Musical blog
Even our sole native conifer, the Scots pine, has been subject to serious pest attack under forest conditions, as was seen a few years ago when there was a severe outbreak of the pine looper moth, Bupalus piniarius, in some forests, and the Commission resorted for the first time to aerial spraying of two of [...]
A reservoir on the Snowy River at Island Bend will be connected with Lake Eucumbene by the I 5-mile two-way Eucumbene-Snowy Tunnel (W) and with Geehi Pond Reservoir by the Snowy-Geehi Tunnel (X). The upper waters of the Snowy can be directed to storage either in Lake Eucumbene or in Geehi Pond, and water can [...]
It is a vast treasure trove of Roman life and art, unearthed from the volcanic debris of 1,900 years ago Flooring Pompeii is like walking in a dream—or backwards in time. Snuffed out in AD 79 by an eruption of Vesuvius, the town was embalmed in 18 feet of pumice-stones and ashes that hardened [...]
