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  • Slanging Garden With Birdies On

    Wasn’t going to write anything today, but a delightfully sunny winter morning got me fawning over Kangaeroo Corner and feeling absolutely thrilled to have this little garden, especially when it’s attracting the local birds to our Fountain of Strewth. With a later than usual start to riding planned, I got to spend the early morning chatting with our dinosaur, devising more ideas to interfere with the garden’s process and gas-bagging with my sister. Our discussion was a deep one, and I appreciate her care and concern over so many decades. Today, though, we focused on my difficulties in dealing with happiness and coping with a supportive, encouraging environment. I’m now…

  • 野生カンガルーがメルボルン空港で捕まえれた

    　オーストラリアで野生カンガルーを見るのは決して珍しくないが、流石に空港内では異例だ！ 　10月２２日午前中、野生カンガルーがオーストラリアメルボルン市空港内の駐車場で走り回っている姿が見られた、とある人が警察に通報した。 　警官が駆けつけてところ、同航空の駐車場５階にカンガルーを見つけた。 　 カンガルーを鎮痛剤で撃たれ、鎮痛させられた。 無事だった。 　カンガルーは、健康状態を調査した上で放される、とメルボル市の広報が言う。 　ちなみに、野生カンガルーがメルボルン空港で捕まえられたのは２回目。 ８月にも同様な時間があった。 メルボルン空港野生カンガルー事件ギャラリー 　この動画が示すように、怖くて、逃げようとする野性カンガルーが本当に恐怖だ。 Roo turns airport into Hopper’s crossing

  • Weekend of Death

    In an otherwise nondescript weekend–almost no tours, tests, parties, interviews, meetings, events or obligations–death reigned supreme, and by that I mean the Death Machine was my prime mode of transport. Although as I noted yesterday, in the one appointment I did have, I was also killed off myself, albeit temporarily. The Death Machine got its name from being like a near-death experience with every ride, particularly because it takes some time to learn how to properly balance to ride the recumbent. But the bicycle has also been notoriously fickle, breaking down at the most inopportune times. A couple of years ago, it’s tire burst and send me skidding along the…

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    Have A Very Merry Mad Max Xmas!

    It was with great delight that I learned overnight that Christmas in Japan in 2025 will have a tinge of Aussie about it. And my enthusiasm was in no way quelled by the fact that this merely meant a screening of Mad Max. With a message of “Merry Mad Max,” National broadcaster NHK‘s Premium Cinema channel will celebrate the festive season with a screening of the Aussie classic propelled to worldwide success on the back of becoming a hit in Japan when it was released here in 1979. Mad Max is Australia’s most successful film franchise and Japan played a huge role in it becoming that way, as we have…

  • Banana bender/クイーンズランド人。

    Banana bender Australian English A Queenslander, a resident or native of the state of Queensland. The name derives from the large amount of tropic fruit production in the state, as well as being a gentle jibe at Queenslanders for the perception that they are “slow” because of the regional accent and the state’s traditional conservativeness. Some Queenslanders, particularly from the countryside, speak with a slow, broad accent and many end sentences with the intonated question “eh?” This is the most distinctive of any regional Australian accent. 日本語 クイーンズランド人。クイーンズランド州出身及び定住者。直訳すると「バナナを曲げる人」。由来は、同州がバナナを含めて多くのトロピカルフルーツの産地でありながら、クイーンズランド人が「とろい」という愛情を込めたのからかいを含める。もちろん、とろくないが、同州が豪語の中では鉛が最も目立ち、政治的に最も保守的でもあるに違いない。なまりについて、全国であまり変わらないが、多くのクイーンズランド人、特に田舎に住んでいる人、の話し方がゆっくりであり、母音を長く伸ばす癖がある。また、同州人の多くがしゃべる時に「eh」とイントネーションが高くして文書を負わせる癖もあり、他の地域で見ない現象なので、クイーンズランド州豪語の独特なところである。 Plain English Queenslander. Strine Dictionary