Sightings of interest

I've accumulated a few pictures in my phone (which is a Blackberry Pearl) of day-to-day encounters with things which I thought were interesting (remember R2E2 mangoes?), but had no other way of capturing, so apologies for the rather absymal quality of these.


Just a train, right? Until you look at the destination sign, that is. The picture is taken at Sydney Central station, and the train goes to Perth, 4325 km (!) away. It is known as the Indian Pacific, and among other things, it goes across the longest stretch of straight track in the world, 478 km across the Nullarbor Plain.


A wild (is there any other kind?) scorpion, near the hostel kitchen at Yulara in central Australia - gave a scare of a lifetime to a German tourist on whose head it feel (from the roof, I think).


Air "drawing" of an hourglass on New Year's Eve - hourglass was one of the "theme symbols" for the New Year's celebration here in Sydney. On a side note, the Google Sydney office is on the 18th floor of the IBM tower (the left one of the two tall white towers).


One of the finest example of Engrish in recent memory, I had to try very hard no to burst out laughing right there and then. The description of the "Super Truck" includes such highlights as:
- Simulating a True Style! (style?)
- All new edition! Flashing Enter! (flashing what?)
- Build a fun land for you come! (no comment necessary, really)
:)