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...paths. As Myers puts it, he was "bored of doing nothing." But these days his hands are full. Once a figure is sold, he'll make another by pouring concrete into one of the fiberglass molds in his Aladdin's cave of a shed. People will also bring in broken statues. "This one here is unrepairable," he says, lifting the head off a gnome that was recently retrieved from a garden. "He's been knocked around-knocked around with a sledge hammer. Buggered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Place Like Gnome | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...usual culprit along this stretch of road is the kangaroo. "The roos breed up something phenomenal," says Eucla mechanic Rodney Fowler, who regularly tows broken-down vehicles across the Nullarbor. "Trucks bowl them over all the time, and a few cars as well. And they just keep on coming and they don't thin out." But a roo isn't to blame this morning, nor is low oil or water. Written across the Kenworth's chassis is the motto without trucking australia stops, but into the last quarter of their 40-hour trip, Schneider and Bryson must simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Mechanics | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...stays parked tonight, but Brian Duggan says most cowboys take that particular ride eventually. Duggan, 27-who didn't ride his bull but didn't need first aid either-has had a broken arm, leg, jaw and eye socket, and a couple of busted knees. "We're pretty tough-bred people that do this," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where the Buck Stops | 8/7/2006 | See Source »

...already promised to raise at least $3 million to fund programs that would mostly help orphans there (another thing Malawi has in excess, thanks to AIDS. Of its population of about 13 million, 1 million are children who have lost at least one parent). Ground will soon be broken on an orphan-care center, which aims initially to feed and educate at least 1,000 children a day. She's financing--to the tune of about $1 million--a documentary about the plight of Malawian children. And she has met with Bill Clinton to see whether they can work together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madonna Finds A Cause | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

...akin to telling twins apart). Then there are Luc's mates from Yagoona High School - including Aborigine Shane, Islander Donald and Arab Walid - all struggling to make their way in life. In their late 20s, some have children or a partner in jail; others have not yet broken away from the family home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peeling Back Australia's Identity | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

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