Zoology

I never thought I would be writing about pandas. But this weekend - following millions of dollars and high-level diplomacy – a Chinese couple from Szechuan Province will settle into their new air-conditioned home in sunny Adelaide.

Some awesomely cool pandas at Beijing Zoo.

They are arriving by plane, not by boat. There will be no problems at either customs, or passport control.

After a year where there’s been a few tensions between two old friends, the Adelaide connection will help build a new bridge between China and Australia.

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  • Angry says:

    01:13pm | 01/12/09

    Ranny you neglected to mention the State Government has gifted the Adelaide Zoo $16m of our money and then we get slugged with increased admission pricess to see them. Read more »

  • Jon Bruce says:

    04:38pm | 30/11/09

    Dan, You also appear to have missed the point. (It seems to be an ongoing theme with the Rann supporters). Yes, absolutley, it IS indeed irrevelent as to whether he had sex with this woman… (In fact, if he had admitted it, then we should quite rightly all have moved… Read more »

 

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