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on this page: headlines, recommended listening, events related: Aboriginal Australia, Australia Links, Australia Slang, Australia Wildlife flickrgroup: [|Ecotourism Oceania] flipboard: [|Australia] (403 viewers, 70 followers) slideshare: [|Australia on the Social Web] editing: http://planeta.com/australia


 * Australia** is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney. Much of the continent has lain flat for hundreds of millions of years with no volcanoes or earth movements to bring nutrients to the surface, so soils tend to be poor. It is also the driest of all non-polar continents and has the least predictable rainfall, so fauna and flora have had a few challenging conditions to adapt.

After puling away from Antarctica about 50 million years ago and drifting northwards, the east coast passed slowly over a 'hotspot' of volcanic magma,over the ages forming a chain of mountains down the east coast with richer soils and better rainfall (the mountains catching the moisture-laden clouds rolling in from the Pacific Ocean), with eucalypt forests and rainforests, and there are other smaller regions that are more fertile and well-watered than the centre. The vast 'outback' areas of the centre, with red sands, stony deserts, saltbush plains etc. harbouring red kangaroos, lots of emus and many species of lizard and colourful parrots, offer a very special wilderness experience with wide open spaces and brilliantly starry skies.

Wiki Places
ACT - Canberra New South Wales - Sydney Northern Territory - Alice Springs - Darwin - Uluru Queensland - Brisbane - Cairns - Cape York - Townsville South Australia - Adelaide Tasmania - Hobart Torres Strait Victoria - Melbourne Western Australia - Perth - Broome - Kimberly

Wiki Essays
Aboriginal AFL Football Australia Flickr Australia Night Australia Slang Australia Tourism Australia Wildlife Australia Links Ecotourism Challenges (2007)

World Travel Directory
Wildlife Tourism Australia is a national organization promoting the development of a sustainable wildlife tourist industry that supports conservation, with much information for travellers, tour operators and academic researchers.

Headlines
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/aus-gov-employees-could-soon-lose-their-job-for-liking-facebook-posts/ [|report-mining-companies-buy-political-influence-australia] [|technology-36912700] [|global-positioning-shift] [|redfern-statement] [|wikimedia-loves-nature-photo-competition-comes-to-australia/7444862] [|26 Odd Things about Australia] [|australia-day-quiz]

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Planeta.com
[|Baseball down under] [|Election Time #AusVotes]

Events
Australians are using Live Video on Twitter/Periscope in October. Hashtag: [|#AusScopeOctober]
 * October**


 * October 19: Hangout with **Wildlife Tourism Australia which is planning a conference in October 2018. Follow [|@wildlife_aus]. More info online [|http://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/blog/coming-events] and the Planeta Wiki: WTA


 * February 12-18 ** Responsible Travel Week 2018 [|#rtweek18]

Recommended Listening (Playlist)
[|facebook.com/ABCRNDownloadThisShow] https://soundcloud.com/downloadthisshow || [|@PhillipAdams_1] || [|@ABCRadioAU] || []
 * **ABC Programs** || **Facebook / Twitter** ||
 * [|Awaye!] || [|facebook.com/ABCRNAWAYE] ||
 * [|Background Briefing] || [|@RNBBing] ||
 * [|Big Ideas] || [|@RNBigIdeas] ||
 * [|Blueprint for Living] || [|@RNBlueprint] ||
 * [|Books and Arts] || [|@RNBooksAndArts] ||
 * Conversations ||  ||
 * [|Download this show] || [|@RNDownload]
 * [|Future Tense] - wiki || [|@RNFutureTense] ||
 * [|Late Night Live] - wiki || [|@LNLonRN],
 * [|Off Track] - wiki || [|@jones_ann] ||
 * [|Rear Vision] ||  ||
 * [|RN Afternoons] || [|Afternoons on Facebook] ||
 * [|Rum, Rebels and Ratbags] || [|@DavidHuntGirt]
 * [|Science Show] ||  ||
 * [|The Spirit of Things] ||  ||

Also https://soundcloud.com/abc_rn https://soundcloud.com/abc_grandstand https://soundcloud.com/downloadthisshow https://soundcloud.com/612abcbrisbane https://soundcloud.com/abcnsw https://radio.abc.net.au/stations/extra/live

[|Strike Zone Australia] with Chris Coleman - [|@CJCau] [|@StrikeZoneAU] [|@ABL] [|@audioBoom] ABL goodness

[|3AW] [|FBI Podcasts] [|SBS News] [|Facebook]
 * Other networks**

[|Slow TV] [|Sydney Ideas] [|University of Sydney]

Is our storytelling keeping up with our diverse cultural reality? - [|ABC]
 * Quotes**

Tourism Portals
[|Australia] [] [|@Australia] Google+ []

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ABCListen

Flickr
[|Australia] [|Australia Publications]

Flickr Groups
[|Australia Natural] [|Australian Rules] [|My Australia Holidays] [|Ecotourism Oceania]

