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...place, which she's sharing with a couple of guys, including a German backpacker, is a colorful, lived-in shack two streets back from the beach. When it's quiet, you can hear the waves from the front room. In the warm weather, she'll surf twice a day, she says, but in winter it's more like every second day. As determined as she is to develop her skills, she can't stand the cold for long...
...shamrock. A small helicopter (all stock mustering is now done with choppers) is parked not far from the old house. In a nearby paddock, a dozen fit horses graze; breathy plumes escape from nostrils in the cool early-morning air. Burton points out a rust-colored old shack. Surprisingly sturdy, it was built by Aboriginal workers out of anthills and spinifex. "This is where they'd sleep when they weren't camping out," says Burton. Those stockmen may have been flint hard, he says, but they were also well looked after. They were paid in provisions-sugar, tea, butter, flour...
...None of us realized it at the time, but these machines, hulking Royals and sleek electrics alike, were all on the verge of extinction. Apple and Commodore and Radio Shack had already started selling small computers to consumers, but it was the release of the IBM PC in the summer of 1981, shortly after my class’s graduation, that would not only seal the fate of a century’s worth of writing technology but also instigate a flood of social changes that are still unfolding around...
...Jazz, a company which presents a mix of jazz, hip-hop, and funk. Choreographer Shruti E. Saini ’06 incorporated moves from her background in cheerleading and dance team to create a high energy piece set to 90’s hits like “Love Shack,” “Baby One More Time” and everyone’s all-time favorite, the “Macarena...
...scent of ylang-ylang floats on the breeze, Worcester points out a dark swath of forest where he once lived on the banks of a tributary in a shack with no walls and, until a neighbor ran an extension cord to his place to power a lamp, no electricity. "I used to fish from my lounge room," he says wistfully. Such accommodation might sound sweet to some, but if taking eco-holidays is about being immersed in natural beauty with some indulgence along the way, the Daintree lodge hideaway is a happy choice. Green ants...