Carnival of Australia

 

Welcome to the November 21, 2007 edition of Carnival of Australia. *whispers* I hope you guys didn’t hear all the swearing Megan was doing this afternoon trying to get blog carnival to play nice *hehe* But we made it, so on with the show….

Micellaneous Mum presents The Great Christmas Card Challenge - harking the start of NaBloPoMo posted at Miscellaneous Adventures of an Aussie Mum, saying, “An invitation to join my Christmas Card challenge. I’m up to 32 so far - let’s double it!”

SimoneM presents A Life Worth Writing, Reading, Sharing and Celebrating posted at Outfit Inspirations, saying, “Janet Shaw is a great Australian writer, blogger, athlete and friend. Her story will make you proud and inspired.”

Albert Foong presents Freedom from Judgement - the Beginning of Compassion » Personal Development - The Urban Monk posted at Urban Monk.

Roger presents GetUp! Blogs - What if there was an election, and no lefties camea? posted at GetUp!, saying, “Hoping Australia doesn’t suffer from electile dysfunction this Saturday….”

Sue Bayliss presents Dystonia musculorum deformans posted at Spasmodic Dysphonia.

Animals

Alex Garcia presents Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary posted at Life in Brisbane - Queensland - Australia, saying, “Officially recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is the world’s first and largest koala sanctuary, with 80 years of experience and over 130 koalas.”

Kay presents The moggies guide to looking good!! posted at Moggie Madness.

Barbara presents Please look after your pets posted at Barmus

Patric presents Holiday, fun, pets posted at Mad Goat Lady

Business

Michelle Sweeney presents Plus Size Fashion posted at My New Shiny Shoes.

Current Affairs

Michelle Sweeney presents Walk for Post Natal Depression posted at Tonic Gifts.

Gavin R. Putland presents The Mother of All BBQ Stoppers posted at Gavonomics.

Roger presents Costello reaches out with fresh ad campaign!! posted at typing is not activism…., saying, “not just a federal treasurer, he’s a national treasure”

Family

Colin Campbell presents Aussie Love Story posted at Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe, saying, “Some Humour”

Karen Cheng presents The M Word posted at Karen Cheng’s Snippets of Life.

Leigh Ingram presents Budding Photographer posted at crazy meezer.

Helping a mate

Craig Harper presents Craig Meets Lance Armstrong posted at Motivation - Renovate your life with Craig, saying, “I was sitting at the lights lost in my own thoughts when all of a sudden I became aware of a presence… no, not a poltergeist; a bloke on a mountain bike had pulled up along side me. Three feet away. Coulda touched him. Game face on… waiting for the green signal. Like an Olympian waiting for the starters gun. Focused. Committed. And dressed atrociously.” Leigh: I loved this post when I when it was first posted, a must read.

Roger presents My message of support for Prime Minister John Howard posted at typing is not activism…., saying, “picture worth a thousand words?”

Indigenous issues

Peter Jones presents Native Title Claims and Australian Indigenous Aboriginal People posted at Indigenous Issues Today.

Politics

Gavin R. Putland presents What the Libs didn’t want to know about housing affordability posted at Australian Georgist Forum, saying, “For the Liberal [sic] Party, maintaining a shortage of housing is apparently more important than defeating Labor.”

Dr Martin W. Russell presents Why Help Yourself? posted at Dr Martin W. Russell.

Barry Pittard presents Sai Baba’s Un Divine Downfall posted at Call For Media and Government Investigation of Sathya Sai Baba, India’s Most Famous Guru.

swollenpickles presents Helping you make your voting decision posted at Swollen Pickles.

Technology

Tiffany Colter presents Reaching more people with your blog posted at Writing Career Coach.

Andrew Boyd presents Inbound Link Detection 101 posted at Facibus On Blogging, saying, “How do you know when someone has linked to one of your posts? Or to your blog in general?”

Andrew Boyd presents Despite my best efforts… at On Blogging Australia posted at On Blogging Australia, saying, “I’m wondering why my rankings are on the increase when I’ve been blogging less…”

Megan Bayliss presents What?s a blog got to do with child protection? Me me Megan Bayliss posted at Imaginif…, saying, “The help I have received from Aussie bloggers never fails to astound me. Small in populace, interest and fast internet when compared to our U.S. blogging colleagues, we are larger than life in helping a mate and growing as a collective. Read how and why I got into blogging and who my Aussie bloggy mentors are.”

Megt presents Measuring Blog Success and Formulas for Top Lists posted at Dipping into the Blogpond, saying, “There are many measures we can use to gauge a blog’s success, but what is the best way to quantify this?”

Travel

Guera presents Care Package posted at A Roaming Aussie Mum, saying, “I wasn’t sure whether to file this under travel or food…”

Thanks for stopping by, and joining another great Carnival of Australia. Good luck to all those in search of 5c Jetstar tickets tonight!

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