Flipboard
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Google+
[|Australia] - The Australia Community is for everyone who is interested in Australia. You don't have to be Australian to join. When you make a post be sure to select the appropriate category from the drop down menu below the post. Posts to the community must be on the topic of Australia. Unrelated posts are removed. We have a permanent "[|Australia Hangout]" going so anytime you feel like mingling with the other Community members you can do so anytime via the link below. Engage with other members in discussion and above all, enjoy yourselves. :-) []



Twitter
[|@CJCau] [|@timrayner01] [] [|@wildlife_aus] [|@RadioNational] [|@mrjohnclarke] [|@jones_ann] [|@firstdogonmoon] [|@Ringbalin] [|@AustraliaGreat] [|@WPCSydney] [|@Parks_Australia] [|@ParksVictoria] [|@confusedmachine] [|@firstdogonmoon] [|@BigVolcano] [|@VicFarmrsMarkts] [|@PhillipAdams_1] [|@Australia] [|@bengroundwater] [|@bencubby] [|@joelwerner] [|@GhostWhoVotes] [|@bdimages] [|@ABCnewsIntern] [|@BookabeeYura] [|@EchidnaW] [|@DavidHuntGirt] https://twitter.com/BluesfortheBush https://twitter.com/ModernOutback https://twitter.com/davpope

⚡️ “Australia” https://twitter.com/i/moments/852633771211767808

Hashtags
[|#Straya]

Editing
[|Australia]

Instagram
[|australia_great]

YouTube
[|Australias outback] [|Clarke & Dawe]

News
http://www.abc.net.au/news

Buzzword Bingo
Aboriginal - AFL - **Australia** - Bala - Bush - Canberra - Commonwealth - Country - CSRIO - Cyclone - Didgeridoo - Distance - Drover - [|Elders] - Emu - Eternity - Farmers' Markets - Food - Fresh Water - [|Golden Gumboot] - Great Barrier Reef - [|Great Dividing Range] - Hinterlands - Inland Sea - Kangaroo - Koala - [|Lamington] - Lucky - Macadamia Nut - Mining - Murray Darling - Native Title - Northern Territory - One-Term Government - [|Opal] - Opera House - Outback - Oz - Parkes - Pub Test - Queensland - Salt Water - Sausage Democracy - Shire - Snap Election - Snowy River - Songlines - Sydney - Territory - Traditional Owners - Tucker - Tyranny of Distance - Uluru - Vegemite - Victoria - Welcome to Country - [|Westminster System]

Bala = Brother (Torres Strait) http://www.si.com/nba/2015/03/25/patty-mills-australia-san-antonio-spurs-bala-gregg-popovich

Coalition - Constitution - Election - Greens - Indigenous Constitutional Recognition - Labor - Leadership - Liberal - Parliament- Party - Preferences - Prime Minister - Same Sex Marriage
 * Politics**



Planeta's Australia Top 10 to Follow (top 10 or so)
to be featured on ron's blog and australia on the web

ABL The Adelaide Show All Things Australian The Conversation Green and Gold Rugby Hangouts NAIDOC Off Track Rum, Rebels and Ratbags Strike Zone Australia

Radio National: A Kangaroo Has Three Years Favorite audio #roadtrip of the year: A kangaroo has three ears @mikewilliams3 @RadioNational http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soundproof/a-kangaroo-has-three-ears/6768302 https://www.flickr.com/photos/planeta/22014542341

All Things Australian All Things Australian Community on Google+ https://plus.google.com/communities/113879723035358486376 @AustraliaGreat @Vintuitive The Australia Community is for everyone who is interested in Australia. You don't have to be Australian to join. When you make a post be sure to select the appropriate category from the drop down menu below the post. Posts to the community must be on the topic of Australia. Unrelated posts are removed. We have a permanent "Australia Hangout" going so anytime you feel like mingling with the other Community members you can do so anytime via the link below. Engage with other members in discussion and above all, enjoy yourselves. :-) http://www.australiagreat.com/states-make-australia-great

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The Adelaide Show http://theadelaideshow.com.au/podcast-episodes/118-docking-with-dr-space-junk/http://theadelaideshow.com.au/podcast-episodes/118-docking-with-dr-space-junk

Today is the start of NAIDOC Week. See more about #Aboriginal participation @NACC_NRM here: http://nacc.com.au/aboriginal-participation/ … https://twitter.com/NACC_NRM/status/617566511369076736 http://nacc.com.au/aboriginal-participation/

Big Volcano Now periscoping! http://www.bigvolcano.com.au/ercentre/ercpage.htm

http://mareebiketouroz.blogspot.com https://plus.google.com/114800013618725619311/post https://twitter.com/mareebiketouroz https://github.com/mareebiketouroz/triprecord/blob/master/campstweets.geojson

The Conversation https://theconversation.com/topics/unknown-wonders https://theconversation.com/topics/unknown-wonders

Clark and Dawe https://www.youtube.com/user/ClarkeAndDawe

https://twitter.com/mrjohnclarke

Rum, Rebels and Ratbags https://soundcloud.com/rum-rebels-ratbags @DavidHuntGirt @ABCRadioAU

