G’day! It’s that time of the week when the DOWNunder UPdate comes to you from the Bellaonline Australia website. Australia has been in the news globally a bit this week, for good and bad reasons. Check out the latest news on the Australia Newspaper websites below:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/ The Australian
http://afr.com/ The Financial Review
http://www.smh.com.au Sydney Morning Herald

Last week I wrote an article about an Australian invention that has been used the world over, and is currently undergoing a modern resurrection by some green-savvy designers. Here’s the link to that site: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art43774.asp

I’ve posed a question in the forum for you. I wonder if you have heard of any other Aussie inventions that are being used in your neck of the world. Here’s the link to that forum question:

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/769055#Post769055

I’ve sourced the following little snippets of Aussie information for you, whilst surfing the web. Enjoy!

http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2011/03/03/newsreader-suffers-hiccups-attack-during-live-broadcast-video/ I dare you to listen to this, and not laugh out loud

http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/australian-artist-builds-his-very-own-hubble-telescope.html

Well, that’s all from me this week. See you next week.

Cheerio for now

Judie Bellingham, Australia Editor
http://Australia.bellaonline.com

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