http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/world-of-waterfalls-blog.html Up-to-date news and information about waterfalls around the world. We will bring you timely news, featured articles, travel journals, musings, opinions, products, photos, advice, and more about topics related to waterfalls. en-us Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:29:23 -0700 Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:29:23 -0700 Easy Blogs ( http://www.easyblogs.com ) http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e340 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e340 Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:29:23 -0700 Indeed waterfalls come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Some have more character than others while some are more powerful.So given all this variety, is there a way to put some order by categorizing them?There are a few attempts at doing this, and this next... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e339 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e339 Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:35:25 -0700 In this installment of Waterfalls 101, we look into the importance of waterfalls. But instead of focusing on health and environmental benefits (as I've done in a previous featured article on the subject), we also look into how waterfalls can be exploited for... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e338 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e338 Sun, 5 Oct 2008 00:02:03 -0700 Following up on the previous article on finding a waterfall definition, we now focus our attention on how you measure its height. After all, it seems the first thing that comes to mind when seeing a waterfall is how tall it is.In this installment of Waterfalls... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e337 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200810.html#e337 Sat, 4 Oct 2008 23:56:58 -0700 I've just posted up a Featured Article that seeks to define a waterfall. It's not as easy as you think.Like the Waterfall Formation Article, this is just one part of a series of featured articles that will comprise what I'm calling "Waterfalls 101".Stay tuned... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e336 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e336 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:09:46 -0700 I've just posted up a Featured Article that seeks to answer this very question.This is just one part of a series of featured articles that will comprise what I'm calling "Waterfalls 101".Stay tuned for more on the curriculum. In the mean time, discover for... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e335 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e335 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:32:38 -0700 When I first heard about this bit of news this weekend about Nicole Kidman's claim that the waters of Kununurra somehow made her (as supposedly seven other women) more fertile, I wondered if this is nothing more than a publicity stunt to increase buzz and exposure... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e334 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e334 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:00:21 -0700 OK, so we're a little behind about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but the movie came out while we were busy traveling in both Australia and Africa. And when time is so precious (and expensive) when you're on holiday abroad, who has the... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e333 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e333 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:30:17 -0700 We've dropped the street price of A Guide to New Zealand Waterfalls from $24.95 to $19.99.As usual, you can buy the book from Amazon.com, direct from us, or from a variety of booksellers in Australia and New Zealand. http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e332 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e332 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:26:23 -0700 As you can tell, this issue has been on my mind now that the sh*t has hit the fan (although I knew it'd get to a point where taxpayers are bailing out corporate and government crooks).Nonetheless, I get the sense that the implications of this financial crisis... http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e331 http://www.world-of-waterfalls.com/200809.html#e331 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:02:29 -0700 Is it me or does someone else also smell a rat in this whole government (err taxpayers) bailout of Big Wall Street Firms, which are now seriously in trouble from the credit and housing crisis?Why doesn't anyone in the media ask the tough questions?Why isn't...