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« Reply #1820 on: December 22, 2012, 08:43:58 PM »

Wishing all my Monkey Friends a very Happy Christmas.    

Santa gets here first so we will have the pick of the presents   

Take care everyone and stay safe.



May the families of all the missing find some comfort and answers.   an angelic monkey
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« Reply #1821 on: December 23, 2012, 12:12:10 AM »

Wishing all my Monkey Friends a very Happy Christmas.    

Santa gets here first so we will have the pick of the presents   

Take care everyone and stay safe.



May the families of all the missing find some comfort and answers.   an angelic monkey

 Thanks and hoping you have a great holiday.   



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« Reply #1822 on: December 23, 2012, 05:56:07 AM »

Wishing all my Monkey Friends a very Happy Christmas.    

Santa gets here first so we will have the pick of the presents   

Take care everyone and stay safe.



May the families of all the missing find some comfort and answers.   an angelic monkey

and a happy Christmas to you!   
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« Reply #1823 on: December 23, 2012, 07:39:33 AM »

Wishing all my Monkey Friends a very Happy Christmas.    

Santa gets here first so we will have the pick of the presents   

Take care everyone and stay safe.



May the families of all the missing find some comfort and answers.   an angelic monkey


Merry Christmas to you, Tib!!       
 
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« Reply #1824 on: December 23, 2012, 08:44:02 AM »

Tibro have a great holiday season. 
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« Reply #1825 on: December 24, 2012, 12:33:15 AM »

A very Merry Christmas  and a Joyous New Year    to you and your family! 
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« Reply #1826 on: December 29, 2012, 03:54:34 PM »

Wishing all my Monkey Friends a very Happy Christmas.    

Santa gets here first so we will have the pick of the presents   

Take care everyone and stay safe.



May the families of all the missing find some comfort and answers.   an angelic monkey
Happy New Year (first :>)
Blessings to you and your family!
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« Reply #1827 on: December 30, 2012, 07:31:36 PM »

Thank you chi-monkey, can, Muffy, 4 Donks, grace-land and Sister for your kind wishes.  Christmas was a fun time with family and now it is New Year's Eve here. 

So - wishing you all a very Happy New Year with a safe and healthy 2013 ahead.

            



 
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« Reply #1828 on: January 13, 2013, 06:37:29 AM »

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/missing-woman-tina-greers-dad-draws-strength-from-morcombes/story-e6freoof-1226552666327

Missing woman Tina Greer's dad draws strength from Morcombes

    by: Jeremy Pierce
    From: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
    January 13, 2013 12:00AM

PHIL Greer doesn't know how the Morcombes did it. For nine years they waited to learn the fate of their son before a breakthrough in Australia's most famous missing person case.

This week will mark one year since Beechmont woman Tina Greer vanished without a trace.

Her father, brothers and daughter are still waiting for answers.

The attractive 32-year-old, whose life had run on and off the tracks over the years, was finally starting to pull things together.

She had reconnected with her teenage daughter, Lili, and the pair had just finished a shopping trip together, buying shoes and supplies for the new school year.

That was on January 18 and Lili, now 14, has not seen her mother since.

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« Reply #1829 on: January 13, 2013, 06:40:18 AM »

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/veteran-stage-actor-bille-brown-dies/story-e6freono-1226553116682


Veteran stage actor Bille Brown dies

    From: AAP
    January 13, 2013 8:23PM

VETERAN Australian stage actor Bille Brown has died after a short battle with bowel cancer.

Brown, 61, a lifelong friend of Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush, was one of the first actors to join the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC).

He died on Sunday at Brisbane's Holy Spirit Northside Hospital in Chermside, two days after his birthday, and surrounded by friends. He was hospitalised a week ago.

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His film work includes roles in The Chronicles of Narnia (2010), The Dish (2000) and Oscar and Lucinda (1997).

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« Reply #1830 on: January 22, 2013, 06:33:31 PM »

http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/moreton/barry-gibb-returning-to-redcliffe-for-first-time-in-24-years-to-unveil-bee-gees-statue/story-fn8m0yu3-1226558564754

Barry Gibb returning to Redcliffe for first time in 24 years to unveil Bee Gees statue


    by: Kay Picton, Redcliffe & Bayside Herald
    From: Quest Newspapers
    January 22, 2013 8:14AM

Surviving member Barry Gibb will return to Redcliffe for the first time in more than 20 years to unveil a tribute to the career of pop icons the Bee Gees.

