Enough porkies, it's time for a few home truths

A unusually upbeat article about the miracle of modern Australia from an otherwise hardened political commentator.

Enough porkies, it's time for a few home truths

I love the line:

It turns out that John Howard and Peter Costello delivered the closest thing to a socialist paradise that Australia has seen. Who knew?

A tribute to Borgnis Street!

There is a Street
(c) 2009 Wesley, Belinda, Thomas, Bethany & Simon Dart
(Written for our annual Connect Group Christmas BBQ and family concert. Sung to the tune of 'There is a Day' by Nathan Fellingham)

There is a street, that all of Davidson's longing for
A street of lumination, and visitation free for all
And on that street, you might meet with Santa Claus
And when you see him, in an instant you'll be amazed

Young and old, far and wide they come to Borgnis Street
In car or bus, on foot or stroller they arrive
The Manly Daily, declares the wonders of the lights
We know it's Christmas, and Bear Cottage will survive

You can see the lights from space
They'll be shining in your face!
And you'll be glad you don't live in this place, oh yeah!
There is so much to be seen
Mr Whippy sells ice-cream
Not sure if it's real clean, oh yeah! oh yeah!

The nights are late, the children start to irritate
And we can hardly, wait for the_date to arrive
December 31st is when_it all will come to end
And we'll farewell it, for another year again

Papua New Guinea

I saw many strange things when I was in PNG last week, but this newspaper advertisement especially caught my eye!