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Western Australia

Lake Hillier

·         Lake Hillier is a lake located in the Recherche Archipelago,

 on Middle Island, the largest island in the archipelago,

 south of Western Australia.

·         Lake Hillier is famously coloured pink,

 which can be seen as a stunning bubblegum pink from the air 

and transparent pink from land.

·         Lake Hillier is believed to be first discovered by Europeans in 1802,

 by navigator Matthew Flinders,

 while circumnavigating Australia,

 who, along with shipmaster John Thistle, 

discovered the water’s high salt content.

·         ‘Lake Hillier’ is also known as ‘pink lake’, 

and is the home to many birds, both native and those that migrate.

·         Lake Hillier, at its longest point, is 600 metres (1969 feet)

 and at its widest, is 250 metres (820 feet).

·         Lake Hillier is surrounded by a thick covering

 of eucalyptus and paperbark trees,

 and the lake is difficult to access via land due to the dense forests.

·         The cause of the pink colour of Lake Hillier is uncertain, 

even though it has been investigated,

 and it is possibly caused by the high salt content,

 the pigments in the water’s algae 

or the pigments of bacteria in the salt crusts

, or a combination of the three.

·         For six years, in the early 1900s,

 Lake Hillier was used for salt mining.

·         Lake Hillier’s pink coloured water will still look pink 

when removed from the lake and placed in a container.

·         Lake Hillier is only separated from the ocean

 by a thin band of trees and plants located on sand dune

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Google - Year In Search 2015

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New year funnies

no more Santa!!!

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Facebook 2015 Year in Review 

Story of the Year

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Some pictures from 2015

Reuters / Monday, July 20, 2015

British comedian known as Lee Nelson (unseen)

 throws banknotes at FIFA President Sepp Blatter

 as he arrives for a news conference after the

 Extraordinary FIFA Executive Committee Meeting at the FIFA\

 headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland July 20, 2015. 

World football's troubled governing body FIFA

 will vote for a new president, to replace Sepp Blatter, 

at a special congress to be held on February 26 in Zurich

 Reuters / Friday, March 20, 2015

A total solar eclipse is seen in Longyearbyen

 on Svalbard, Norway, March 20, 2015.

 A partial eclipse was visible on Friday, 

the first day of northern spring, across parts of Africa, Europe and Asia.

 The total eclipse of the sun was only visible in the Faroe Islands

 and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean

Reuters / Tuesday, September 08, 2015

A migrant carrying a child falls after tripping 

on TV camerawoman (R) Petra Laszlo while trying to escape 

from a collection point in Roszke village,

 Hungary, September 8, 2015. Laszlo,

 a camerawoman for a private television channel in Hungary,

 was fired after videos of her kicking and tripping up migrants

 fleeing police, including a man carrying a child, 

spread in the media and on the internet

Reuters / Friday, November 06, 2015

A rescue worker touches the face of a horse 

as they try to save it at Bento Rodrigues district, 

which was covered with mud after a dam owned

 by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst in Mariana, Brazil,

 November 6, 2015

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and in Australia

 Dubbed a ‘cloud tsunami’,

 this ominous-looking shelf cloud swept

 over Sydney on 6 November,

 triggering a wave of social media postings

 from awestruck residents.

Photograph: Robbi Bishop-Taylor/Twitter

 An electrical storm seen in Brisbane in November. 

This composite image is made of 33 individual photos

 compiled in Photoshop.

Photograph: Matthew Drinkall

 Mick Corbett surfing ‘the Right’ in Western Australia 

as waves ranging from 30ft to 60ft hit the coastline 

between 26-28 June.

 It was considered a once-in-a decade swell 

and was caused by a low-pressure system over the Indian Ocean.

Photograph: Russell Ord for the Guardian

 Brintha Sukumaran (centre),

 sister of Australian death row prisoner Myuran Sukumaran –

 one of the Bali Nine – 

screams as she arrives at Wijaya Pura port to visit her brother

 at Nusa Kambangan prison in Indonesia

 on 28 April ahead of his execution.

 Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were both sentenced to death

 after being found guilty of attempting to smuggle 8.3kg 

of heroin valued at around $4m from Indonesia to Australia.

Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

A heat-stressed koala waits as a resident pours water

 on its back on 19 December.

 Adelaide was experiencing a heatwave with 

temperatures reaching over 40C for five consecutive days.

Photograph: Morne de Klerk/Getty Images

 A PR gaffe by the prime minister’s team

 as Tony Abbott walks past a ‘Reject’ sign on his way

 to visit a butcher’s shop in Canberra on 4 June.

 By September the PM would indeed be rejected –

 by his own party –

 in a vote brought about by Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership challenge

A wedding photo shot in the midst of a drought at Blackall, Queensland.

 Photographer Edwina Robertson was so moved

 by the conditions that she posted the photo on her Facebook page

 and promised to donate $3 per ‘share’ to charity. 

It was so well shared she ended up giving $1,500 to charity.

Photograph: Edwina Robertson

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SQUIRREL SNOW REMOVAL

 SERVICE FOR HIRE...

WILL WORK FOR PEANUTS

This little gray squirrel looks a lot like a loading progress bar

 as he diligently clears himself a path 

on a snow-covered power line.

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Those funny Animals

find the panda

Raccoon Steals Donut

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Interesting pictures

A massive pack of 25 timber wolves hunting bison on the Arctic circle in northern Canada

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Around the World

USA

Japan

Australia

Canada

Canadian Quiz

no doubt one of my Canadian readers will provide the answers

Russia

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There is a huge house in our street.

The extended family is run by an old woman 

with a pack of irritable dogs allowed to run without a leash.

Her car doesn't even have a number plate,

 but the police do nothing.

To the best of my knowledge, 

she has never had a regular job in her life

 and her bad-tempered husband is notorious for his racist comments.

A shopkeeper blamed her for arranging the murder 

of her son's ex-wife and her boyfriend,

 but nothing has ever been proved.

All their kids have broken marriages except the youngest,

 who everyone thinks is gay.

Two grandsons are meant to be in the army 

but are always out partying in nightclubs.

One of them got married 

and seems to be settling down

 but the second is out of control.

 It is not even known if they have the same father.

I hate living near Buckingham Palace.

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Very Talented

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 the last straw

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The Carbonaro Effect 

Grown Ups Freak Out In A Toy Store

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Miscellaneus Cartoons

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Big Bang Theory 

 Series 6 bloopers

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Some facts

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Jeanne Robertson 

 Don't Trust a Man With the Luggage!

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Odds and Ends

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70 photo’s you should see

(Historical Images)

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Pictures of the week

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10 Dangerous Bridges You Shouldn't Cross

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This weeks signs

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Ray Jessel 
 That Was A Surprise
a little naughty but very funny

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Having a bad day

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and crossing a bridge Russian Style

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Phils Philosophy