Gibb will officially open Bee Gees Way on February 14 and unveil a life-size statue commissioned by Moreton Bay Regional Council.

Multi-award winning singer-songwriter Barry Gibb will return home to Redcliffe on February 14 to officially open Bee Gees Way - a walkway dedicated to the achievements of the Bee Gees - and unveil a life-size statue at 2pm.
Gibb was last in Redcliffe in 1989.

A special event will be held at the walkway between Redcliffe Pde and Sutton St, near the Redcliffe Jetty where the brothers used to swim, fish and play.

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« Reply #1831 on: January 22, 2013, 06:36:12 PM »

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/reef-could-be-stripped-of-heritage-status/story-fncyva0b-1226559661049

Great Barrier Reef could be stripped of heritage status


    By Nick Perry
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    January 23, 2013 12:00AM

THE Great Barrier Reef could be stripped of its world heritage status within months if action isn't taken to better protect the natural icon from coal and gas developments, environment groups say.

A coalition of green groups today launched the Fight for the Reef campaign in Canberra, warning state and federal politicians were putting the reef's international reputation at risk.

Last year UNESCO was "sufficiently concerned" enough by proposed developments along the Queensland coast it sent a mission to Australia to investigate, the campaign's director Felicity Name Redacted2 said.

It made a number of recommendations to the commonwealth and Queensland governments about how to proceed in the best interests of the reef.

The global heritage body could place the reef - the world's longest coral reef system - on the "world heritage in danger" list if it doesn't receive an adequate response by February.

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« Reply #1832 on: January 22, 2013, 06:42:48 PM »

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/message-in-bottle-reaches-perth-after-76-years/story-e6frg13u-1226559506477

Message in bottle reaches Perth after 76 years

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    January 22, 2013 2:52PM

A MESSAGE in a bottle found 76 years after it was thrown into the sea has been reunited with the family of the Perth man who wrote it.

Sky News UK reports that the bottle was found on a beach in New Zealand by Geoff Flood in November 2012, but had been set adrift in 1936.

Inside was a note, dated March 17, which said: "At sea. Would the finder of this bottle kindly forward this note...to undermentioned address."

Underneath the note was written the name: "H E Hillbrick, 72, Richmond Street, Leederville, Western Australia".

The message had been written on headed paper bearing the mark of the shipping company P&O and the ship's name SS Strathnaver.

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« Reply #1833 on: January 22, 2013, 06:45:54 PM »

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/ellen-winner-left-in-departure-lounge/story-e6freuy9-1226558120667

TV talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres to fly Aussies to LA

    Holly Byrnes, Leigh van den Broeke and Ian Walker
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    January 22, 2013 6:51PM

THE trip of a lifetime has ended before it began for one lucky Ellen fan, after the surprised winner of a free trip to the US chat show was unable to fly this afternoon because she doesn't have a passport.

Jennifer Kenyon, 21, had "never imagined" she would win the Swisse/Qantas promotional holiday, or even be chosen to perform on The Ellen Show when she turned up to the live cross at Sydney's Opera House with friend Carly Heading.

The pals had planned to join the masses who answered a callout by DeGeneres to local fans to have their passports ready and bags packed ahead of a surprise giveaway - two tickets on the Qantas flight carrying Ellen's crew back to Los Angeles today.

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« Reply #1834 on: January 22, 2013, 06:54:49 PM »

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/01/23/370853_tasmania-news.html

Sailor's praise for 'miracle' rescue

   ELIZABETH LORD   |   January 23, 2013 12.00am

"A SECOND chance at life" is how solo yachtsman Alain Delord has described his dramatic rescue in the Southern Ocean.

The tired but grateful Frenchman arrived at Macquarie Wharf in Hobart yesterday morning, safely on board the expedition cruise ship MV Orion that came to his aid.

