Cape Byron Lighthouse stands proudly on Australia’s most easterly point sending a whopping two million candelas of light, 50 kilometres out to sea each night. It is our brightest lighthouse and arguably Australia’s most famous. As the first lighthouse to welcome the dawn of a new day, each year thousands make the pilgrimage to watch […]
France Riots: Macron Wants ‘Sound Answers’ After Unrest
Emmanuel Macron said his government’s task would be to “draw lessons from what happened.” Rioting last month fueled by the killing of a French teenager of Arab descent resulted in looting and violent clashes with police. French President Emmanuel Macron Friday called upon ministers to draw lessons from riots that shook the nation earlier this month. There […]
A Letter From France
Entry 3: March 21st, 2022 It’s amazing what a war can do. In the weeks after Russian forces entered Eastern Ukraine and pushed West, all mention of COVID has vanished here in our region of France. Most of the restrictions were lifted March 14th. Several days before it became official, we returned to our […]
“FIVE FREEDOM’S”: Tens of Thousands Join Protest Over COVID-19 Measures in France
Protesters in France took to the streets for the tenth consecutive weekend to demonstrate against COVID-19 vaccine passports and mandates. The French Ministry of the Interior said that about 80,000 people took part in the rallies that started on Sept. 18—with demonstrators taking part in cities and towns across the European nation, French news channel BFMTV […]