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    The Amazing Miocene Fossil Leaf Pack of Mata Creek, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole December 28, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 28, 2016

    I was crouched in a long boat somewhere up a rainforest-swathed river in Kalimatan, Borneo, when I saw it – a ‘living’ …

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  • Autobiography & Travel

    St Petersburg – 200 years of Russian Chick Selfies

    by Mike Pole December 26, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 26, 2016

    Women, so I’ve read (and seem to observe), are significantly more likely to take ‘selfies’ than men. It doesn’t seem to matter …

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  • Autobiography & Travel

    In Mongolia any fool can drive, but…

    by Mike Pole December 24, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 24, 2016

    In five years or so  in and out of Mongolia, I’ve criss-crossed thousands of kilometres by 4WD Landcruiser. But I’ve only taken …

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  • Archaeology, History & Culture

    The Log Cabin at the Heart of St Petersburg, Russia

    by Mike Pole December 20, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 20, 2016

    The most famous ‘little log cabin in the woods’ is probably the one in which Abraham Lincoln grew up in Kentucky. It …

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  • Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate

    Miocene Rain and Fire Forests of Bannockburn

    by Mike Pole December 18, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 18, 2016

    Canungra is the perfect place to stop for a snack on the drive up to O’Reilly’s/Lamington National Park in southeastern Queensland. On …

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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 24 – the Mysterious Vanishing Sushi Shop

    by Mike Pole December 6, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 6, 2016

    It happens so often. I chance across a place in a city – then fruitlessly search high and low for it again. …

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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 23 – Curry at Miss Tasha

    by Mike Pole December 6, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 6, 2016

    I noticed Miss Tasha when it opened. But for quite a while I kept walking past – I wasn’t sure what it …

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    Cheap Eats Nanjing 22 – Danfeng St Bakery

    by Mike Pole December 5, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 5, 2016

    Boring weekends, I’d sometimes head around the block to a little bakery in Danfeng St. I’d pick up a little selection of …

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  • Biogeography & Vegetation

    Once a Vast Forest – Motatapu Track, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016
    by Mike Pole November 12, 2016

    Early on a cool Sunday morning I sipped my latte outside Relishes Cafe, Wanaka, and thought the immediate view could be better. …

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  • Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate

    Miocene Swamp Forests of St Bathans, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole October 17, 2016
    by Mike Pole October 17, 2016

    The white sands and muds surrounding Blue and ‘Grey’ Lakes at St Bathans were laid down in a braided river (Manuherikia Group; …

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