Archive for February, 2010
Travel
“The Eyre Peninsula’s aquaculture industry offers a unique diving and snorkeling experience found nowhere else in Australia. The region’s yellowtail kingfish nets give divers and snorkelers the opportunity to immerse themselves in large schools of tens of thousands of fish a concentration that is impossible to find in the wild. Each pen holds between 20,000 and 25,000 yellowtail kingfish, which can reach more than two metres in length and weigh up to 65kg. The fish take 15 months to grow to 4kg, when they harvested and sold to domestic and overseas markets”
General Interest

Cpl Neathway vows to get back on the frontline and has been increasing his fitness with a planned parachute jump this year
France • Portugal • Spain
“Powerful winds have hit parts of Spain, Portugal and France, causing serious damage, officials said. As winds of up to 140km/h (87mph) lashed parts of Spain, the interior minister warned people to stay inside, avoid driving and postpone walks”




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