RodneyOlsen.net » Fun http://rodneyolsen.net Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:13:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Gnomesville http://rodneyolsen.net/2012/01/gnomesville.html http://rodneyolsen.net/2012/01/gnomesville.html#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:30:02 +0000 Rodney Olsen http://rodneyolsen.net/?p=6891

Do you believe that gnomes are magical creatures? I’ve got to wonder if they have magical powers after visiting Gnomesville a few days ago. Why else would I be drawn to wander around in searing heat looking at thousands of gnomes?

Located by the roundabout at the junction of Wellington Mill and Ferguson roads, Gnomesville is the magical home to over 3000 Gnomes who have migrated there from all over Australia and around the world.

Plan to spend a few hours wandering through the villages and glades full of playful, naughty and sentimental gnomes climbing logs, hanging out in trees, playing cricket, even flying planes! You’ll enjoy the clever Gnomish puns and who knows, you may decide to return to contribute a Gnome of your own. Don’t be tempted to take home a souvenir, however, as Gnoman legend has it that bad luck will surely follow! – Ferguson Valley Website

We had a few days holidaying in the Ferguson Valley before I returned to work and part of the visit to our state’s south included a visit to Gnomesville. It’s a strange and wonderful place with many gnomes telling stories of those who have placed gnomes in the past.

]]> http://rodneyolsen.net/2012/01/gnomesville.html/feed 1 Don’t Tease the Toad http://rodneyolsen.net/2011/12/dont-tease-the-toad.html http://rodneyolsen.net/2011/12/dont-tease-the-toad.html#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:56:50 +0000 Rodney Olsen http://rodneyolsen.net/?p=6837

This is a great video of an African Bull Frog playing a computer game. Worth watching through to the end.

(I found this at 22 Words.)

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White Christmas? A Winter Wonderland? Not here in Australia.

Down under we generally have a hot Christmas day and it’s brilliant.

I hope you enjoy the video above which is a little closer to the kind of weather we experience around the big day.

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Rudolph meets The Police. Brilliant.

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What’s the most unusual telling of the Christmas story you’ve heard?

In their article The Beatbox Bible: Rapping vicar rhymes the story of Nativity and becomes internet hit, Britain’s Daily Mail is reporting that a beatboxing vicar has retold the Christmas story in a rather unusual way.

Reverend Gavin Tyte (aka TyTe) was a professional beatboxer before dramatically changing careers and his Nativity video has had more than 15,000 views on YouTube in three weeks.

The 40-year-old vicar of Uplyme Church, in east Devon, raps: ‘Welcome to Beatbox Bible’, before continuing his sermon online to parishioners.

Enjoy watching the vicar’s efforts in the video above.

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