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Funnel Web Spider at Ninety Mile Beach

Is That a Funnel Web Spider? Oh, Fuck, It Is This is a funnel web spider. Normally, such a spider is more three-dimensional and alive, but this is all you get. The funnel-web spider is one of the deadliest in … Continue reading

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Portrait of an Aboriginal Community Dog

Patch: Desert Dog in the City Meet Patch. She is an aboriginal community dog who resides in Mimili, South Australia.  She is visiting Melbourne along with Hannah Grace, whom I met through TV director Patrick Donovan. Patch is gentle, dignified … Continue reading

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Why Are Sydney mytrain Weekly Tickets Made of Paper?

Sydney’s mytrain weekly tickets are made for– you guessed it– weekly use. The average user would carry around these tickets for at least two train journeys per workday, plus excursions at the weekend. However, the weekly mytrain tickets are made … Continue reading

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The Unlikely Event: The Art of Airline Safety Pamphlets

In a Paris Review article titled The Unlikely Event, Avi Steinberg dissects the humble airline emergency card. These pamphlets have been degraded over time, contain almost no text. The art is muted and spare; this is by design. Older versions … Continue reading

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Sydney Bats Update: They’re Still Here

Sydney’s bats are still hanging around in the Botanical Gardens. The decision was made to use industrial noise to evict the bats from the Botanicals. Sydney’s flying foxes are not without friends, though. It is argued that the bat relocation … Continue reading

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Coffee Porn: Darlinghurst, Sydney

Coffee at Ampersand, Oxford St Enjoying a coffee at Amersand. It always feels good to be back in Sydney, especially when the rain stops just as you land. Oxford Street, Darlinghurst with Ian Stalvies.   View Larger Map

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Packing Porn: 3 Weeks in Oz

This is the sum total of my luggage for a three-week visit to Australia. Includes laptop, two cameras and a suit. Packing light: it’s the Jet Trash way.

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Gorgeously Useless Luggage

The Best Suitcases You’ll Never Use Williams British Handmade features the most beautiful suitcases you’ll likely ever see. These suitcases are also useless. Their funky curves, abrupt right angles, and seductive waves make them most unfriendly to the overhead compartment, and … Continue reading

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Meet the Voice of the NYC Subway, JFK, and 200 Other Airports

Meet Carolyn Hopkins. She’s the voice of the NYC Subway*. She’s the voice of JFK. She’s the English-speaking voice of Charles de Gaulle and Incheon Airports. You feel like you’ve known her all your life, and this is what she … Continue reading

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Idiot Copilot Causes Terror Scare on Chatauqua Airlines Flight

Pilot locked in lavatory causes unnecessary terror scare is the NY Post’s headline, but that’s not really what happened, is it? The pilot locked himself in the toilets (let’s leave that aside for the moment) and asked for a passenger’s help … Continue reading

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