downunder update

Aussie Rules is surely the quickest and best spectator sport in the world.
It’s a form of football uniquely Australian, played non-stop, full of frenetic one-on-one contests, dodging, weaving, sustained running, kicking the ball on the run and great leaps to catch a high mark.
Aussie Rules predates all other modern forms of football, such as American, [...]

It’s easy to forget all about Tasmania. Half of the maps of Australia leave it off, it’s small, socially insignificant and generally overlooked. Take a look at the two maps, the one on the left has no Tasmania. I rest my case.
It’s a quiet little place. Nothing much seems to happen except anti-logging protests and [...]

Meet Migaloo, a large albino humpback whale who travels regularly along the east coast of Australia during the whale migration season from late June to October.
Forget Moby Dick. The fictional white whale is legendary, but the magnificent Migaloo is living, a wondrous and unique mammal of great beauty. Records have been kept for [...]