Newley Purnell pointed me at this astronomy picture of the day by Antti Kemppainen:
Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. On January 26, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. [...]

Posted March 24, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Photoblog. Tags: australia, comet, Comet McNaught, comets, firework, fireworks, lightning. One Comment.

TV star and crocodile hunter Steve Irwin is dead after being stung by a stingray on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
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Posted September 4, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: animal attack, attack, australia, crocodile hunter, dead, great barrier reef, steve irwin, stingray, When Animals Attack, wild animals. 20 Comments.

Alan Moorhead, in his 1952 Rum Jungle — a sort of casual ethnography or serious travelogue — explains the uses and attitudes towards alcohol in his native Australia:
[...] I took it for granted that for all social occasions, at any time of the day or night, beer was the drink. You did not take it [...]

Posted July 18, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: alan moorehead, alcohol, alcoholic liquor, australia, beer, bill bryson, liquor, native australian, night beer, northwest australia, pint bottles, public houses, rum jungle, social occasions, sunburned country, unbelievable story. Be the first one.