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View From Your Window
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view was of Halfway Bay, Lake Wakatipu. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part of the window in the shot.
Manly Monday
Outgrown is an understatement for the Ulrich family basement, housing three young men, two of whom are well over 6 feet tall. Lacking a ceiling, decor, and appropriately sized beds, the space left the boys embarrassed to have people over. But with George Oliphant’s help, they finally get the
The Deadly Folly of the Precautionary Principle
Just recently, one Tasmanian council had the guts to swim against the tide of local government virtue-signalling and almost unanimously reject a motion to declare a “climate emergency”. Despite the outrage of the green lobby, the council made the right decision. Firstly, there was no action plan attached to the
View From Your Window
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view was taken from the self-drive railcart travelling between Taumaranui and Whangamomona. Here we are arriving at Tokirima where we stopped for a picnic lunch.
Face of the Day
[…] A childcare centre in inner-suburban Melbourne appears to have replaced Santa with… Sustainability Pirate. [..] “This year’s party will be a get-together picnic and fresh food swap for children and families to celebrate the end of year,” email reads. “Sustainability Pirate will be attending and we will have a Nature
View From Your Window
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view was taken as I was ‘driving’ the self-drive railcart not far from Whangamomona, having travelled in it for 8 hours from Taumaranui. NOTE: We
Map of the Day: The Netherlands Before & After
Map of the Netherlands before and after all major land reclamations, increasing total land area by about 17%
View From Your Window
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view was taken as I was Drag racing a cargo plane down adjacent taxiways at Auckland airport. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a
Map of the Day: Watersheds of the American West 1890
John Wesley Powell’s map showing his vision for the American West that centred on watersheds instead of traditional political boundaries, 1890. His foresight could have prevented the intense water scarcities we see in the western states today. reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/e9941m/john_wesley_powells_map_showing_his_
View From Your Window
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line. Yesterday’s view is not such a common sight these days. Para para road (SH4) near Kakatahi NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with