Monday's often have a way of humbling us. It's the start of a new week, and things don't always go our way. I don't mean to pile on if you're having one of those days, but this video is just too great not to share. It features a six-year old surfer by the name of Quincy Symonds, aka "the Flying Squirrel." Quincy started surfing at the age of four, and now looks like a natural. In fact, she's probably better than most of us watching this short film about her adventures. This just might be the cutest thing you see all week. Enjoy!
A small surfer makes big waves from ABC Open on Vimeo.
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
cyclist in Australia gets hit by a kung fu kangaroo that tried to leap over the bike
could be worse, could be an ostrich
Stage 4 of Volvo Ocean Race Underway
The third leg of the race was won by Team Mapfre, who were the first to arrive in Melbourne back on December 24. Second place went to Dongfeng Race Team, who has been edged out in the last two legs, narrowly finishing behind the leaders. These two are now expected to battle for the lead once again as the race turns north away from Australia.
The fourth leg of this year's VOR runs from Melbourne to Hong Kong, marking the first time that the race has visited that city. This stage covers 5600 nautical miles (6444 miles/10,371 km) and while it won't be quite as difficult as the long chase across the Southern Ocean, it will still test the stamina and skill of the teams aboard these round-the-world racing vessels. This time out, they'll have to navigate around a number of islands that sit in their path and they'll have to look for a route that safely passes through potential storms and other fast changing weather conditions.
Just a day into the restart of the race and the teams are already taking very different tactics as they make their way north. Some of the ships are staying closer to the Australian coastline, while others are heading further out to see. Which tactic proves the smartest has yet to be seen as it is early into the stage and the crews aren't expected into Hong Kong until sometime around the middle of the month.
All told, there will be 11 total stages in this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, which is scheduled to end at The Hague next June. Other stages will take the ships to Auckland, New Zealand; ItajaÃ, Brazil, and Newport, Connecticut in the U.S. There is more racing to come in the Southern Ocean as well, with the seventh stage requiring the teams to race round Cape Horn in what promises to be an epic showdown.
Until then, the teams will bounce around the Indian and Pacific Oceans for a bit, providing plenty of drama in the weeks ahead. You can follow all the action at volvooceanrace.com.
zipping around Bathurst in a XYGT
and this next car needs a better steering ratio, and new motor mounts or a chain... to keep that motor from twisting so far clockwise!
Volvo Ocean Race Resumes as Teams Head to Southern Ocean
The seven ships taking part in this year's edition of the round-the-world sailing event departed Cape Town and are now under sail for Melbourne, Australia. This stage of the race will cover approximately 6500 nautical miles (7480 miles/12,038 km) and will include a trip round the infamous Cape of Good Hope before the crews take a hard left turn and plunge south to the Souther Ocean. The route will take them through the Westerly Storm Track, a section of water that is notorious for its bad weather, before heading north once again to cross the Great Australian Bight and the Bass Strait on their way into Melbourne. They are expected to arrive there sometime around December 27.
On Saturday, just prior to the teams setting out on Stage 3, the "Cape Doctor" arrived in South Africa. This strong southeasterly wind brought sustained 40 knot (46 mph/74 km/h) winds with gusts up to 60 knots (69 mph/111 km/h). By Sunday, those winds had died down some but were still hitting 25-35 knots. That made for a blistering start with the ships finding plenty of breeze to help push them along. A high pressure front arrived today however to provide a bit of calm before facing the challenges that await.
The wild Southern Ocean will now test the crews. Known for its big waves, terrible storms, and high winds, this body of water surrounds Antarctica but has no other land masses to impede the progress of its winds and weather. That leads to some absolutely massive storms at times and cold, biting Antarctic winds are the norm. This will certainly not be a pleasure cruise for the members of each of the teams as they battle to be the fastest team to arrive in Melbourne.
You can follow all of the action and get regular updates on the Volvo Ocean Race website. The team there does a great job of not only providing plenty of news and insights into the race, but offering video and photos too.
