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Michael Pascoe and his journey to 'The Summertime of Our Dreams'

Last Tuesday was the 40th anniversary of my father’s death. On Wednesday my book, Our Dream Summer was about to be launched, which coincidentally made this event even more emotional for me and my brothers and sisters. The title of this book comes from my father’s speech. How my eldest brother described his memories of childhood that our parents gave him. “It was like a long, golden summer,” he said, “the summer of our dreams.” The book took time to happen, just like life. It’s been a decade since I started writing it – over and over, much more than actively – with thoughts fused for countless years before. It’s a good thing, a necessary thing, allowing books to evolve and grow with our times beyond the original intention of paying homage to the country and recognizing the gifts and opportunities my parents worked so hard to give their children. (There is no force on earth stronger than a mother’s desire to give her children a better chance at life...

Bullet trains to the moon and Mars? What is Japan's plan for an interplanetary journey connecting Earth, Moon, and Mars?

Researchers from Japan’s Kyoto University, in a joint effort with Kajima Construction, are dealing with plans to introduce a space-powered Bullet Train that could revive the space travel industry. As a collaboration with Kajima Construction, researchers at Kyoto University, Japan have announced the construction of an artificial space region between the interplanetary train connecting Earth, Moon, and Mars, as the world sees the beginning of the next Space Race. It seems that sci-fi films could turn into the real world if Japanese technology was accepted. Humans can traverse different planets on the train soon! Indeed, you read it correctly. Japan has spread plans in an attempt to send humans to Mars and the Moon. In a press conference last week, the group announced its futuristic intention to encourage the life structure of the ‘Glass’ region that duplicates Earth’s gravity, terrain and climate to prevent human musculoskeletal ‘weakening’ in non-ex...

'We could have gone to Europe and back': Adelaide couple make 48-hour bus journey home amid flight cancellations

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An Adelaide couple on holiday in the Northern Territory said they had to get home by bus 48 hours after their Jetstar flight was canceled over the weekend. Key points: Therese Kenny spent 48 hours on the bus so she could go home after her flight was cancelled A Greyhound Australia spokesperson said there had been an increase in sales due to flight cancellations Jetstar said customers were offered rescheduled flights, but acknowledged availability was limited Therese Kenny and her husband George are on holiday in Darwin and will fly back to Adelaide on Saturday morning. But just five hours before their flight was due to depart, they were told it had been cancelled. Kenny told ABC Radio Adelaide the airline had offered his seat on another flight in about six days. The former Liberal ministerial staffer and state candidate said he also found one-way flights from Darwin to Adelaide on unspecified airlines cost $5,000 each. “We just weren’t in a position to do that, we could have...