Australia / Oceania
Street View Comes Unstuck
Even a company as all-powerful as Google occasionally needs a helping hand, as the driver of this Street View car in Australia discovered. Give him credit though: despite getting stuck in the mud, he kept his camera running to record…
Ghost Towns: Underwater Edition
This is the second in an occasional series where we’ll be travelling to some of the world’s most interesting abandoned places. Fuelled by the ancient myth of the lost continent of Atlantis, underwater cities have always been the subject of…
The Futuro House
The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100 of the kits were erected around the world, and you'd know if you saw one - because they look exactly…
“Google Stole My Adsense”
Many people have tried to get their personal messages captured on Google Earth, but for whatever reason, most have failed - even when they knew the images were being taken. On this basketball court in Australia however, someone has finally…
The Best Job in the World
Yesterday1 was Australia Day, when each January 26th, Australians crack open some beers and toss another shrimp on the barbie to celebrate their arrival on the world's smallest continent all the way back in 1788. Australia has many wonderful things…
Impaling Cars in the Name of Art
While driving along Telephone Road in Waikato, New Zealand, you may notice that someone appears to have tried to park their car on top of a large tree stump. This doesn't seem to be an officially sanctioned public artwork, but…
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