The assessment of a dredging projects soil conditions are the most important factor to determine dredgeability, the choice of suitable equipment, production rates and ultimately the associated costs for the works. A prudent tenderer when analysing the site data needs to be assured that the data has been collected and prepared by a competent soil [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Make it a Green Christmas and Stockpile Love not Landfill this Year
October 28, 2009 – 9:04 am
A mountain of Christmas gifts and goods make their way from outlets and into homes each Christmas season. Unfortunately, not long after the festivities subside, nearly all of those often well-intentioned gifts move speedily on to mounds of landfill. Slowing the migration is as easy as setting your family the Green Christmas Challenge to send [...]
New Guinea – Island Paradise
October 27, 2009 – 1:53 pm
New Guinea is the world’s second largest island, and is in addition one of the world’s last, vast and remote wildernesses. With a complex political history, this great island is divided. The western half, is now called Papua, a region of Indonesia, while the eastern half, Papua New Guinea or PNG, has been an independent [...]
The Australian Building Business During WWII
October 26, 2009 – 11:16 am
After the declaration of war in September 1939 house construction went through a period of decreasing activity. But it did not drop to its minimal level until February 1942 when National Security Regulations posed severe restrictions. Private building ceased in many areas and was limited in others. However, under the War Housing Program, state and [...]
The Cocos Islands
October 22, 2009 – 1:19 pm
Stick a pin in a globe through the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and it emerges almost exactly through the Cocos in Costa Rica. Discovered in 1609, these islands were settled and owned by a single family from 1827 until the Australian Government forcibly acquired them in 1978 for a payment of over $6 million. Lying 2,770 [...]
Socotra Island – Isolated Splendor
October 20, 2009 – 2:19 pm
In the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa lies a small archipelago of four islands and islets. Although closer to Africa, the islands are part of the Republic of Yemen. The archipelago consists of the main island of Socotra and three smaller islands known collectively as The Brothers Abd al Kuri, Samhah and Darsa. [...]
Sri Lanka Island Profile
October 20, 2009 – 9:19 am
The Pearl of the Indian Ocean lies only 31 km (19 ml) off India’s south coast. Its modern name is taken from the Sanskrit ancient Indian epics Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and means resplendent land. Sri Lanka’s chief characteristic is intensity …of colour, of beauty, of religious belief, of sectarian commitment, and of affection it [...]
Tips and Pros of Using Digital Printing
October 20, 2009 – 9:06 am
Digital Printing, as its name implies, is the process of producing digital images on physical surfaces (called substrates) using either toner or ink jets. These substrates can include film, common paper, plastic photographic paper, and even cloth. Digital printing is by far the quickest and most affordable printing technique for a quantity of 500 prints [...]
The 1940′s Housing Shortage
October 16, 2009 – 11:30 am
Sometimes described in the post WWII years as `the housing shortage’, the nationwide effort to address a very troubling issue has in time come to be called `the housing boom’. Undoubtedly it was a boom in demand and activity. There was also a marked increase in home ownership, achieved in many cases through heroic individual [...]
PR Massacre Review or PRMassacre Review
October 14, 2009 – 6:35 pm
I just got an email promoting a product called PR Massacre. I guess that stands for Google PageRank Massacre. The first thing I did was go to Google and do a search on PR Massacre review. Not a lot there. I guess it is new and there’s not a lot of users yet. I found [...]
The Safe and Tropical Island of Tobago
October 14, 2009 – 4:03 pm
Tobago is the beautiful, reserved, soul-sister of jump jiving Trinidad, its partner in the Republic. The contrast is awesome. Tobago is small and it has no major industry to impinge on its lush fertility. It has one main town, Scarborough, and dozens of hamlets and villages with names that reflect the Spanish, French, Dutch, and [...]
The Cayman Islands of the Western Caribbean
October 14, 2009 – 9:24 am
South of Cuba in the heat of the western Caribbean, the three Cayman Islands are the visible summits of the Cayman Ridge, an underwater mountain range which drops suddenly into the 7,100 m (22,000 ft) Cayman Trench, separating them from Jamaica. Grand Cayman is by far the largest. The Sister Islands of Cayman Brac and [...]
Getting a Job as a Web Site Designer in Brisbane Australia
October 9, 2009 – 1:49 pm
So you want to work in a web development company in Brisbane? This article gives you useful tips and advice for all would-be web designers in Australia’s most livable city. The web design job market is very crowded in Australia, as it is in most countries. Not only do you have fully qualified people looking [...]
Mineral Makeup is Revolutionising the Cosmetic Market – but is it Really Natural?
October 7, 2009 – 10:28 am
It seems that every cosmetic company is leaping on the mineral makeup band wagon, but is mineral makeup really natural? The promise of being natural is what interests many users, but are we being “green-washed” into believing that just because it’s mineral it is good for us and the planet? Biome eco store founder, Tracey [...]
The Island of Tasmania
October 6, 2009 – 2:48 pm
A world apart in every sense, Tasmania is Australia’s only island state, and the very isolation that once made it an ideal location for penal settlements now helps preserve its natural riches. Tasmania would seem to have it all, from history and wilderness to friendly people and great food and wines. Tasmania certainly seems to [...]
The Islands of Phang-Nga Bay
October 2, 2009 – 2:41 pm
Phang-Nga Bay is one of Thailand’s most jaw-droppingly beautiful seascapes. Covering some 400 sq km (154 sq mi) tucked in between Phuket and Krabi, the bay, edged with mangrove forests, is home to hundreds of limestone formations. Some of these are tiny spires, some are large and bizarrely shaped, reaching up to 300 m (1,000 [...]
Kangaroo Island Southern Australia
October 1, 2009 – 5:16 pm
Kangaroo in both name and nature, this large island just 13 km (8 mi) off the South Australian mainland has remained relatively untouched for thousands of years; and as such is an unblemished microcosm of the vast red continent. Towering cliffs protect the northern shores, giving way to more exposed sandy beaches in the south. [...]
Corfu Island Greece
October 1, 2009 – 3:52 pm
The most northerly and, with Greece’s highest rainfall, the greenest of the Ionian Islands. Corfu lies close to the mainland and the Albanian coast. Described by Homer as ‘beautiful and rich’, it is mountainous, lushly fertile and fringed by fine beaches with lovely aquamarine waters. From the 8th century BC, Corfu was subject to a [...]