Live trials are nearly complete on the filter technology which will allow the government of the day to add any ‘unwanted’ site to a secret blacklist. This isn’t China, Saudi Arabia or Iran - we could see a mandatory filter of all internet traffic right here in Australia as early as this year.
The Government could yet put the internet filter where it belongs: in the bin. But that will only happen if politicians feel the heat in their home electorates. Why not add your support to the campaign and sign the petition (you can use the secure box below to do so) to get this draconian legislation stopped before it’s too late. It could really spell the end of the internet as we know it - it’s that serious. For more information, visit the GetUp! Campaign website.
Just a small addition, but one designed to generate a bit more traffic (visitors!).
On any of the photo galleries you will now see a link that says ‘Send as e-card’.
You can use this to easily send a copy of a photo to a friend or relative.
I encourage you to use this as a quick and easy way to refer this website to others - it will be very much appreciated (and may mean the site will be here after the end of this year..)
Takes a bit to impress a ‘child of the sixties’ musically these days, but the first audition by Danyl Johnson on the X Factor sent a shiver down my spine - did you catch it on Seven this morning?
If you missed it - click the image to the left to watch it on YouTube. I can’t find one that has ‘embedding’ allowed unfortunately, but the image links to the video.
I remember going to the movies to see Joe Cocker in ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen’ when I was around 16 and never forgot the experience. read more…
From Oregon, USA.
An Oregon woman is accused of shooting her husband after he shot her pet chicken.
The Eugene-Register Guard reported Mary Kay Gray, 58, has been jailed on felony assault charges.
Her husband, Stanley Edward Gray, 43, is recovering from a gunshot wound to the shoulder. read more…
Sally asks: School mornings are a real pain with fights and arguments over where stuff is. Any ideas Auntie Flo?
Auntie Flo: School mornings can be hectic and stressful mornings. I used to do this (too many years ago now to count!).
Keep a laundry basket by the front door and have your children fill it the night before with everything they will need for school the next day, backpack, keys, gym clothes, money, hats, homework etc. read more…
From Coolgardie, Australia.
A 22-YEAR-OLD motorist will face an outback court on Monday for driving more than 20km along a remote highway - backwards.
Scott William Poulton was clocked in his early-model Ford LTD doing 66km in reverse by a passing police patrol on an isolated stretch of the Great Eastern Highway between Bulla Bulling and Coolgardie, about 510km east of Perth. read more…
Ruth asks: Do you have a suggestion for stopping opened softdrink bottles losing their fizz Auntie Flo?
Auntie Flo: Gas rises, and escapes ever so minutely from the sealed cap. So, put your soft drink or soda water bottle in the fridge upside down!
No gas can possibly escape, and even a month later the bottle makes that satisfying shhh when you open it.
I store unopened bottles in my pantry upside down too and that way I know they won’t lose their fizz if I don’t use them for a few months. read more…
On August 1st 1979, The dissolution of Shoalhaven Shire Council and Proclamation by the Governor of NSW, Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, of the Municipality of Shoalhaven as the City of Shoalhaven took place.
Councillor, (then Alderman) Gregory H Watson was appointed provisional Mayor until September 1980, when he was elected as Shoalhaven’s first Mayor by popular vote.
On August 14th 1879, the original timber bridge across the river at Kangaroo Valley was opened. At the time it was the highest bridge above water in NSW. It cost £3,000 and it was washed away by flood on 24th May 1898, five days after the Hampden Bridge was opened! read more…
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