Mount Gambier is surrounded by pine forests. There are some eucalypt forests as well. This post on Today I Found Out is about what demarcates the difference between hardwood and softwood. Apparently the Janka Hardness Test is the common scale for determining the hardness of various types of wood. It also reveals (in a qualified …

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The May posting at the OZwords blog features some terms associated with footwear in Australian English language usage. Nothing too spectacular, with Blunnies, thongs, ugg boots and others being featured. Probably the best in ‘chewie on your boot’. I’m probably surprised there weren’t more. Probably because most of us in Queensland grew up barefoot.

Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 20 Q & A 35 Q What is sanctification? A Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace,1 whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God,2 and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.*3 *1 Ezekiel 36:27; Philippians …

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