Kangaroo Hop
There was a social media storm over breaking at the Olympics; Australian competitor Raygun bombed out while claiming her goal was originality. But Sarah Nelson made her move 16 years ago!
Tag: Australia
Mullygrubbing
Mullygrub – an excellent word with a four-hundred-year etymology that has taken it from referring to a headache to referring to an Australian bowling an underarm cricket ball. Or is that the same thing?
To Know or Not to Know
What does one need to know? World news? Election results? The names of flowers? Or just the number of kilometres to your destination?
Excessive Expectations?
Are New Zealand tramping huts too complex and expensive? Here’s a simple Ozzie alternative – we’re impressed.
Recognising faces
Can you tell a real image from a fake? AI can’t, but it can make fakes. And it can recognise your face. Scared yet? Should you be?
The unlucky country (not us)
How effective is New Zealand’s lockdown against the Delta strain, compared with Australia’s? People wish for better ways of locking down, but there is not ‘better’ lockdown than an absolute one if you are trying to control spread of a virus.
Blowing bubbles
A travel bubble with Australia is proposed and insurance companies are suggesting the government should pay for travel insurance because it will be too risky. Isn’t it up to businesses to price appropriately rather than ask for the tax payer to subsidise them?
Damn…
Here we go back down the COVID Alert Levels because New Zealand has community transmission of the virus, after 102 days without any. Everyone has been getting more relaxed given the lack of cases in the community. Let’s hope our early action means we don’t go back into a lockdown like we’ve watched in Melbourne.
Are We Nearly There Yet?
Are we nearly there yet? A phrase redolent of childhood car journeys, the Canterbury earthquakes, and now the COVID-world.