Where: Rusty’s Market in Cairns
What happened? Met a nice fellow named Steve in Cairn’s who peddles FUIC’s when the markets are open.
Contact: Steve 0420 785 798 (photo)
Through word of mouth I managed to lock in a store to get my weekly FUIC supplies. They stock up from a delivery via an Adelaide delivery driver on Mondays and Thursdays and usually have a good supply of 20 racked on their refridgerated shelves (back left corner).
I am told ‘the Cranbrook run’ is taking on cult following in Townsville with expat Adelaidians arriving in droves. I am certainly a contributor to this local phenomenom. Are you? Let us know where else you find FUICs in North Queensland. It’s a Farmers Union Iced Coffee or It’s Nothing!!! 
| “Our nation Australia has reached such a time and that is why the parliament is today here assembled,” Kevin Rudd said. “To deal with this unfinished business of the nation… “To remove a great stain from the nation’s soul and in the true spirit of reconciliation to open a new chapter in the history of this great land Australia.” |
| Here! Here!! It’s about time we get this apology out of the way and pave the way for a brighter united future for all Australians. |
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Australia Day for me is about lazing around outside, eating and having a beer. This year instead of the standard barbie I and the SuperMac crew decided to go sailing.
We set out at 9 AM from Townsville Marina and headed off to Magnetic Island. There was not too much wind so we motored some of the way with the main sail up to add to our speed. The weather was beautiful - absolutely stunning. Cruising our way around to the other side of the island we held our course and lazed on the deck.
We lowered anchor in Radical Bay, put our stinger suits on and went for a snorkel. After a nice swim we opened the eski, pulled out some lamingtons and basked in the sun. On crackers we had some Tasmania Heritage Double Brie and blue cheese. To wash it all down I had a beer - Low Carb Pure Blondes.
We were anchored in Radical Bay a secluded beach on the far side of Magnetic Island, tropical Queensland Australia. Nibbles and beers were plentiful and the Australian National Flag hoisted at the bow.
Did you know?
“The tradition of noticing 26 January began early in the nineteenth century with Sydney almanacs referring to First Landing Day or Foundation Day. That was the day in 1788 Captain Arthur Phillip, commander of the First Fleet of eleven convict ships from Great Britain and the first governor of New South Wales, arrived at Sydney Cove. The raising of the Union Jack there symbolised British occupation of the eastern half of the continent”
History of Australia Day - Beginnings, Australian Government Australia Day Website
The Tour Down Under has been won by Andre Griepel taking the honours and his fourth stage win. Overall the German Greipel won the tour with Allan Davis trialing by 15 seconds Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil trialing by 33 seconds.
Australians that have won the Tour Down Under
In 2006 Simon Gerrans took the jersey for Ag2r, 2004 Patrick Jonker won for team UniSA and 2002 Michael Rogers was victorious for the AIS. Let’s not forget about the amazing Stuart O’Grady winning twice in ‘01 and ‘99 for Credit Agricole. Read the rest of this entry »
I love Australia and Australia loves the Internet. There are 15.3 million Australian Internet users (72.9% of the population) according to internetworldstats.com (Updated 30-Sep-07) From these netizens Blogpond has derived the Top 100 Australian Blogs Index and I have derived the Top 4. Why four? Because I love lifehack.org!
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Daily digest and pointers on productivity, getting things done and lifehacks
Want to be successful? Lifehack.org provides the motivation to be productive. Without fail regular tips and tricks are featured in a fun easy going . Recent posts include Tips and Tricks for Distraction-Free Writing, Save Your Sanity: Have a Communications Blackout Day and How to Write a Personal Mission Statement to Make 2008 Your Best Year Ever. From Hong Kong to Washington, Wall Street to Time Mag, Lifehack.org has been recognised as putting the positive spin on hacking your life into productive shape. Featured areas of life to hack are Productivity, Communication, Lifestyle, Money, Technology and Management. Read the rest of this entry »
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In two and a half days I have driven 2800kms. Australia is a big country! A massive thanks go out to the Driver Reviver stations potted out along main connected highways. Without their gold-coin-donation coffees and bikkies I would have been a goner. Drive - Revive - Survive! Driving from Townsville QLD to Albury NSW is no easy feat to do by oneself. Every two hours have a ten minute break. A lot of the time the reviver stations provide a brew and double for a toilet stop service stations do the same. Yeah petrol is like $AU1.45 in some places - budget for it a few months before.
Alarm bells should be ringing the moment you do that quick little ‘yawn’. Stop, walk around and stretch, water and get back into it. When it’s 1250AM and your doing that boring straight in regional wherever try not to speed. If you start singing along to a track that’s ok. When the CD stops and you’re still singing, you start seeing people on the side of the road when at the third glance its a dead tree, you try to stay within the lines and resort to ‘that’s good enough’, and you yawn is so big you have to close your eyes - STOP. Grab the quilt and crash out in the backseat - I did and I’m still alive and breathing.
‘Don’t die for a dead line.’ These highway safety messages are engraved into my memory. They are on all the highways in Australia. Hopefully the holiday death toll stays down this year.
Big motivation - When you haven’t seen your girl for 3 months you’ll do what it takes. 
Ingatz
A map of this journey is available however it is too big to fit into a minimap. See my google map Sturt St (Townsville) to Dean St (Albury) that I drove. Enjoy!
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Academy of Mixed Martial Arts | The BJJ section of the AMAA in Perth |
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BJJ Australia - John Will | John Will’s News Page of upcoming Brazilian Jiu Jitsu around Australia |
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BJJ Philippines | A quality site of the BJJ in Manila |
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CrossFit Victoria | Check the forums for some cool workouts. |
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CrossFit Exercises | A demo video of all the exercises needed for CrossFit workouts. |
Mestizo is synonymous with mixed race.
However, I like to take it from the Filipino context. For that let’s have a look at history…
Back in March 1521 a Purtugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan under and crew were the first Europeans to arrive to the Philippines archipelago. This led to the Philippines becoming a Spanish colony on the 27th April 1565. Magellan completed the most difficult part of his voyage then he was killed in a campaign against a native king at Mactan Island in the Philippines in 1521. The Filo’s stopped him good!
BOOM! The original Filipino Mestizo was born, a person part Spanish and Filipino.
During the colonial period of the Philippines, the term “Mestizo” originally referred only to those of mixed Filipino and Spanish or Mexican ancestry. However, the term soon became generic and synonymous for “mixed race”. Wiki Source
The old school Mestizo is often is referred to a person of mixed Spanish blood and that of which ever country they were trying to colonise in the 1500’s.
A recent genetic study by Stanford University indicates that at least 3.6% of the Filo population have some European ancestry from either Spanish or United States colonization.
Nowadays modern day Filipino mestizos include Filipinos of Spanish or Mexican origin, American or British mestizos, as well as Chinese mestizos, Japanese mestizos and others. And of course we can’t forget about the ultimate Filipino Australian!!!
Johnny Mestizo
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Filipino mestizos: A quick thought, why you’re a Filipino mestizo and don’t even realize it
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