It pays AUS $150,000 a year — that’s just over $100K in U.S. money. The job requires relocation — to a paradisical tropical island off of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland. Perqs inclue rent-free lodging in a three-bedroom vacation… Continue Reading
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Finally, here’s a few more pictures from Old World Wisconsin that don’t fit into any larger category. This pond is actually a “kettle,” which is a leftover depression in the topsoil formed when the glaciers retreated from Wisconsin at the… Continue Reading
Probably the most interesting of the exhibits in Old World Wisconsin was the Raspberry School. The school shows the trademarks of skilled construction, so the community obviously put a lot of effort into making a good building for their children… Continue Reading
Ole Fossebrekke immigrated to Wisconsin from Norway. He built a two-story log cabin with no interior walls and a square footprint about twelve feet to a side. Ole grew pumpkins and raised pigs, and trapped animals for their pelts. This… Continue Reading
This is the second of the German farmhouse exhibits we toured. This family supplemented its agricultural income by weaving flax into burlap and linen and the loom still works, although it was not demonstrated while we were there. They also… Continue Reading
This is the first of two farms of German settlers that we toured. Although this family lacked for money, they were prosperous enough to send their son back to the old country to find a wife (apparently, he struck out… Continue Reading
These are the first of my favorite photos from Old World Wisconsin. This batch is from the “Crossroads Village”, which the museum has created from a variety of buildings gathered from around Wisconsin. There are several interesting buildings right there.… Continue Reading
Further to my earlier post about the corn maze near Racine, here are some still pictures from that same stop-off on our last day in the midwest. Same pig, llamas, goats, and corn maze, but if you don’t care to… Continue Reading
Below are some of the pictures I took while we enjoyed the game at Miller Park in which the Brewers fought a back-and-forth game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, to keep their 2008 playoff hopes alive. As I noted a few… Continue Reading