HOWARD THROWN OUT!

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Katoomba storm

Nippon Club

green tea ice cream

sushi

shed in Megalong Valley

more blooms

more blooms ... after the rain

100,000 march for climate change action

Australians in 60 cities and towns have taken to the streets today to ask the major political parties to make a stronger commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The national day of action has tried to draw attention to global warming and pressure the political parties to address the issue.

The Nature Conservation Council says about 100,000 people took part in Walk Against Warming marches across Australia.

In Sydney, a crowd of about 30,000 gathered in the Domain where they were addressed by Greens Senator Bob Brown and Federal Opposition Environment spokesman Peter Garrett.

Purple shadows

Ned Kelly rides through Sydney

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/current/nolan

Collen Z Burke: Book launch

Colleen's website

New Theatre: 75 years

newtheatre.org.au

from Reedy River
'My Old Black Billy"

"Charley Mopps"


Tom Uren cuts the cake

Hans Blix: Sydney Peace Prize winner

Dr Hans Blix was welcomed to Sydney's Town Hall tonight as a hero by a close to capacity audience. He was applauded by the throng for his courageous stand agianst those who derided his investigation that showed Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. These weapons were the reason given by George Bush, Tony Blair and of course John Howard for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. An invasion that tens of millions of people around the world tried to stop by demonstrations their bellicose leaders brushed aside. Howard described the close to million Australian demonstrators as "the mob".

Blix of course has long been proved correct while those who denigrated him remain in power still convinced they can win the war that they started. Blair has had to leave and this month may prove the demise of Howard, while Bush is openly derided in the "super power" United States both there and around the world.

Read Hans Blix speech here