Speaking through an interpreter, Mr Delord praised his rescuers in the Southern Ocean's huge swells.

"For Orion to find me in the whole of the Southern Ocean is a miracle," he said.

"The chance for me to be alive today was minuscule it's a second life that's starting."

The 63-year-old from France spent three days in a life raft after being forced to abandon his damaged yacht on Friday.

He had been attempting to sail without assistance around the world when its mast broke in rough weather 500 nautical miles south of Hobart.

In a 3.5m swell and strong winds, Orion's crew used an inflatable boat to successfully rescue the stricken yachtsman on Sunday night.

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« Reply #1835 on: January 22, 2013, 06:59:52 PM »

Thank you for posting news items from down under Tib.  I may not comment on each post, but I read in your thread and  I want you to know how much I appreciate what you do.     
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« Reply #1836 on: January 22, 2013, 07:34:59 PM »

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/message-in-bottle-reaches-perth-after-76-years/story-e6frg13u-1226559506477

Message in bottle reaches Perth after 76 years

    From: PerthNow
    January 22, 2013 2:52PM

A MESSAGE in a bottle found 76 years after it was thrown into the sea has been reunited with the family of the Perth man who wrote it.

Sky News UK reports that the bottle was found on a beach in New Zealand by Geoff Flood in November 2012, but had been set adrift in 1936.

Inside was a note, dated March 17, which said: "At sea. Would the finder of this bottle kindly forward this note...to undermentioned address."

Underneath the note was written the name: "H E Hillbrick, 72, Richmond Street, Leederville, Western Australia".

The message had been written on headed paper bearing the mark of the shipping company P&O and the ship's name SS Strathnaver.

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« Reply #1837 on: January 24, 2013, 05:21:22 AM »

Thank you for posting news items from down under Tib.  I may not comment on each post, but I read in your thread and  I want you to know how much I appreciate what you do.     

Thank you Muffy. I do value your comments and also thank you for all you do for the monkeys.

Suitable news items should be more plentiful again soon and I can get back to posting regularly.

 
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« Reply #1838 on: January 24, 2013, 05:23:38 AM »

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/message-in-bottle-reaches-perth-after-76-years/story-e6frg13u-1226559506477

Message in bottle reaches Perth after 76 years

    From: PerthNow
    January 22, 2013 2:52PM

A MESSAGE in a bottle found 76 years after it was thrown into the sea has been reunited with the family of the Perth man who wrote it.

Sky News UK reports that the bottle was found on a beach in New Zealand by Geoff Flood in November 2012, but had been set adrift in 1936.

Inside was a note, dated March 17, which said: "At sea. Would the finder of this bottle kindly forward this note...to undermentioned address."

Underneath the note was written the name: "H E Hillbrick, 72, Richmond Street, Leederville, Western Australia".

The message had been written on headed paper bearing the mark of the shipping company P&O and the ship's name SS Strathnaver.

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How exciting!
 

It is exciting Sister and how wonderful that it found its way back to his grandson.  76 years is a long time to be floating around the world!
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« Reply #1839 on: January 24, 2013, 05:27:09 AM »

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/world/hillary-clinton-tries-to-silence-brave-bindi/story-fnd12peo-1226560803039

Hillary Clinton tries to silence Bindi Irwin on population growth

    By Kristin Shorten
    news.com.au
    January 24, 2013 11:01AM


    Bindi Irwin submits essay to Hillary Clinton's e-journal
    14 year-old says population growth is detrimental to the earth
    Clinton's e-journal edits out all references to population
    Can there be too many Australians?
    Humans a 'plague on the earth': Attenborough

PASSIONATE wildlife campaigner Bindi Irwin has gotten into a biff with one of the world's most powerful women.

The 14-year-old has stood her ground after an essay she was invited to write for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's e-journal was drastically edited before it was to be published.

The young conservationist, daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, was asked to write 800-1000 words on why she had chosen to devote her life's work to wildlife conservation.
 
The piece was supposed to be published in the December issue titled Go Wild Coming Together for Conservation as part of Secretary Clinton's endangered species initiative.

But after writing exactly 1000 words urging society to address overpopulation, the former first lady's department returned it for final approval with most of it edited out.

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