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South Australia: Younis on the radar
2008-05-29 11:14:00 South Australia have made an offer to secure the services of Younus Khan and could reach a deal with the Pakistan batsman by the end of the week1 Vote(s)
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Sturts Desert Pea
2008-04-24 06:57:00 Yesterday on my way to project management training at the National Wine Centre, which is next to the Adelaide Botanic Garden, I came across Sturts Desert Pea. It is the State Flower of South Australia and I had heard of it through the Desert Pea Blog, another Adelaide blog, but I had never seen it before. My boss who was with me at the time told me he had lived in Alice Springs during one of the years they had huge floods and that after that, the desert turned red with Desert Peas.The plant is very unremarkable for most of the year, prostrate and grey green and adapted to very arid conditions. When it decides to flower, it is glorious.
Sommelier India interviews Rt. Hon. Mike Rann, Premier of South Australia
2008-03-29 20:57:00 ?I have been impressed by the rapid growth of the Indian economy, and the booming indian wine market?. South Australia, with its capital at Adelaide, produces 50% of all Australian wines: its 563 wineries made 724 million litres in 2007 (out of a total of 1.4 billion) and exported wine worth A$ 1.4 billion (Rs. 5,180 crore). Its wine regions are legion: the Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra are home to many of Australia?s best-known wineries. These include Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Petuluma, Shaw & Smith, Torbreck, Grosset, Majella, d?Arenberg, Hardys, and Sepplt (to name just a few). Loxton winery which Champagne Indage bought is also based in South Australia. The Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann, who was in India in mid-March 2008 leading a 26-strong delegation of businessmen and industrialists to promote investment, education and migration, spoke to Alok Chandra in an exclusive interview for Sommelier India about wines from his state, the wine market...
South Australia Water Prognosis. Grimmer and Grimmmer
2008-03-29 01:46:00 In a week when we finally get some rain, it is depressing to see this and read this.234km upstream of its now mud- and sand-choked entrance to the Southern Ocean, the river flowed proud and strong. People would ski and fish in the lagoon at nearby Walker Flat, on one of the Murray's most picturesque reaches. Today, the waterhole is virtually dry. Lifeless gum trees stand like sun-scorched toothpicks on its banks, where the water used to be waist-deep. "I walked out the other day with waders into a metre of mud," said David le Brun, who operates night tours for visitors to Big Bend. "For the people on the river, who live on it, it is devastating." Nothing new, just the grim reality.Very like the Colorado River just as it enters Mexico. Everybody else gets their dibs. South Australia gets the dregs.South Australia, the water gringos of Australia.
Origins of Sex in Outback South Australia
2008-03-24 20:53:00 Apparently it all began in the Flinders Ranges about 570 million years ago.Scientists believe they have discovered the earliest evidence of animal sex, between 30cm- long knobby tubular animals which lived on the then sea floor in the Ediacaran Hills within the Flinders Ranges. Beating the previous record by 30 million years, the earliest known animals to have sex are now Funisia Dorothea, their exploits revealed this week in the international magazine Science. Funisia Dorothea covered the seafloor of the region during the Neoproterozoic era, a 100-million-year period ending around 540 million years ago.So sex evolved from nobby tubular animals on the sea bed to involving nobby tubular appendages on the bed. And that took over 500 million years. I wonder where it will go next?
2008 Easter road toll
2008-03-24 17:20:00 This year’s Easter road toll has hit 21 and going by the latest police reports, it might go even higher. So far Queensland has had the worst record with seven deaths, Western Australia has hit five, Victoria is currently sitting at four, Tasmania is three and the Northern Territory and South Australia have each recorded one. ...
The Best of South Australia*
2008-03-10 00:00:00 We will be headed Down Under in a matter of weeks. In anticipation, South Australian music blogger Ringo Stalin at Champignons for my real friends hooked us up with his choices for the best bands from SA. Head over and see what Adelaide and environs have to offer. My fav ...
Bushwalking in South Australia
2008-02-09 08:23:00 By Jenny Brewer South Australia offers amazing diversity and breathtaking beauty in every direction. For the nature lover you can choose from the large number of sprawling parks surrounding the city of Adelaide to the vast Flinders Ranges that are a bushwalkers dream. Head to the Peninsulas for some coastal views or relax in the Barossa Valley. Whatever destination you choose, your hire car will give you the freedom to enjoy your walking holiday to the maximum. Adelaide is known for its green parks, and one of the closest is the Black Hill Conservation Park which has a number of walking trails and viewpoints that make the trip worthwhile. Bring a picnic as there are a number of great picnic spots dotted around the park. Close to twenty kilometres south from the city is the Cleland Conservation Park, which offers guided walks at dusk to see the native animals at their best. There are plenty of tracks here, one heading to Waterfall Gully which is especially majestic during the rainy s...
