Oct 20th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
An hour's drive down the Gibb River Road from El Questro, in the shadow of the striking Cockburn Range, sits Home Valley Station. The spirits of the Kimberley's settler history and cowboy culture are alive and well at this Outback resort. Its location is so fantastic and pristine, in fact, that it was used for many scenes in the film Australia. Sure, you'll find flat screen televisions and ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Australia's Wild West: Cowboy Life at Home Valley
Oct 20th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
An hour's drive down the Gibb River Road from El Questro, in the shadow of the striking Cockburn Range, sits Home Valley Station. The spirits of the Kimberley's settler history and cowboy culture are alive and well at this Outback resort. Its location is so fantastic and pristine, in fact, that it was used for many scenes in the film Australia. Sure, you'll find flat screen televisions and ...Shark shutdown looms in Hawaii
Jul 8th, 2009 at 8:30AM: Some native Hawaiians are looking to bring an end to shark tours, despite their popularity among tourists. They cite cultural concerns, according to a report by MSNBC, while surfers and environmentalists are worried that the animals could begin to associate people with lunchtime. Meanwhile, federal regulators are doing what they do best ... investigating.
Of course, tourists don't respond all ...Swim with sharks at Dubai mall
May 24th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Dubai just changed how we'll all look at malls forever. The Dubai Mall could have changed the rules simply by installing an aquarium and zoo ... or gone even crazier by putting sharks in the water. Hell, watching sharks swim is a great way to eat your Auntie Ann's pretzel. In Dubai, you can have your friend hold your pretzel while you put on a wetsuit and hop right in!
At the Dubai Aquarium and ...7 Eco-adventures that may be hazardous to your health
May 23rd, 2009 at 8:00AM: Many adventure travelers like to mix a sense of danger into their travels. It's not enough to just go somewhere and experience the culture and explore the landscapes. For some, they have to feel the rush of adrenaline while they risk life and limb for their next great thrill. Fortunately, Treehugger has just the list of travel experiences for them, offering up 7 eco-adventures that could get you ...Enjoying the ocean means taking care of it
Jan 14th, 2009 at 3:30PM: A recent article in The Economist outlines how man is destroying the ocean. It reports, "Man has changed the landscape and the atmosphere. It would be odd if the seas, which he has for centuries used for food, for transport, for dumping rubbish and, more recently, for recreation, had not also been affected." Despite being an avid ocean-goer myself, I have to agree with this assessment. ...Veterinarian reaches into shark's throat to remove hook it swallowed
Jul 18th, 2008 at 5:00PM: It's good to know people don't always torture sharks and sharks don't always torture people. Sometimes, we even help each other out. David Blyde, a veterinarian in Australia, was willing to plunge his arm up to his shoulder into the throat of a 10-foot nurse shark to save the animal after it swallowed a large hook. It was stuck in the animal's digestive tract, leaving a long metal handle sticking ...Belize it or not: The shark petting zoo
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Jul 11th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Hello from Belize! What a beautiful little country this is.
I have wanted to come here forever, being a diver and all. As you probably know, the Belize Barrier Reef (stretching from Yucatan all the way to the coast of Guatemala) is the second largest reef in the world, after the Great Barrier Reef.
We took our first dive trip today, right off the Ambergris Caye island. It was just a shallow dive ...Australian swimmer pokes shark in eye, survives
May 14th, 2008 at 1:00PM: I have been waiting for somebody to try this. They always tell to you to "poke a shark in the eye" if you get attacked, but it always seemed unreal to actually do it when it happens. The eye of a shark is pretty damn small, not to mention creepy.
Nonetheless, an Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the ...Swimming side by side with sharks
Feb 24th, 2008 at 10:00AM: The first time I saw one of these in Australia, I found it very strange. People swim in the ocean, yet separated by a wall of concrete or at least a net. Children are covered head to toe in nylon suits, and most adults don't even go into the water. What's going on here?
One sunny day, I asked the lifeguard why nobody was at the beach. "We have seen a couple of crocs here last night. It's hatching ...Worst Case Scenarios
May 4th, 2007 at 10:33AM: Though you probably won't ever need to land a plane, escape from a sinking car, or fend off an attacking shark, Worst Case Scenarios has the details available for you, in case you need them. From the team that brought the world The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook (and the many, many spin-offs), this online resource is available to soothe the fears of even the most nervous adventurer. ...
