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I've known this story for a long time. And I've seen the decendants of similar ship wrecks. This recounting of the tale is more precise and the narrator is real. Amazing but true. The first white Australians on the mainland. Freija please move if this is in the wrong forum. Recommend...

Australian Bureau of Statistics - I now have to report in the "Monthly Population Survey". :unsure: Wait what? Look, really, I have never heard of this. Nor have we had to do it before. To those above the equator - do you ever have to do this? Delivered personally to my daughter here...

Firebombing of tobacco shops in Melbourne is a regular occurrence but the perpetrators have upped the anti here. Suburb of Richmond suffers major damage. Bally)

This video tells the incredible story of the Wollemi Pine—from its accidental rediscovery and scientific significance to one of the world's most successful plant conservation programs. This is cool and I never even heard of until this video popped up in my feed. In an isolated remote canyon in...

It's a toss up here whether this should go in UFOs or here in paranormal? This video is a tad bit longer than I think it needs to be but is nevertheless interesting and well balanced. It presents not only folklore and history but covers several scientific theories about these lights while...

Music interlude. I am increasingly becoming intolerant of Australians fighting and dying in modern wars that really don't concern us. I am all for sticking up for your mates/allies except but those bastards that used our finest for cannon fodder. And now, the overseas european countries we...

Hi all, a lap of Phillip Island in the southern state of Victoria. Hosts a lot of World Championship races. There is talk of that state Government in closing the circuit. Beat me why. Been to Phillip Island many times as a 'tin lid'. Beaut place. Rode around it on a push bike once. Kind...

Back in the days when we had unlimited speed limits on some roads, getting from A to B was a bit quicker. Some 'Straya' cars that made that possible. Bally)