You’d have to really dislike someone to bash a nail up their nose. The day before Wanaka’s Alchemy Cafe closed because of …
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The weather around Wanaka, and the broader Otago Lakes area of New Zealand has gone slightly biblical. New Zealand’s National Institute of …
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So where the heck is Smyrna? I’d heard a little about the awful days of 1922, but despite having made a few …
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Autobiography & Travel
Nominated: Content Catnip award for Most Interesting Blog on WordPress!
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleLast week I checked my email, to find that I had been nominated for the Content Catnip award for Most Interesting Blog …
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Once again, the south east of Australia has had huge fires. But how can this be? Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising, …
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Climate & Earth Systems
How You Can Predict Bushfires in Australia – Four Days Out
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleTomorrow, Tuesday Nov 12, 2019 is looking very bad for south-east Australia (especially New South Wales, but also parts of Queensland, Victoria …
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We don’t know what she looked like, because most of her upper body has vanished…. Most of you probably don’t know of …
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Autobiography & Travel
A Chilling Thought about Travel – is it mostly Hoarding?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleSeven months of travelling nearly done, and I’m siting in a plane, about to watch a documentary on Martin Phillipps of ‘The …
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The young woman walked up to me, and, without a word, began rearranging the coins on my hand…. *** References to the …
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The passport control officer at Minsk Airport seemed genuinely shocked to see me (well, OK, I can have that effect on people). …
