Big showdown

Originally posted on Dr D in Oz:
Power v the Crows, Adelaide Oval The first major event at the Adelaide Oval after its $575 million makeover, sadly not the Rolling Stones- but for many South Australians something even more visceral than rock and roll: the return of Australian Rules Football. And what a return: both…

New Caledonia

France is closer than you think Less than a thousand miles from the East Coast of Australia or just two and a half hours from Sydney and you could be in France. The South Pacific’s best kept secret, New Caledonia (Nouvelle Caledonie), is a French Overseas Territory – the Tricolour and European Union stars flutter

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