An anonymous philanthropist is hoping to gain a World Heritage Listing for Australia’s famous Big Banana. The Coffs Harbour recluse has apparently approached UNESCO about the famous roadside super fruit becoming a preserved heritage site. “I can easily see why someone would want to maintain this amazing tourist attraction forever,” says Bob Cavendish from the…
A global consortium has announced that they plan on sending the first dolphin into space within the next 7 years. Orcinus Aerospace is drawing up plans for a next generation spaceship that will be able to carry a dolphin into outer space, orbit the earth, and land safely back in the ocean. “This will be…
As part of the “Reuse, Reprise, Recondition” initiative, the Capital Public Works Authority (CPWA) will be reengineering the Captain Cook Memorial Jet to use recycled water, pumped directly from Lake Burley Griffin. In an interview today, Graeme Snell from the CPWA said “Most people are unaware that the Jet actually pumps water from the Murrumbidgee…
The first cancer related shark death has occurred at the Grenfell Aquarium over the weekend. Celebrity shark Jackie McBitey as she is known locally, passed away on Saturday night after battling a rare form of shark cancer for several months. The two metre Nurse Shark has been a tourist attraction for many years, and even…
A conservation group has raised serious concerns over Charlie Sheen’s continual mention of Tiger Blood, and warns that other celebrities may attempt to purchase tiger blood on the black market. The Save the Tigers Foundation (STF) is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India in 1984 to protect tigers from celebrities and other poachers. “This…
Environmental groups have been on the phone to Belinda Carlisle and her record company, begging her to re-release one of her more successful songs, but with a change to the chorus and song title. The 1989 hit single “Leave a Light on” has been branded as sending the wrong message due to its encouragement of…
