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My latest little design job, a straightforward wordpress theme and setup to accompany a quirky book about odd things to visit around Australia, Cassowary Crossing.
I have to say. it was nice to work with someone who has no lack of decent content. David has already filled his blog with loads of interesting stuff.

OK, next to the world’s big rivers it’s just a trickle, but it’s our trickle! The Snowy River flows from the highest mountains in the country down to the sea near Orbost.
With all the controversy about river levels and ‘environmental’ flows, it’s heartening to see that, at least when this picture was taken, it’s got […]

There’s something a bit circular about looking at an ancient relic like the Great Pyramid of Gizeh through the magic of a technology as new as this.

Yippee!!… Google Maps have gone global - there are patches of high res photography scattered all over Australia and other non-US bits! So, much as I love (and will continue to patronise) googlesightseeing, I want to start my own archive of great locations. Australia-centric, but not exclusive.
Just to kick it off, I’m starting with the […]

In the middle of the political mud-slinging that surrounded the wrongful deportation/detention of Australians mistaken for “illegal” immigrants. I thought I heard someone attempt to resurrect the “Australia Card”.
I trust it won’t go any further than that passing comment, but if it does gather support again, I hope we can take a grown up approach […]

What was Australia’s illustrious Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer trying to say in parliament the other day? Apparently, a video of Douglas Wood and his Iraqi dissident captors was delivered to Australian officials by “message stick”. Does this implicate Australian Aboriginals in the sorry tale? (perhaps in retaliation for not saying sorry!), have the ancient ways […]

I was telling a story today when someone at the table said “that’s the sort of thing you should have on your blog!”, so I thought I’d better follow through with it.
I can’t remember why, but a while ago I found myself looking at a totally insane video on the interweb showing a couple of […]

It’s not politically correct to admit it, but I hate public transport. It’s bucketing rain this morning so I didn’t ride my bike (powered or unpowered), I caught the tram.
I don’t like the waiting, the fact that when I do, it’s usually cold and wet is a bummer, but I can put up with all […]

I know, it’s a big call but rainbowprimates.com incorporates unimaginably awful design, the very worst elevator music, a ‘terrorist alert’ indicator and a christian chat room! What more could you want?? This site will leave you utterly speechless. It’s so bad you will almost forget to be outraged at the basic idea of selling monkeys […]

I admit it, I’m a bit of a map nerd… I just love ‘em - the more detail the better. You can learn a lot about a place just by looking at a map. You can learn even more by looking at an aerial photograph, and google maps has got lots of them! So far, […]