Tim tam crush

 

Kept in the fridge and eaten last. Sweet, Freshmint, delicious. 

Made by Joel

 

Toy bench made by Joel

The Case Against the West | Foreign Affairs

The Case Against the West | Foreign Affairs

Kishore Mahbubani

Alice

Dino

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This is Dino in my favourite pose. He's fast asleep on our couch in Mallacoota.

Forest Adventure

This is a list of forest adventures around the world. Recently some friends have visited these places and it looks exciting.

1. Bali Safari Park in Bali. The main gripe about this place, explained very well here is the commercialisation of wild animals. We saw a lot of that in South Africa. South Africa has excelled in its breeding program. They are able to help procreate many types of wild animals to 'save them from extinction'. Unfortunately, they use the same process to commercialise wild animals. Its an industry to auction and buy animals for safari parks, even in Africa. More times than not, the safari lodge that you visit has 'bought' the animals on their lands at auctions. Where did they come from?
Also, they breed animals for lion parks and such so one could 'pay to pet a lion' or 'pay to hunt down a lion'. So you could chop their heads off for your dining room.

OK, so this one is not one to visit...

2. Tree tops Asia in Chiang Mai

3. Bedok Forest Adventure in Singapore

4. Forest Research Institute Malaysia

5. Not a forest, but in Perth they have a fantastic maze for children. If ever in Perth...

6.  The treetops course in Penang

7. There is one in New Zealand,

Garden and Cosmos Exhibition

We visited the Art Gallery NSW to see this exhibition. It was stunning. Indian Art is quite intricate and whatever the criticisms of technique is just washed away at the enjoyment of them.

This groundbreaking exhibition of newly discovered Indian paintings from the royal court collection of Marwar-Jodhpur (in the modern state of Rajasthan) has three sections devoted to the garden and cosmos leitmotifs, with an introductory gallery about the kingdom of Marwar-Jodhpur and the origins of its court painting traditions in the 17th century. Produced for the private enjoyment of the Marwar- Jodhpur maharajas, virtually none of the 60 works on view in “Garden and Cosmos” have ever been published or seen by scholars since their creation centuries ago. Strikingly innovative in their large scale, subject matter, and styles, they reveal both the conceptual sophistication of the royal atelier and the kingdom’s engagement with the changing political landscapes of early modern India.

Commentary by the Maharaja of Jodhpur, who lent many of the paintings, and Debra Diamond, the curator who organized the exhibition, is included on an audio guide available at the Garden and Cosmos entrance. [si]

Please click on each image to find references to the exhbition.