According to today's issue of the Melbourne Herald Sun, the joint expedition of 11 Australian, Indonesian and US scientists exploring part of the Foja mountains in the province of Papua that covers the western half of New Guinea discovered a lost world, "It's as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth," claimed Dr Bruce Beehler.

It is home to exotic new species of birds, butterflies, frogs and plants as well as mammals unafraid of humans despite being hunted to near extinction...read more

I am buoyed by this news and yet it is tempered by a slight feeling of trepidation. To know that the Earth above sea level is still hiding some of her secrets elicits a sense of excitement, adventure and makes me want to race out and obtain a narrative of Dr. Livingston's discoveries in Africa. It is indeed nice to know that we (humans) have not completely ransacked the Earth and there are pockets of pristine environments and yet, therein lays my sense of trepidation...How long before humans do what we do best, encroach, plunder and pillage resources, pushing various species of flora and fauna to the brink of extinction....How long?


On a more personal note, I feel crappy. :/ I had trouble sleeping last night and as the night wore on my throat became even sorer, a headache appeared, blocked ears, stuffy nose. I hate summer colds! :( Never mind, I'll live. :)