Strike Zone

ABL

Green and Gold

OffTrack and Radio National

Hangouts

Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) is a partnership between philanthropy, governments and business. http://www.frrr.org.au http://www.frrr.org.au/cb_pages/podcasts.php https://soundcloud.com/frrraustralia https://www.facebook.com/followFRRR https://www.youtube.com/user/FRRRAustralia

[|@FRRR_Oz]

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Headlines: 2016 Election
[|#ausvotes] http://planeta.com/1607ausvotes http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-election-2016 [|Changing seats] [|Seats in doubt] [|Electorates A-Z] [|Party totals] [|Latest electorates] [|Senate results] [|And the winners are...] https://blog.twitter.com/2016/how-the-2016-australian-federal-election-unfolded http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-08/antony-green-says-malcolm-turnbull-will-be-returned-as-pm/7580646 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/partyroom/2016-07-07/7561446 https://mumbrella.com.au/twitter-ruin-election-378374 [|The morning after; Laura Tingle's Canberra] https://theconversation.com/ausvotes-a-final-update-from-the-social-media-hustings-61922 AEC website seat tally wrong: Antony Green http://www.portnews.com.au/story/4011604/confusion-reigns-in-cowper http://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/alan-jones-and-senator-james-mcgrath-in-heated-fight-during-election-telecast/news-story/da33edbd9785ee9b4a086571796350b4 http://www.aec.gov.au/election [|Your guide to the Federal Election Sausage Sizzles] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/01/australian-election-strewth-lets-throw-a-democracysausage-on-the [|#ausvotes: how the election played out on Twitter] [|John Clarke: the Australian election campaign] - https://twitter.com/mrjohnclarke http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-21/social-media-and-the-election-campaign/7530208 [] [] [] [] He's really rich and protecting his end of town, 08:50 [] [] [|The VICE Guide to the 2016 Australian Election] [] [|https://votecompass.abc.net.au] [] [] [] [|First Dog on the Moon: 2016 election coverage] [] [] [] [] []

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_2016

Democracy Sausage
http://democracysausage.org/#!/about-us https://twitter.com/DemSausage https://www.facebook.com/AusDemocracySausage http://democracysausage.org/#!/sausagelytics http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2016/07/behind-australian-elections-map-mapping.html

Australian voters are reminded that today, Saturday 2 July, is election day, and that every Australian is constitutionally entitled to a democracy sausage, bacon and egg burger, homemade cake, or jar of preserves. This year, democracysausage.org and electionsausagesizzle.com.au have teamed up to share a database, bringing voters the most current sausage sizzle data, hot off the grill. Together, they have formed the Council of Australian Sausage – a cross-jurisdictional working group to ensure that hungry voters are informed. “Many people are keen on the idea of a democracy sausage; it’s just one of those traditions on election day,” says Democracy Sausage co-creator, Annette Tyler. “People are often disappointed if they go to a polling booth and miss their sausage.” The website already has sausage information for over 20 per cent of booths as at the opening of polls in the Eastern States. Voters are encouraged to submit more information about their local booth on Democracy Sausage’s Facebook page, or via Twitter. The Democracy Sausage team encourages Australians to vote thoughtfully, and to take a moment to check out the delicious options at their local booth, as sausage sizzles and bake sales are a great opportunity for schools and community organisations to raise much needed funds. And remember, even if you’ve voted early, you’re still allowed to drop in to a booth to celebrate our great democracy with a sausage on bread, and a shake of the sauce bottle.


 * Day-of website visitors ** will have the ability to search for polling stations and learn about what services are available at each location (accessibility, [|sausage sizzle] and/or cake stand). We sourced the sausage sizzle and cake stand data from [|Democracy Sausage]  and [|Snagvotes] . We used the polling place ID to match these to the AEC polling place identifiers. We built a small Google Compute Engine app which sources the data from our sausage sizzle data sources and broadcasts it out to our live web application using [|Firebase Realtime Database] .

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http://www.bluesforthebush.org.au https://www.facebook.com/BluesForTheBush https://twitter.com/BluesfortheBush http://www.bluesforthebush.org.au/downloads/B4B%202016_EVENT%20PROGRAM_WEB_SPREADS.pdf Hashtag: [|#BluesfortheBush]
 * September 23-24** [|Blues for the Bush]

Charles Darwin Reserve is in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Approximately 380km North East of Perth. It is situated of Wanarra Rd which is accessible via the Great Norther Hwy or the Mullewa-Wubin Road. Full directions can be found here.
 * Where is Charles Darwin Reserve?**

The Blues for the Bush is co-hosted by the Shire of Perenjori and Bush Heritage Australia. You can learn more about these organisations at their websites www.bushheritage.org.au and www.perenjori.wa.gov.au.
 * Who are the event organisers?**

The community open day which is held on Saturday 23rd September from 10.00am to 3.00pm is free and all comers are welcome. The Blues for the Bush concert is held on Saturday evening following the Open Day from 3.30pm – midnight and costs $70 for an adult and $25 for a child to attend (plus ticketing and credit card costs). Tickets to the concert can be purchased here or from the Shire of Perenjori.
 * How much does it cost to attend?**

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