It isn't just the wildlife Down Under that's brightly coloured and capable of finishing you off, it seems the food is as well! Fairy bread is a favourite for kids, and no doubt adults, in Australia and New Zealand, and is basically a buttered slice of bread covered in hundreds and thousands (sprinkles). Easy to make, easy to [...]
Just a couple of days ago, Forbes published a small article on the Tarantula Hawk, that appeared in my feed for some reason. Coincidentally, the Melbourne Coin Company has just released the first in a fascinating new one-ounce silver coin series called 'Kings of Sting', looking at insects on the Schmidt sting pain index, and the subject [...]
Melbourne Coin Company celebrates 60 years of the iconic Buffalo Wing with a half-ounce silver shaped coin There are many stories about the creation of the iconic buffalo wing, none more endearing than the tale that they were created by Teresa Bellissimo in 1964. She owned the Anchor Bay, in Buffalo, New York with her [...]
NASA doesn't want the dinosaurs fate to be our own. Melbourne Coins new issue showcases the DART tech designed to safeguard Earth Scientist's mutter the word 'Chicxulub' with a mixture of fear and awe. Some 66 million years ago, an asteroid, somewhere between 10-15 km in diameter, impacted our world in the Yucatan Peninsula, just off [...]
As you know, we love a weird subject here, and what's weirder than a raging koala dropping out of trees onto the heads of unsuspecting Aussies? The tall tale of the Drop Bear has been around for at least 50 years, and is a staple of Antipodean folklore, right down to the Australian Museum getting in [...]