Australia's Marriage Law Survey Results
In September Australia held a non-binding national postal survey into the issue of same-sex marriage. There was a high response rate, with over 80% of eligible voters participating in the survey. An overwhelming 61.6% of voters voted 'Yes' to same-sex marriages while 38.4% voted 'No'.
You can see how people voted in your area on Esri's interactive map of the results. Their Australian Marriage
Austrialian Family Trekking 1800 KM Across the Outback Together
Meet the Jonesys, an Australian family that has embarked on a massive trek across the Outback together. They plan to walk more than 1800 km (1118 miles) off track and completely self-supported from Kaltukatjara (Docker River) in the Northern Territory to the coast at Port Augusta in South Australia. In-between, they'll cross through some of the most difficult and remote terrain that the continent has to offer.
The expedition team consists of Lauren and Justin Jones, who are accompanied by their one year old daughter Morgan. The team set out on the journey back in July, and hope to wrap things up by October, passing such iconic Australian locations as Uluru, Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), Mount Connor, Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens, and Dalhousie Springs while en route.
While out on the trail, Lauren and Justin are each pulling specially designed carts that hold all of their gear and supplies for the trek, including the water that they need to survive in the arid Australian center. When completely full, those carts weigh upwards of 240 kg (529 pounds). Morgan usually hitches a ride with one of her parents throughout the day, although she has learned to walk while on the expedition. As she grows more confident in her trekking abilities, she is happy to hike alongside them for brief periods too.
As of now, the Jonsesys are 45 days into the journey and have covered roughly 700 km (434 miles). Their course has taken them through remote sections of the country, but from time to time they are dipping into towns to resupply as they go. That happens about once every two weeks or so, and are welcome respites from the difficult task of pulling the heavy carts day in and day out.
If Justin Jones is a name that sounds familiar, you probably remember him from two major expeditions that I covered on The Adventure Blog in the past. He and his buddy James "Cas" Castrission first came to prominence in the exploration community when they completed a paddling journey from Australia to New Zealand by kayak called Crossing the Ditch. Later, they would also become the first team to ski from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole and back again in their Crossing the Ice expedition. This has led to both men being named to the list of Australia's 50 greatest explorers.
Despite having completed these major challenges, Justin had never conducted a major expedition in his home country, and thus the Outback expedition was born. The journey will not only allow him to explore parts of Australia that he hasn't seen before, it will allow the whole family to connect with the country, and its rich history, in a new way.
But, there is more to the journey than just that. The Jonesys are also hoping to raise funds to provide dialysis for aboriginal Australians, who are 25% more likely to suffer from kidney failure than non-native Australians. To that end, they are raising funds for the Purple House, which helps to provide this important medical attention.
You can follow the Jonesys on their travels on the family's live tracker, Instagram, and Facebook. They are only part way through the journey, so there is plenty more to discover at thejonesys.com.
under the hood
While the engine’s original intake is no longer fitted, it retains the genuine X-Code Chrysler Racing block and heads, and now runs a single 1050cfm Holley carb and direct-port nitrous system.
https://www.streetmachine.com.au/events/1707/motorex-2017-our-10-favourite-rides-gallery
Some Queenslanders didn't take police warnings to stay out of flood waters very seriously -- until a bull shark washed up in the street. (remember, the only deadly thing not found in Australia are volcanoes... everything else will kill you)
Cyclone Debbie slammed into the Far North Queensland coast as a Category 3 cyclone, the most powerful to hit the region since Cyclone Yasi in 2011.
Social media showed local children taking full advantage of the day off, swimming and playing in the heavy rain.
Queensland Fire and Emergency https://twitter.com/QldFES were among those to tweet out the discovery, saying, "Think it's safe to go back in the water? Think again!"
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/asia/australia-cyclone-debbie-shark-flooding/index.html
Open Access Dissertations from Macquarie University Department of Ancient History
Open Access Dissertations from Macquarie University Department of Ancient History
Macquarie University ResearchOnline is Macquarie University's open access digital collection.
