Watch out for that Kangaroo!

February 8, 2013 by

What is it about Kangaroo that everyone loves.  They can be pretty cute I guess, but in some parts of the country they are a real nuisance.  They also can be quite tempermental.  I’ve seen some pretty gnarly videos of Kangaroos attacking.  They have some extremely powerful hind legs, so they’ve been known to do quite a bit of damage.

Last week, I read this interesting article    about how the economy is starting to flourish in the area because of the large amounts of imports and exports to and from Australia.  I don’t understand where the boom came from, but I guess it’s once the trade connection between Australia and China opened up, people started to take advantage of it and everything started to go well.

Here’s a video of the crazy boxing kangaroo:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_CYobIlEg

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Importing to Australia

February 5, 2013 by

It’s alwasy interesting to read about the opposite side of the world and what they do and how they live.  A lot of the people there are fairly well educated and are similar to most first world countries.  The businesses are bustling with excitement and new technological breakthroughs.  I love seeing how these different types of cultures and people come together in order to help make a country an attractive place to be. [Read more...]

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LIVE Community Power Project Being Organized In Australia (Solar)

January 18, 2013 by


LIVE Community Power Project Being Organized In Australia (Solar) (via Clean Technica)

  The roof of the South Melbourne Market building was recently renovated, and the LIVE Community Power project intends to attract investors to install 3,000 photovoltaic solar panels on the roof. The LIVE Community Power project, part of a non-profit climate change initiative called LIVE, is to be…

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China annual growth hits 13-year low

January 18, 2013 by


China annual growth hits 13-year low (via AFP)

China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, the government said Friday, but an uptick in the final quarter pointed to better news ahead for a prime driver of the tepid global recovery. Gross domestic product (GDP) in the world’s second-largest economy expanded 7.8 percent last year…

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OECD calls on Australia to mull sovereign fund

January 18, 2013 by


OECD calls on Australia to mull sovereign fund (via AFP)

Australia should look at a sovereign wealth fund to profit from the revenues of its China-fuelled mining boom, the OECD club of rich nations said Friday, describing the robust economy’s outlook as positive. The country dodged recession during the financial crisis due to its mining-powered economy,…

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Japan’s US-bound exports overtake China shipments

January 18, 2013 by


Japan’s US-bound exports overtake China shipments (via AFP)

Japan’s US-bound exports overtook shipments to China last month, official data showed Wednesday, as a new government in Tokyo vows to stand its ground in a bitter diplomatic dispute with Beijing. Shipments to China tumbled 14.5 percent in November as demand for everything from cars to construction…

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