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 Sunday, 07 September 2008
North America

Stories from the continent of North America.



Alaska: Juneau's Heart of Gold PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Ellis   
Thursday, 21 August 2008

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WHEN mining engineer George Pilz heard in the 1880s of gold to be found in the mountains that tumbled down to the sea around what was to eventually become known as Alaska's Inside Passage, he had no intention of hiking into such inhospitable terrain himself.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 August 2008 )
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Catalina Island: 26 Miles Across the Sea PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Ellis   
Saturday, 26 July 2008


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POP group The Four Preps assured us in 1958 that Catalina Island was twenty-six miles across the sea… or in metric parlance, forty kilometres in a leaky old boat…                

We've believed them all these years, even though they were wrong on both counts: Santa Catalina is in fact 22-miles across the sea, which converts to just 35-kilometres. But, hey, what sounds better when put to music?
Last Updated ( Saturday, 26 July 2008 )
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USA: End Nigh for the Future PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Ellis   
Sunday, 06 January 2008

END IS NIGH FOR THE FUTURE

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MORE people have hopped aboard it in fourteen years than three times Australia's population, and while they've thought they've flown over towns, plunged into icy caverns, found themselves in dormant volcanoes, zoomed through ancient valleys and dropped over terrifying cliffs, in all that time each has in fact travelled no more than just three metres.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 29 January 2008 )
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USA: All Aboard the World's Longest Day Trip PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Ellis   
Saturday, 29 September 2007

ALL ABOARD WORLD’S LONGEST DAY TRIP

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ITS 4am and the alarm clock is going ape.

We tumble out of bed, shower, dress, and with hardly a word spoken, head for the Lido Restaurant where strong coffee may, just may, make us feel human.

Two hundred other hardy souls are already there, staring blankly at steaming coffee, or almost sullenly pushing scrambled eggs, pancakes and maple syrup around their plates. Few say much; a colleague mumbles “Morn’” as she stabs a fractious tomato that refuses to stay attached to her fork.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 November 2007 )
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Hughes Flies Undone PDF Print E-mail
Written by David Ellis   
Friday, 21 September 2007

ENGINEERS SHOW THEIR INGENUITY, BRA NONE

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ITS anyone’s guess how you explain to your wife that as a successful aircraft engineer you’ve been moved from building war planes to building the world’s first strapless bra for a busty Hollywood starlet named Jane Russell.

Last Updated ( Monday, 24 September 2007 )
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