Post of the Nation: Australia!
Written by Thulung on 4, March, 2010.
Andrew Forrest, the founder and chief executive of Fortescue Metals Group again does it. He was listed as the richest Australian title in the year 2008 for a short time and lost it, but has now again gained the richest list as number one doubling his wealth. His net worth has rising due to high demands of minerals from China from $US2.45 billion to US$4.1 billion.
Written by Thulung on 4, March, 2010.
The south western Queensland town of St. George has been alerted that the flood could rise hit this town of about 4,000 people sometimes late Friday or early Saturday. An area the size of Victoria is already under water in the state of Queensland. Flooding areas are central Queensland, Bedourie and southern Queensland area border with NSW.
Helicopters and emergency workers have been deployed in the region. Evacuation centre in the St. George has been established in St. George showground. It has been estimated about $135million worth of damage state-wide and the assessment in progress and rising.
Charleville residents in a truck - Queensland
Written by Thulung on 25, February, 2010.
Rex or Regional Express came into being after the collapse of Ansett. Hazelton and Kendell were part of Ansett Airlines and were running in profit and had good reputation. But Ansett collapsed and after the collapse of Ansett Regional Express was born, more commonly known as Rex.
TheAustralianPost.com — For More Info:
Rex
Mascot, NSW
Australia
Tel: 61 2 9023 3599
Email: enquiries@rex.com.au
Written by Thulung on 20, February, 2010.
Aeropelican was founded by Keith Hilder in Newcastle. One departure and one arrival a day was the begining of Aeropelican from Williamtown RAAF base, just north of Newcastle, New South Wales. It was introduced to provide better service to the people of Newcastle than being offered by other domestic arilines of that time. Its first scheduled flight was in June 1971 with an eight-passenger Cessna 402 aircraft from its own airfield at Belmont, south of Newcastle.
Since the year 2008 Aeropleican is part of Business Air Holdings. Business Air Holdings is an airline investment group with a particular interest in regional airline services. The airlines flies to: Sydney, Newcastle, Narrabri and Mudgee.
TheAustralianPost.com — For More Info:
Aeropelican
Newcastle Airport
Williamtown
NSW 2318
Customer services and general enquiries
Telephone: 02 49289600
Fax: 02 49651399
E mail: customerservice@aeropelican.com.au
Charter services:
Telephone: 02 49289605
E mail: charter@aeropelican.com.au
Written by Thulung on 18, February, 2010.
Tornado, Gallo’s farm - Queensland
Tornado are not just seen and felt in the United States of America but it also hits and can be felt in our own backyard. This picture was taken by Gallo family in their own backyard farm covering 80ha in Upper Barron, southwest of Cairns North Queensland. This naughty tornado calmed down and finally disappeared just before reaching the Gallo’s home and destroying and damaging the property including their AUD1$100,000 worth of irrigation system which was yet to be installed.
Written by Thulung on 11, February, 2010.
Storm causes havoc in Victoria. Melbourne has been lashed with power cut. Commuters were trapped in Melbourne Airport after the car crash which forced the traffic to close the roads due to wild storm that swept across Victoria. 100s of people were waiting for taxi in the airport. Train lines was also in confusion for commuters due to storm. Lots of traffic lights has been lashed around Melbourne. More than 500 emergency calls were received by The State Emergency Service (SES).
Written by Thulung on 8, February, 2010.
Wingham, small town in northern NSW, about 330 km north east of Sydney and about 12km north west of Taree. It is the oldest town in Manning Valley, situated in Manning River about 30m above the sea level. Since it is situated beside the river it one of the hot spot for water sports. Dairy farming and cattle are one of the major industires of the region.
TheeAustralian.com — For More Info: Wingham |
Written by Thulung on 7, February, 2010.
Kangaroo Valley is a beautiful valley a small town in the state of New South Wales nestled between Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands. It is situated between Moss Vale and Nowra, about 2 hours drive from Sydney and Canberra. The population of Kangaroo Valley town is about 350 and about 1,300 of the whole valley which includes surrounding villages of the valley.
The town is so small and unlikely to be noticed unless you visit yourself. But there are lots of things you can do here: waterfall, wildlife. Despite of the town being small, it offers the visitors with diverse services and facilities: newsagent, post office, cafe, restaurant, bakery, banks, ATM machine, public toilet, telephone, service station and more…
TheAustralianPost.com — Know More: Kangaroo Valley NSW!
Written by Thulung on 9, January, 2010.
Knox Grammar School is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys located in Wahroonga, in a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales Australia. It was founded in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia and named after 16th century Scottish reformer John Knox, who planned a network of school in every church parish.
Since the day of its establishment, the school has grown, dividing it into senior school and preparatory school with its senior school students number reaching to approximately 1,400 and preparatory students number counting to 550. The school also has about 150 live in boarding students.
Knox’s senior campus includes sports facilities: indoor pool, gymnasium, squash, weight training, music and drama centres and several sporting fields. Each classrooms are equipped with projector and each student has laptop wireless internet access .
Beside academic and sporting programmes, the school also offers various extra curricular activities : several large ensembles and orchestras, drama, debating, public speaking, chess, science clubs, and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme, as well as maintaining the largest secondary school cadet unit in Australia.
TheeAustralian.com — For More Info:
KNOX GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Pacific Highway
PO Box 5008
Wahroonga NSW Australia 2076
T: 61 2 9487 0122 F: +61 2 9487 0186
E: contact@knox.nsw.edu.au
Written by Thulung on 20, December, 2009.
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is an Australian native bird. The word ‘Emu’ is not Aboriginal word, but a word derived from Arabic, which means ‘large bird’ . It is also the tallest native bird of Australia, when standing erect it is about 1.6-2meters tall. It’s the second biggest bird weighing about 40-50kg and also the second fastest bird in the world, can run at 50 kilometers an hour. it is flightless bird.
They are easy to identify, adult emus are covered with shaggy grey-brown feathers, while their neck and head are mostly naked. Wings are not big, but their legs are large and strong, used for running and walking long distance but sometimes also used to kick animals that bothers them, each foot has four toes three facing forward and one facing back.
Emu reprouduces rapidly, there are estimated of about between 600,000 to 900,000 emus found in Australia, mostly in Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. Female emus are larger than male emu. They are ready to mate once they are 18 months old. Nesting takes place during winter, they build their nest on the floor, nest are made of grass, leaves, twigs and bark and it is about 10cm thick and 1 to 2 meters wide. Adult emus stays together for about five-six months. Emus live for about six years.
Emus live in places that have plenty of water. They drink once a day but drinks 70-80 mouthful of waters. They like flat areas. They eat grasses, seeds, fruit, flowers of shrubs, plant shoot and insects. Like most of the birds and animals, emus also have some enemies like: Foxes, Eagles, Dingos and Feral Cats.
