OK there is sooo much to say and so little time to say it all.. or write it anyway.

First of all Russell Crowe: do we need him?

In fact, do we need Kiwis at all? Derryn Hinch and Russell Crowe have both been total screwups this week and they are both New Zealanders trying to be Aussies. For the information of our U.S. friends Derryn Hinch is a TV presenter who made an almighty mess this week by saying that one of our greatest TV personalities (who recently died) died from AIDS! No proof, just a comment made on national telly because he felt like it.

Why is it that we put refugees from dangerous countries (and sometimes our own citizens) in detention camps, while we let these kiwis round around freely? I mean what the hell has N.Z. ever done for us? Apart from international humiliation, nothing. I have done some research and found that they come from a couple of islands off the east coast of OZ, I vote we send them all back there. They killed my airline, they have embarrassed my country and they have a silly accent!!! Fuck thum all!

item 2:

My son the adventurer, recently sold me on the idea of public transport. It truly is an adventure to be had in your own back yard. On my "days off" I like to go on a public bus and see the city. Yesterday, I was catching a bus from Fyshwick (an industrial suburb of Canberra) and at the bus shelter I found: a porn tape and a box of Ritz crackers. It was obviously someones' idea of a great afternoon to sit on the couch and watch "big lesbians" while munching away on some crumbly biscuitry. Why would someone forget their porno in a bus shelter? Was the bus driver a woman and the guy was too embarrassed to bring it on with him? Was the bus driver a lesbian? We will never, ever know. 

The bikkies were ok but the tape was crap.

Item 3:

have you ever heard of the "Jack Jumper ant"? It lives in Tasmania (an Australian state of mind) and it can kill a person. This little, tiny ant contains a toxin in its stinger that impersonates several hundred different kinds of allergen. so if you're allergic to bees or honey or peanuts or any one of a hundred other substances and you get stung by one of these little critters, you will have the reaction you would expect from that substance.

People have died from just one ant sting!! Ya gotta love this country, it's harsh and dry and somehow so beautiful at the same time. Australia is like the person you loved, who treated you like crap; it is there and it is what it is, like it or not. Get Used to it, get over it or get out.

Now, I am off to investigate bus shelters. I'll let you know what I find.