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...skipped for lack of maize meal, the local staple. You hear of the shortages brought on by government price controls and farm seizures. You hear frustration over seasons of drought and see angry eyes raised at the clear blue sky. Talk invariably turns to exit strategies. Whites opt for Perth or Cape Town or, worse, chilly London - always "for the children." Among blacks, there's wishful thinking of a job earning foreign currency in Botswana, Namibia, England. At each meal, people also serve up cracks about their misery. Recently I heard a half-mocking piece of advice for Harare drivers...
...AUSTRALIA: Southern front "I'm a wreck?nervous and shaky," one woman told the media after police wearing flak jackets and goggles raided her neighbors, a Muslim family living in the Perth suburb of Thornlie. Her jitters have been contagious in the uneasy weeks following the Bali attacks. First came the early November raids on houses around the country, part of an Australian Security Intelligence Organization push to uncover possible connections between Australians and Jemaah Islamiah. That was followed on Nov. 18 by the charging of one of the men raided, a west-Australian convert to Islam, with conspiring...
...Nestled in the heart of Nambung National Park 245 km north of Perth, the limestone formations, which range in height from a few millimeters to four meters, have been sculpted by the erosive forces of wind and water. A dawn or dusk visit is a must. At these times, the pillars take on an ethereal beauty, casting shadows that lend an eerie ambiance to the landscape...
FLOWER POWER Just 80 km south of Dongara and a three-hour drive from Perth lies the dusty, sunbaked township of Eneabba, which has as many dogs as people. It's home to a general store, some uninspired architecture and a rutile sand factory, which employs half the population of 286. This is a place to fill the gas tank, wipe the splattered insects off the windscreen and vamoose in a cloud of dust. But from mid-July to the end of October, Eneabba undergoes a startling transformation into one of Australia's most impressive natural attractions. The spring rains...
...might be bio-engineered and compete on their margins of mechanical perfection, like computer-designed Grand Prix cars and racing yachts. Swimmers, for example, engineered with enormous webbed feet and fabulous lung capacity. The new-model C. J. Hunter should be able to put the shot from Sydney to Perth...