Does anyone else think this is a strange choice of name for a network installation company?
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Doona suits! Aww yeah. (Thanks Tim)
Translation for non-Australians: Doona == Duvet. From the Duvet Wikipedia article:
In Australia a duvet or down quilt is often called a “Doona”, which is a genericized trademark (registered to the Tontine Group) derived from the Old Norse dunn meaning “down feathers”. Originally the term continental quilt was the standard name [...]
A confronting exploration of contemporary society or just plain kiddie porn?
Friday, May 23, 2008
Controversy is rocking the Sydney art scene (actually I have no idea how the art scene is reacting, I just wanted to write like a news journalist for a moment - I’m over it now though).
Police shut down an exhibition by photographer Bill Henson over allegations of child pornography (text article, TV clip with more [...]
An Ozzie Pie
Monday, February 4, 2008
I am ashamed to say that I just paid $4.50 for a pie. Not even a gourmet pie (those were $5.50). The pie in question was from Mocka’s Pies in Port Douglas. The reason I handed over this outrageous price for a pie is because of a sign. In the main street of Port Douglas, [...]
A Stranger in a Strange Land
Monday, February 4, 2008
I have this theory that my accent is so mixed now with different influences, that everyone will deny that I sound like I’m from their country. My latest evidence is courtesy of a Fish and Chip shop in Port Douglas. I was buying some tomato sauce for my chips, and it came in the little [...]
Nothin’s more Oz than cricket
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
I did the sample Australian Citizenship test this morning. The five questions I had to answer were pretty easy - for someone who’d lived in Australia for a long time anyway. I’m not entirely sure that knowing the national flower emblem is really the criteria we want to be using to decide who gets to [...]
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