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Australian Genealogy

Researching your family's genealogy can turn up some surprising things. Deb Jahn wrote to us about research she's doing on the Castilla family. She was pleased to read the story The Red Kangaroo by Ethel Castilla that we have in Voice of Australians. To help her we added a new page on Australian genealogy you might find interesting too.

More Jokes

We've added more jokes and updated a few others. From one of the Hmm pages ...

  A fine is a tax for doing something wrong.
  A tax is a fine for doing so well.

  If a man speaks in a forest, but no woman
  is there to hear him, is he still wrong?

My personal favourites are the political jokes Premier Wishes and Let Sleeping Politicians Lie.

Lots more in our Jokes section

2011 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000

The Bathurst 1000 is known among many Aussie race fans as simply "The Great Race". The race on 9 October 2011 saw Nick Percat become the first rookie winner of the race since 1977. Although veterans Loundes and Skaife were 2nd place winners, they did not lead a single lap all day. Congratulations once again to Holden.

We've updated our race information to include this year's winners. See our Bathurst 1000 winners since 1960.

 

 

January 2011 Queensland Flood

Flood Help and Information is a list of resources we've put together that you might find useful if you're trying to recover from the floods or want to help someone who is.

On a personal note, our town had minor flooding, but Max, along with several other drivers, got caught in the flash flood. He's fine now, but we now have to replace our car.

Yes, it's a minor problem compared to those that have lost their homes and even their lives. Our hearts go out to everyone who has gone (and are still going) though so much. The response of our emergency people was nothing short of heroic. And the total strangers who appeared out of nowhere to help is quite simply magnificent. Thank you all.

Good Wishes
We've received so many letters from readers like Lorraine P in the UK who wanted to "pass my very good wishes to the people of Queensland for their bravery at this terrible time with the flooding." We feel the same way about our New Zealand neighbours and those suffering in Japan.

The good wishes being shared around the world is gratifying. It always helps to know someone cares.

Games

Congratulations to Joe who wrote us that he beat our Dot Box Battle game. We've sent B-dog and Sharon T. the answer to  Turn on the Lights game. If you're stuck, contact us and we'll send it to you too.

Our personal favourite is the Flee RoundUp game. So easy, yet so very hard to master. Be careful, it's addictive!