It is designed to promote globally, preserve locally and provide open access to the research and scholarly output of Macquarie University's staff, students and affiliates.
Authors: Robinson, AlexandraDate: 2016Subject Keyword: Bible | Invective | Judgment -- Religious aspects -- Judaism | New Testament studies | Catholic epistles | Epistle of Jude | Second Temple | Judaism | judgement oracles | Greco-Roman invective | sexual sanderLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1163978Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:
Authors: Irving, Jennifer CDate: 2016Subject Keyword: Women healers -- Greece | Inscriptions, Ancient -- Greece | Greek | women | epigraphy | physicians | midwives | sorceresses | herbalism | Hippocrates | GalenLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1109066Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:Authors: Shannahan, JohnDate: 2015Subject Keyword: Artaxerxes -- II | Achaemenid dynasty | Iran -- History | Iran -- Civilization | Iran -- Kings and rulers | Achaemenid Empire | Persia | 4th century BCE | Greco-Persian relations | satrapal coinageLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1067731Description: Includes bibliographical references.Full Text:Authors: Kirk, EmmaDate: 2015Subject Keyword: Beginning | Chinese | Hebrew | creation | mythology | comparative studies | comparative religionLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1068795Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:Authors: Dosoo, KorshiDate: 2015Subject Keyword: Divination -- Egypt -- History | Egypt -- History -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D | magic | Egypt | papyris | divination | Roman | Greek | demoticLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1067351Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:Authors: Scott, TimothyDate: 2015Subject Keyword: See, Klaus von | Geuenich, Dieter | Pohl, Walter | Brather, Sebastian | Germanic antiquities | German historiography | 'Germanic' peoples | ‘Germanic’ antiquity | barbarian identity | ethnicity | European identityLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1069812Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:Authors: Wearne, Gareth JamesDate: 2015Subject Keyword: Bible | Inscriptions, Ancient -- Middle East | Inscriptions, Ancient -- Egypt | Inscriptions, Ancient -- Jordan | Egypt -- Antiquities | Jordan -- Antiquities | Kuntillat Jurayyah (Egypt) | Dayr Ê»Allā, Tall (Jordan) | Kuntillet Ê»Ajrud | Deir Ê»Alla | epigraphy | textualisation | literacy | Northwest | SemiticLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1137978Description: Includes bibliographical references.Full Text:Authors: Cooper, JulienDate: 2015Subject Keyword: Names, Geographical -- Egypt | Toponymy | Egypt -- Historical geography | Ancient Egypt | placenames | geographyLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1137112Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:Authors: Gosbell, Louise AnneDate: 2015Subject Keyword: Bible | Disabilities -- Biblical teaching | disability | Gospels | Jesus | healingLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1107765Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:Authors: Petrou, IreneDate: 2014Subject Keyword: Augustine -- Philosophy | Maximus -- Philosophy | Edwards, Jonathan -- Philosophy | Christianity -- Philosophy | Augustine | Maximus the Confessor | Jonathan Edwards | sin | guilt | salvation | grace | will | affections | deification | philosophy | justification | theology | soteriology | enlightenment | Cambridge Platonists | Origenists | libertarians | Christian life | Christian practiceLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1076854Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:Authors: Burchfield, Richard LeighDate: 2014Subject Keyword: Monasteries -- Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) -- History | Strategic alliances (Business) -- Egypt -- Thebes (Extinct city) | Jeme (Extinct city) -- Social life and customs | Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) -- Social life and customs | Thebes | network theory | Western Thebes | Islamic Egypt | Jeme | Medinet Habu | Egyptian monasticismLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1130289Description: Theoretical thesis.Full Text:
Authors: Mourad, Anna-LatifaDate: 2014Subject Keyword: Hyksos | Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C | Egypt -- Antiquities | Middle East -- Antiquities | Middle East -- History -- To 622 | Egypt | Levant | Hyksos origins | Middle Kingdom | Second Intermediate Period | Middle Bronze Age | ethnicity | trade | Egyptian-Levantine relationsLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1059136Description: "A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"Full Text:
