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Day Three of the Back to Nature Period

By Marianne McPhee on August 21, 2010 in Australia, Pacific, Photos

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After my days on the Hammer, it was onto the bus for a 13-hour drive down Australia’s East Coast. After watching The Green Mile on the bus television, I did my best to get my...

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The World Mangrove Atlas: Hope Amid Despair

By Danielle Nierenberg on August 20, 2010 in Africa, Asia, Australia, Belize, Brazil, Central America, Fiji, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, North America, Pacific, Philippines, Photos, South America, Southeast Asia, West Africa

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By Daniel KandyThe World Mangrove Atlas revealed some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the loss of mangroves has slowed to 0.7 percent annually. The bad news is that that...

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Tahiti in the Middle

By Geoff Edwards on August 20, 2010 in French Polynesia, Photos

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For the last few years I’ve taken Transatlantic repositioning cruises. These cruises are a great way to see some European ports and then spend lovely days at sea on the way to Fort Lauderdale.This year...

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Five Days Shower Free: Days One and Two

By Marianne McPhee on August 20, 2010 in Australia, Pacific, Photos

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Okay, it sounds gross. Five days, no shower, no soap. Definitely no sugar coating on this one – I was…dirty. Why, you ask, did I go five days without washing? One day, okay sure, two...

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Australia Marks 30 Years Since Azaria Chamberlain’s Disappearance

By Kathy Drasky on August 17, 2010 in Australia, Featured, Pacific, Photos

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This week marks the 30-year anniversary of the disappearance of a baby named Azaria Chamberlain, snatched as she slept in a tent on a family camping trip in Australia's outback by a wild dog known...

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Australia Loves ABBA: ABBAWorld Down Under

By Kathy Drasky on August 17, 2010 in Australia, Featured, Melbourne, Pacific, Photos

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Super Swedish pop group ABBA was big in North America, huge in Japan and colossal in Europe. Yet nowhere more were Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid (the first initials of their names became the acronym...

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Queen of the Canyon?

By Marianne McPhee on August 17, 2010 in Australia, Featured, Pacific, Photos

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What do you do with three days off work when you’re living by Ayers Rock (Uluru, or just the Rock) in the middle of nowhere Australia? You drive four hours down a big long road...

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Aussie Sees Murder of Croc in Cold Blood: What Would Steve Irwin Have Said?

By Fred Hatman on August 11, 2010 in Africa, Australia, Featured, Pacific, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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Some people are of the opinion that the only good crocodile is a monster croc that’s eaten a few Australians. And then survives the ensuing terrible tummy bug to chomp on a few more.But I...

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Fred Hatman (AKA Howard Donaldson) knew he wanted to be newspaper journalist at age 13. He has worked as a reporter and sub-editor for the Daily News and Cape Times, both based in South Africa and Wimbledon News, Today, London Daily News, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror, all based in London .

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Day Three of the Back to Nature Period

The World Mangrove Atlas: Hope Amid Despair

Tahiti in the Middle

Five Days Shower Free: Days One and Two

Australia Marks 30 Years Since Azaria Chamberlain’s Disappearance

Australia Loves ABBA: ABBAWorld Down Under

Queen of the Canyon?

Aussie Sees Murder of Croc in Cold Blood: What Would Steve Irwin Have Said?

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