This essay is the first of a series of planned reports discussing the Australian landscape and its natural environment and how it has become significantly impoverished especially in recent years.  

A story from Kakadu July 2010 by John Sinclair for his grandchildren and others

When Connor lost his football in the tall dry grass while on holidays with his family in Kakadu he thought that was the end of the matter.  He and his sister and cousins had searched and searched in the long grass near their camp at Gunlom but they couldn’t find the ball that Connor had had for more than half his life and which he dearly loved.  

Kakadu Poem

An ancient place
Ancient stone and creature
Ancient people and culture
Ancient beauty and nature

A people of principle
Principles of balance and sharing
Learnt from millennia of shared memories

A place of contrast Contrast of wet and dry
Water, beast, flower, dust, rock, tree, flame, dust, mine, dust, dust, dust
A place of beauty Beauty of flora, fauna and terrain

Voigt's Hotel Room and Suitcase on Bike Hugger

 A great interview with Cycling Legend Jens Voigt and his view on chaos and genius.

"A hard shell around chaos" and "having things organized is only for small-minded people. Genius controls chaos."

 You can find lots of information about Kakadu in the Kakadu Visitor Guide, there are many photos and maps of the area as well.

 This Haiku came to me while riding the latter half of the Noosa Century 2010, I think it captures what was a spectacular day.

Cool air, pre-dawn start
Flowing roads to many hills
Tailwinds with sea views

Performing IP Subnetting is part art and mostly science (at least maths).  You need somewhere to start and an understanding of what and how you are going to break up the address space, that is the art part, the science comes with calculating out all the address break points.

For a reference on how to do IP address subnetting, check out IP Addressing and Subnetting for New Users

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference... He acquired his size from too much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 

3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. 

4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.   

5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery. 

 There are a bunch of blog pages for the Graceville State School (GSS) Parents and Citizens Association fund raising activities.  You can find those listed below.

Graceville State School GSS Trivia Night - Saturday 5 June 2010

Graceville State School GSS Fete - Saturday 28 August 2010

Please participate and help out the school.

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1. Always insist on a deposit that is large enough to cover your costs and inconvenience if things should go wrong. Many agents will tell you not to worry about it especially if there is a cooling off period. Don't use those agents. Any purchaser truly keen on buying your home will get a deposit. $10,000 is a minimum.  Any less and their incentive to settle can disappear very fast.