Authors: Gibson, James EdwardDate: 2014Subject Keyword: Spiritual life -- Christianity | Spiritual life -- Christianity -- Research | Christian | gospel | divine sense | biblical outlookLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1139039Description: "A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"Full Text:Where is the wise man?: Graeco-Roman education as a background to the divisions in 1 Corinthians 1-4Authors: White, Adam GrahamDate: 2014Subject Keyword: Paul | Bible | Corinth (Greece) -- Church history | 1 Corinthians | Paideia | education | philosophy | oratoryLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/307170Description: "This thesis is presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Department of Ancient History, 25th April 2013".Full Text:Authors: Heslehurst, Raymond ErrolDate: 2013Subject Keyword: Wilberforce, William | Thornton, Henry | Stephen, James | Wilberforce family | Thornton family | Stephen family | Clapham Sect | Evangelicalism -- Church of England | Evangelicalism -- England -- History | England -- Church history | Wilberforce | Thornton | James Stephen | evangelicalism | public theology | English church history | Anglican theologyLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/289629Description: Bibliography: pages 284-294.Full Text:Authors: Leiper, KayDate: 2013Subject Keyword: Greece -- History | Athens (Greece) -- History | Athens (Greece) -- Education | literacy | cognitive science | greek historyLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/285710Description: "A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"Full Text:Authors: Moore, Peter CharlesDate: 2013Subject Keyword: John Chrysostom -- Influence | Calvin, Jean -- Criticism and interpretation | Chrysostom, John | Calvin, John | preaching | oratory | rhetoric in late antiquity | early modern rhetoric | emotions in preachingLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/289964Description: "Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Department of Ancient History, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Sydney 2013".Full Text:Authors: La Loggia, Angela SophiaDate: 2012Subject Keyword: Tombs -- Egypt | Architecture, Ancient -- Egypt | Sepulchral monuments -- Egypt | Egypt -- Antiquities | Egypt | early dynastic period | engineering | constructionLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/267233Description: Bibliography: pages: 374-355.Full Text:Authors: Power, Ronika KDate: 2012Subject Keyword: Burial -- Egypt -- History | Burial -- Social aspects -- Egypt | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt | Grave goods -- Egypt | Excavations (Archaeology) -- EgyptLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1205405Description: Theoretical thesis.Authors: Doherty, Bernard Gerard FrancesDate: 2012Subject Keyword: Montanism -- History | Church history | montanism | heresy | epigraphy | early Christianity | Phrygia | Asia minorLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/268348Description: Bibliography: pages 359-398.Full Text:Authors: Thompson, Elizabeth MDate: 2010Subject Keyword: Tombs -- Egypt -- Hawawish Site | Tombs -- Egypt -- Akhmīm | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt | Hawawish Site (Egypt) | Akhmīm (Egypt) -- Tombs | Egypt -- AntiquitiesLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/282978Description: "A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"Full Text:Authors: Bridge, Edward JohnDate: 2010Subject Keyword: Semitic philology | Master and servant -- Biblical teaching | Slaves -- Biblical teaching | Jews -- Civilization | Hebrew language -- Idioms | Respect for persons -- History | Manners and customs -- Religion | Sociology, Biblical | Sociolinguistics in literatureLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/266797Description: "Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"Full Text:Authors: Mathieson, Erica AnnDate: 2006Subject Keyword: Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Egypt | Christian women -- Religious life -- Egypt | Jewish women -- Religious life -- Egypt | Women in Christianity -- History | Women in Judaism -- History | Christian women | biblical vocabulary | Christian text | Jewish text | papyri | religious identitiesLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/290184Description: "Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"Full Text:Authors: Lovell, Graham DavisDate: 2004Subject Keyword: Gregory | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600Language: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1062662Description: Typescript.Full Text:Authors: Ricklefs, NormanDate: 2002Subject Keyword: Church history | Religious thought | Angels | archangel Michael | Egyptian Christianity | Christology | church history | angelsLanguage: engResource Type: Thesis PhDIdentifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/289574Description: "A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"Full Text: