KERRY O'BRIEN: But when you talk about the massive amount of money overall that this country would have been in deficit - or the Government would have been in deficit - $110 billion in revenue that would have happened to you if you'd been in government, plus the $25 to $30 billion that you would have committed to a stimulus program - I mean, is that spending like a drunken - is $25 to $30 billion not spending like a drunken sailor, but $50 billion is
TONY ABBOTT: Well $25 billion! That's quite a lotta money, Kerry!
KERRY O'BRIEN: But at what point do you become a drunken sailor, is what I'm asking?
TONY ABBOTT: What I'm saying is you don't waste money, and this mob wasted ...
KERRY O'BRIEN: 200,000 unemployed.
TONY ABBOTT: ... - they wasted money. It's never right to waste money, and one of the extraordinary things is a prime minister who says a bit of waste is neither here nor there. It is always important to treat the taxpayer dollar with respect.
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