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[kangaroos bouncing down the middle of Sydney]
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"Sydney, of course, is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. But it does inhabit a continent that, for complex evolutionary reasons, seems to hold many of the most dangerous and venomous creatures on earth." (S Karene Witcher, wsj_00.01.24)
- great white shark
- deadly box jellyfish, also known as a sea wasp
- several species of poisonous blue-ringed octopi
- the stonefish, whose poisonous spines can lead to heart-muscle damage
- innocent-looking killer cone shells like the Cloth of Gold
- Hydrophis belcheri, the most venomous sea snake known to man
- saltwater crocodiles, or 'salties'
- the fierce snake, the head of list of the top globe's top 10 toxic serpents, which holds the Guinness Book of Records for the world's most venomous landsnake
- highly toxic mainland tiger snake
- the eastern brown snake
- potentially lethal red-back, whose venom can attack all the nerves in the body
- the white-tailed, which likes houses and whose bite can cause nasty ulcers
- the notorious Sydney funnel-web, Atrax robustus, considered one of the most dangerous in the world
[Civic Decorum]
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"For starters, the development industry and its retinue of big-name architects are most unlikely to accept his invitation to inject a bit more decorum into the city's built environment. And why should they?" (Jim Colman, smh_00.01.24)
- oozes toaster
"Look at East Circular Quay - again. What you see down there is undoubtedly a very decorous
colonnade. Decorum oozes from every column, from every square shining metre of artificial stone and bronze and glitz." (Jim Colman, smh_00.01.24)
- most senior design bureaucrat
"The priorities are to abolish the unsustainable abstraction of floor space ratio from the book of rules. The second would be to re-introduce an absolute height limit in the city." (Jim Colman, smh_00.01.24)
[Urban Designer]
- career paths
"Once councils had only 'building inspectors' who recommended what should be built and what
not. Their decisions mostly concerned single houses in their own grounds.
But as development
pressures increased, councils began to employ 'planners' ... not necessarily tutored in aesthetics.
The additional environmental pressures of urban consolidation create a need for something more
than a planner - an 'urban designer' ..." (Neville Gruzman, smh_00.01.24)
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