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Friday, 3rd March 2006 by Alex Turnbull
It seems that some evil genius has invented a shrink-ray, and the first thing he shrunk was the whole of Australia! Well, it was too big anyway.
Thanks to a very tiny Adam Lewis.
Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
The Morganza Spillway is a flood management system on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, intended to protect the cities of…
Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…
For centuries, the port of [Aden][w] has served as Yemen’s gateway to the the world. Its distinctive double harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano. Over the years, a number of wrecked ships have accumulated in Aden’s harbour, many of which are visible in Google Maps imagery.
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
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This is just too weird. What’s the story behind this?
Heres a link to the original post on GEC–very funny.
http://tinyurl.com/zz9r8
Topozone calls this island Riding Key. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=24.753018&lon=-81.549636&datum=NAD83&u=5
Not much info on it except as a minor boating landmark.
Here it is on mapquest: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=&city=&state=FL&zipcode=&country=US&title=%3cb%3eFL%20US%3c%2fb%3e&cid=lfmaplink2&name=
What happened to the Cape York peninsula?
And what about the Australians????
are they inside as little “australiants”
i once got a beef that was formed like australia… it rocked! and btw: http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/ozmud.asp also pretty weird… ^_^
Only thing missing is a “Map of Tassie”
For those of you who are not Aussie:
http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/language.htm