Man with dust pan & broom

Updates from OZ including dust storm

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September 27th 2009
As you all probably saw on the news Sydney had it's first ever dust storm last week. It happens quite often in other Australian cities, but has never happened in Sydney before. I woke up about 6:30am Wednesday morning to get ready for work and the first thing I noticed was that it was unusually dark. The next thing I noticed was a red glow from below the window shades, when I opened the bathroo ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more