Could Bali’s Nyepi be Australia’s Good Friday?
West Australian’s love Bali with its beaches, cafes, night clubs, adventure parks and of course, Bintang beer. But once a year our paradise island comes to a crashing, or should I say silent, halt as this predominately Hindu island celebrates Nyepi, a day of ‘stillness’ and ‘self-reflection’. And for those currently in, or heading to, Bali this weekend remember that Nyepi-2015 will be celebrated on Saturday of this week. A ‘Day of Silence’ might be fine for the Balinese, but for us Aussies it also means all cafes and pubs in Bali wil…
Fuzzy heads prevail as execution fiasco continues
“Australia offers to pay Indonesia for the Bali Nine duo to serve a life sentence” This headline stunned not only many Australians but also added fuel-to-the- fire of anti-Australian sentiment that now prevails throughout Indonesia. Are we seriously saying to Indonesia that we will cover their costs of keeping Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in jail for the next forty or fifty years if Indonesia will spare their lives? Are we seriously suggesting to President Joko that we feel the only reason why he has rejected their clemency pleas …
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