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I F If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting you, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies, or being hated, don't give away to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you have spoken twisted by Knaves to make a trap for fools, or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, and stoop and build them up with worn out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, and lose, and start again at your beginings, and never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the Will which says to them " Hold On ! "; If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings - nor lose the Common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that is in it, and - which is more - you will be a man, my son ! --- by Rudyard Kipling |
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In our leisure time, we enjoy to do most things, from reading, listening to classical and soft music, gardening, travelling, keeping in touch with old and new friends, seeing movies and live-shows . . . etc; When it comes to travelling, we often 'argue' about the destination - " WHERE ARE WE HEADING? " but shortly afterwards we always end up to the same conclusion and that is AUSTRALIA, due to the facts as follows, 1, Australia is the world's smallest continent and the sixth largest country. Its area is equal to the United States without Alaska, or double the size of Europe, excluding Russia, or 28 times bigger than New Zealand. 2, The length of mainland Australia's coastline is about 33,535km. If it was possible to drive non-stop along the entire coast at 60km/h it would take 23 days to reach your starting point. 3, The tip of Queensland's Cape York is the continent's northernmost point( latitude 10*41'S ), while Australia's most northerly town is Thursday Island. 4, Queensland and Western Australia account for more than half Australia's land area. WA alone spreads over more than one-third of its surface. 5, Australia has about 282 species of mammals. Almost half are marsupials and the rest are either placental mammals or monotremes. Most are unique to Australia. 6, Australia is the lowest and flattest of all the continents because it lies near the centre of a tectonic plate. 7, Australia is the only continent without current volcanic activity. The last eruption took place more than 1400 years ago at Mt Gambier. So be it, we are quite content to travel and explore around Australia and to see most of our own country first before making any move to go overseas. Part of the recorded pictures you see here is only as a token of our journey, but we would like to share our happy times with you and wherever we go we wished to take you together with us to admire one of the most beautiful countries on Earth. These albums will be updated regularly, more pictures and more memories to come, so please come back and revisit us, thank you. |
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