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-== Bernie's brain backup for February 2008 ==
-
-=== Sun, 25th ===
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-==== Fosdem OLPC Team ====
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-FosdemOlpcGroupTaggedSmall.jpg
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-=== Sat, 9th ===
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-==== Red Panda ====
-
-Today I visited the Cairns tropical zoo. They have this cute red panda:
-
- http://www.wildlifearchives.com/images/red-panda.jpg
-
-And I could feed kangaroos and wallabies and even cuddle a koala! I have
-a picture to prove it, but it's not digital.
-
-==== Photos ====
-
-Arnd has flickr'd a few photos form our visit to the HealsvilleSanctuary:
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- http://www.flickr.com/photos/22355135@N05/sets/72157603863399336/
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-I like this one with the both of us caressing a Wallaby:
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- http://www.flickr.com/photos/22355135@N05/2241324490/in/set-72157603863399336/
-
-=== Fri, 8th ===
-
-==== So long, and thanks for all the fish! ====
-
-Back from diving. I've seen plenty of small fish and medium fish, including the ClownFish (best known as Nemo).
-I had little luck with the big ones: I've seen only one shark, around 2.5 mt long, but it was really
-shy and ran away too quickly for me to follow. Yes, sharks do not attack man. If you know otherwise,
-you must have seen it in a movie. No sea turtles for me, although my travel mates did see many and
-even touched them.
-
-I've also seen two dolphins, but those don't count because I was on board. And, for
-some reason, they soon decided that we were uninteresting and swam away.
-
-But now for the amazing thing: during my night dive, *lots* of big fish came around us.
-I'm ashamed to admit I can't remember their name: they were mostly gray, as big as
-medium sized dogs, with a bump on their heads, and big lips. They have learned to
-follow the torch lights at night. They're absolutely not interested in us, only what our
-beams were pointing at. Every once in a while, I'd spot a small fish in the dark, and
-the big ones would swim really quickly and smash it! And then spit the little bones!
-So cool!
-
-We played like this for a while. Poor little fish! But those big ones ought to eat somehow,
-shouldn't they?
-
-The reef is one of the seven natural wonders of the world for a reason. A zoological
-garden underwater. Highly recommended to divers and snorkelers.
-
-
-=== Thu, 7th ===
-
-==== Crusade on the reef ====
-
-I'm boarding on a ship to the GreatBarrierReef. I'll be diving all day (and night!) to
-see the wonderful fish and coral. As a secondary objective, I'll be doing an SSI
-advanced diving course.
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-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG
-
-=== Wed, 6th ===
-
-==== Tropical paradise =====
-
-I just arrived in CairnsCity, a small town in the northern part of Queensland.
-The flight was AU$99 plus taxes (about AU$115): you fly cheap in OZ!
-
-The climate here is clearly sub-tropical: very warm and wet even at 7AM.
-A rain forest surrounds the city. The sea is 28 degrees Celsius, even at night!
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-http://www.destination360.com/australia-south-pacific/australia/images/s/australia-cairns.jpg
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-=== Mon 4th ===
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-==== Sydney ====
-
-I'm SydneyCity! :-)
-
-But the weather is crappy :-(
-
-I took a domestic flight from Melbourne to Sydney for just AU$79 plus the usual taxes.
-It rained all day, but the hostel is huge and has a covered swimming pool at the 8th floor.
-
-Finally, I managed to walk around the city. The parks are as remarkable and well kept as those
-in London, but with sub-tropical vegetation. The OperaHouse is as impressive as you would
-expect. The bridge is even more impressive. If you liked BridgeConstructionSet, you'd love
-this one!
-
-=== Sun 3rd ===
-
-==== Zoo ====
-
-Along with a bunch of other hackers from the LCA, we went to the HealsvilleSanctuary zoological garden.
-They had all the "usual" animals: kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, along with the Tasmanian devil
-and many others.
-
-The kangaroos were not protected by a fence, but they were too scared to come close to us
-and would just jump away when we got too close.
-
-One wallaby, instead, liked being caressed on the head. They are peaceful animals,
-very much like grown up rabbits, but with a big tail, clever little forehands and... of course, a pouch :-)
-
-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Bennetwallaby.jpg
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