Mitsubishi: what went wrong
2008-02-07 11:02:00 Mitsubishi: what went wrong -by Robert Wilson So that?s it then. Not with a bang, indeed not even with much a of whimper. After 28 years Mitsubishi Motors Australia announced the end of production of the 380 in Adelaide, putting 930 employees out of work. It was hardly a surprise, and there was little sense of ...
South Australia Set To Stain Staines Reputation
2008-02-03 13:05:00 Residents of the UK under 45 come on down. The South Australian State Government is set to play naughty with a mid winter appeal for skilled workers from the UK. Fifty years after 1m Britons were lured down under with the £10 assisted-passage scheme, skilled tradespeople and professionals are once again being targeted. This time there will be no cheap flights or tickets for ocean liners but the promise that young people can buy a four-bedroom detached house on the beach with space for a swimming pool and "barbie" for as little as £200,000.My uncle came on one of those packages to Adelaide, but ended up in Perth. I ended up here in a circuitous way. Adelaide has a lot to recommend it if you can find suitable employment. There is a large pommy community here already and I would say that it is a very easy transition. You just have to put up with a lot of Australians.
Petrol to hit $1.50 per litre
2008-01-02 23:41:00 In what may be an ominous sign of things to come, petrol prices are set to hit a record $1.50 litre mean average within the next week. Oil prices again hit the $100USD per barrel mark last night driving the pump price up as demand continues to outstrip supply. The current pump average in Sydney is $1.44 ...
2007 Road Toll Figures
2008-01-01 14:42:00 With another year over the national road authorities have began reviewing the road toll to examine if their tactics have proven successful. As a nation, Australia’s 2007 road toll was lower than last year’s 1605. The main exception being the bush which saw a steady climb. 1569 people lost their lives on Australian roads this year ...
Adelaide - South Australia: Accommodation, Attractions and so much more
2007-11-26 14:41:00 Adelaide - South Australia: Accommodation, Attractions and so much more Adelaide the capital of South Australia is a relaxed and cosmopolitan city of around 1.2 million people and is the political, social and economic centre of South Australia. Founded in 1836, Adelaide has many attractive boulevards, parklands and is home to some of Australia’s best historic buildings. Adelaide has a lively
Things To Do In South Australia
2007-10-30 14:07:00 As much as UK holds a lot of memories to hubby, Australia has always has a place in my heart. Though I only spent a year in Perth, but I like Australia very much and still dream of migrating there one day. It’s a pity that during the year stay in Australia, I didn’t travel ...
Nicole Cornes Political Bimbo and Kamikaze Act
2007-10-22 21:52:00 This lady a former high profile columnist with the local Sunday Rag is the victim of the ultimate in political arrogance best typified by State Labor here in South Australia. She was appointed after they couldn't get her high profile husband, former Adelaide Crows Coach and Sports Columnist and Media Personality, Graeme Cornes to run. She was parachuted into a competitve federal seat, Boothby, where the sitting MP has a very low profile and has had an even lower profile since Nicole started campaigning. I mean she is so bad, he doesn't have to campaign, just wait for her to stuff up.Her current strategy is to avoid all contact with the media, refuse photo opportunities and media requests and to run away if the media turn up. Very odd given her previous career as a columnist. Not too clever. Very sad and an indictement of crony factional political decision making. I hope that she is resoundingly rejected.Come on Nicole. Lets have some more cringe moments.
South Australia Election News
2007-07-04 11:20:00 The ALP is expected make significant gains in South Australia. Currently the Coalition holds 8 of the 11 South Australian House of Representative seats with the ALP claiming the remaining 3. The ALP is predicted to pick up the ultra marginal seats of Kingston, Makin and Wakefield whilst retaining the marginal seats of Adelaide and Hindmarsh. This would leave the ALP with 6 South Australian seats and the Coalition with 5.
Step Rd. 2005 Black Wing South Australia Chardonnay
2007-06-07 05:30:00 Only $9.99 at my local grocery store and with some great reviews, I just had to try this wine.The Step Rd. 2005 Black Wing, South Australia, Chardonnay has a medium-light straw color with an ever so tiny hint of green in the glass. On the nose it shows ripe pear, citrus and pineapple. On the palate the pear shows up again with nice citrus and a hint of vanilla. The mouth feel is initially round with a slight buttery creaminess, that is washed away by the plentiful, fresh, mouth watering acidity. This is a medium bodied, to a certain extent ripe, but still "cooling", chardonnay with a really nice finish of lingering fruit and the acidity that holds it's grip until the very end.I really liked this wine and plan to get some more for summer entertaining.Find it at Wine-Searcher.com and WineZap.com from $9.99. This is a must try for the dollar spent!Vote for my blog here and help me reach top 10 on The Blog TopI am now in top 11!
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