The magnificent tropical fjords on Australia’s doorstep
Tufi’s coastline is often compared to Norway’s fjords, but that’s before you feel the heat and the dancing and drumming ...
NSW government cracks down on three-day Port of Newcastle blockade, issues water exclusion zone
An exclusion zone has been issued ahead of next weekend's Rising Tide protest and festival. Anyone caught in the water faces ...
National Library of Australia16d
Woman paddling a laden outrigger canoe, Rabaul, New Guinea, ca. 1929 [picture] / Sarah Chinnery
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CNN19d
World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space
The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed by ...
The New York Times19d
Japanese Scientists Bet on an Ancient Material for Their New Satellite: Wood
Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science. transcript 3, 2, 1. ... and liftoff. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno ...
Digital Trends19d
World’s first wooden satellite launched to space
Japan has just launched the first-ever wooden satellite to space. The LignoSat cubesat was sent skyward by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday and ...
Daily Utah Chronicle24d
The Cultural Legacy of Great Salt Lake’s Hawaiian Canoe Club
Each canoe holds six people, all of whom have a specific role as they paddle through the cool waters. For 13 years, members of the Hui Paoakalani Hawaiian Outrigger Club launched the canoes from the ...
Kyodo News+24d
Dozens of teams compete in dragon canoes at Kagawa lake as spectators cheer
Close to 40 teams from the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa and elsewhere competed on a lake in Sakaide this month rowing canoes whose heads were all carved in the shape of a dragon. The "Dragon ...
Post-Courier25d
Port Moresby Outrigger Canoe Club being inclusive
who paddled for the Port Moresby Outrigger Canoe Club last Saturday during the PNG Canoeing Association National Championships, have a story to tell. Both are hearing-impaired and joined the club at ...
Post-Courier26d
POM outrigger win regatta
The team, consisting of locals from Hanuabada, were boosted by visiting team Coconuts Outrigger Canoe Club representatives Balanama Asigau and Mea Oala who helped the team to out paddle last year’s ...
The New York Times27d
Nottingham Forest open talks with Chris Wood over new contract
Nottingham Forest have begun contract talks with striker Chris Wood. The New Zealand international’s current deal is set to expire at the end of the season. But with the 32-year-old having ...