Smelly corpse flower bloom in decline in Adelaide, Cairns flowering ...
Smelly corpse flower bloom in decline in Adelaide, Cairns flowering imminentPostedJanuary 05, 2016 10:10:01 A rare corpse flower that in full bloom brought a stench to the Adelaide Hills is in decline, but another is due to flower in north Queensland.Thousands of visitors turned up at theMount Lofty Botanic Garden in the Hills late last month when staff announced the plant was in bloom.Horticulturalist Matt Coulter told 891 ABC Adelaide the sheer number of interested people surprised gardens..>> view originalTeenagers stealing cars 'for kicks'
Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Smith with a Prius and a Mazda CX-7 that were allegedly trashed by teen thieves last year. Picture: Anna RogersGANGS of Cairns teens are stealing cars to score “bragging rights” among their friends — and their victims are helping them do it.Police have again warned Far North residents to keep their vehicles’ keys in safe locations after revealing 12 cars had already been reported stolen in the first few days of 2016.In one such incident, officers charged five yout..>> view originalCairns residents ability to
Cairns residents to make formal submissions on performing arts centre from tomorrowby:JIM CAMPBELLFrom:The Cairns PostJanuary 05, 20165:40AMPLAN: An artist's impression of the Cairns Performing Arts Centre. IMAGE: SUPPLIEDSource:SuppliedCAIRNS residents will finally have the chance to make formal submissions on the proposed Cairns Performing Arts Centre from tomorrow.Cairns Regional Council has lodged a development application (DA) for a material change of use for the existing Cairns Civic Thea..>> view originalHong Kong Airlines kicks off Gold Coast-Hong Kong flights
Hong Kong Airlines debuts its first Australian route this weekend with the launch of seasonal direct flights between Hong Kong and the Gold Coast/Coolangatta.With an Airbus A330-300 aircraft, up to 32 business class passengers on each flight can enjoy fully-flat beds with direct aisle access from every seat...... a choice of meals stemming from Chinese, Western, Japanese, vegetarian and other cuisines with inflight choices changing every two weeks...... and a personal 15.5-inch inflight entertai..>> view originalIraqi mosques suffer 'revenge' attacks
Iraqi mosques suffer 'revenge' attacksby:Stephen Kalin and Saif HameedFrom:AAPJanuary 05, 20168:23AMAT least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq and two people killed in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi'ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police say.IRAQI Shi'ites protesting last week's execution of Saudi Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr separately marched in Baghdad and in southern cities, calling for a boycott of Saudi products and severing ti..>> view originalKate Atkinson wins Costa novel award
Kate Atkinson wins Costa novel awardFrom:AAPJanuary 05, 20166:34AMKATE Atkinson has won the UK's Costa novel award for the second time in three years for her ninth book, A God in Ruins.THE novel is a companion to Life After Life, which won the 2013 award.A gothic horror tale, The Loney, by Andrew Michael Hurley, a former teacher and librarian, won the Costa first novel award. Described by Stephen King as "an amazing piece of fiction", it's the frontrunner to scoop the 2015 Costa Book of the Year..>> view originalGirls' schools a 'huge disadvantage', says co-ed head
Image copyrightThinkstockImage captionMr Cairns said mixed schools prepared girls better for the workplaceGirls at single-sex schools can achieve top grades but are "at a huge disadvantage" if they leave unable to talk to boys, says a leading head.If girls did not socialise with boys at school, "what happens when they go out into the workplace?", asked Richard Cairns, head of Brighton College.Single-sex schools were a "deeply unrealistic world", said Mr Cairns, writing in a magazine.But the Girl..>> view originalAdelaide 36ers need Adam Gibson firing to overcome horror draw ...
DOUBLE DRIBBLEVideo will begin in5seconds.Sport: The week's best playsFrom watermelon lovers to monster sixes, these are the most exciting, silly and downright crazy plays in the sporting world this week.PT1M52S620349If the Adelaide 36ers are going to make a late-season surge into the playoffs, they need to find a way to get Adam Gibson back in top form.The Sixers are 9-9, two wins behind the Illawarra Hawks and New Zealand Breakers, heading into the final six rounds of the season.As their recor..>> view originalEl Nino's grip on Aus climate to weaken
Video emerges of waterfall flowing down staircase on P&O cruise ship
VideoMore trouble aboard for P&OShocking footage of water pouring down a staircase inside a P&O cruise ship has emerged just a week after 60 people on board were struck with gastro.The moment was taken with an iPhone showing a waterfall flowing down stairs and carpet becoming submerged under storm water as passengers try to dodge the puddles like mine bombs.The incident happened on December 30 on the Pacific Aria while travelling between Cairns and Brisbane and the footage was taken on a..>> view original
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