Essential viewing, starts this Sunday:

Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide is the landmark ABC-TV series that showcases the deep, rich geological history of the Australian continent. In four hours of prime-time television, it takes viewers on the ultimate Australian road trip, explaining how the continent came to be the way it is, the true story of why its mountains, minerals and deserts are where they are, and the incredible tales behind the plants and animals we share the landscape with.

The series premieres on Sunday 25th March at 7.30pm on ABC1 and continues for the following 3 weeks – Sunday evenings at 7.30pm.

Hmm, should have used olive. That green looks a bit sickly.

australia had a huge inland sea at one time

That photo has been shoped I reckon.

That photo has been shoped I reckon.
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You haven’t been to the Creationist Museum either have you?

>>You haven’t been to the Creationist Museum either have you?

You said you were going to take me.

Sorry but I don’t multi-task very well after three bourbons

you should see if you could get a job in the mines skeptic

i’m looking very hard at it

its the only way to get ahead now

i have to wait a month ir so before i can start looking for work in the mines

you should at least consider it

wookiemeister said:

i have to wait a month ir so before i can start looking for work in the mines

Blood tests?

morrie said:

wookiemeister said:

i have to wait a month ir so before i can start looking for work in the mines

Blood tests?

i have to bide my time to see if i have another job which i should know by the end of april or so. i’m putting in for gov job this month too, perhaps a few. the mines will be my lifeboat, i just grew tired of my job, a year or more in the mines might pay my house off.

i’ve put in for a mines job already but i doubt if they will get back to me any time soon. seen a power industry job that might suit me so i put in for it tonight, they might get back to me. the job i’ve been doing is an eye opener about how fairly important things are just hanging on a thread.

as for medicals in the mine how intrusive are they – lung xrays (ridiculous)?

wookiemeister said:

morrie said:

wookiemeister said:

i have to wait a month ir so before i can start looking for work in the mines

Blood tests?

i have to bide my time to see if i have another job which i should know by the end of april or so. i’m putting in for gov job this month too, perhaps a few. the mines will be my lifeboat, i just grew tired of my job, a year or more in the mines might pay my house off.

i’ve put in for a mines job already but i doubt if they will get back to me any time soon. seen a power industry job that might suit me so i put in for it tonight, they might get back to me. the job i’ve been doing is an eye opener about how fairly important things are just hanging on a thread.

as for medicals in the mine how intrusive are they – lung xrays (ridiculous)?

what a fracking good idea.

wookiemeister said:

morrie said:

wookiemeister said:

i have to wait a month ir so before i can start looking for work in the mines

Blood tests?

i have to bide my time to see if i have another job which i should know by the end of april or so. i’m putting in for gov job this month too, perhaps a few. the mines will be my lifeboat, i just grew tired of my job, a year or more in the mines might pay my house off.

i’ve put in for a mines job already but i doubt if they will get back to me any time soon. seen a power industry job that might suit me so i put in for it tonight, they might get back to me. the job i’ve been doing is an eye opener about how fairly important things are just hanging on a thread.

as for medicals in the mine how intrusive are they – lung xrays (ridiculous)?

The intension of some of the medicals is to set a baseline for you so that if you do have medical issues, it can be determined how you compare to when you started. Lung x-rays would be relevant if you were likely to be exposed to mineral dusts I imagine.

roughbarked said:

what a fracking good idea.

So when are you going mining again, rb? And will you have a chest x-ray?

morrie said:

roughbarked said:

what a fracking good idea.

So when are you going mining again, rb? And will you have a chest x-ray?

I’d probably be there now if it hadn’t flooded everywhere, cutting roads and putting me out of paying work plus the fact that my car is broken after yesterdays surprise ninja kangaroo.

We managed about 5 minutes of this program. Very overwrought.

buffy said:

We managed about 5 minutes of this program. Very overwrought.

you were or the program?

Started watching it on tape just then, and I see what buffy means. Absurdly hyperactive audiovisual editing, of a kind that’s very wearing but also very dated by now. It’s like sitting in front of strobe lighting, no shot held for more than a few seconds and most of it just a brief, uninformative flash. Very disappointing.

I’ll probably watch the whole first episode at least (but not tonight), in hope that it’ll calm down, but I’m not terribly hopeful.

Well i’ve watched it all now and yes, it did settle down into a very fine documentary. Looking forward to the next episode.