January 11, 2004

RED NATION

Add a few plants or maybe a dog fence and Mars would look a lot like Australia.

Posted by Tim Blair at January 11, 2004 10:56 AM
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But in Australia there is always the hope of Olivia Newton-John walking by.

(Younger readers, please substitute Natalie Imbruglia)

Posted by: John Davies at January 11, 2004 at 11:18 AM

No Fosters on Mars...bad
No Vegemite on Mars...good

Posted by: steven at January 11, 2004 at 11:54 AM

What's that Ute doing there on that ridge line in the backgound!

Posted by: Jon at January 11, 2004 at 12:00 PM

No doubt the citizens of the red planet write into the Martian Morning Herald to declare how ashamed they are to be martian in light of the way refugees from earth are treated.

Posted by: Ross at January 11, 2004 at 12:26 PM

Hang up a tennis net and you've got Roland Garros.

Posted by: Donnah at January 11, 2004 at 12:41 PM

Have you ever driven Interstate 40 through New Mexico? When I saw the pics of Mars, it was deja vu!

Posted by: kristen at January 11, 2004 at 01:22 PM

Why add plants and a dog fence? Just a few more rocks and that pic's a dead solid ringer for the Red Planet.

Posted by: Lawrence at January 11, 2004 at 01:51 PM

No remote sign in America would be without bullet holes. What's up with you Australians?

Posted by: Duke at January 11, 2004 at 02:54 PM

Call that Mars? There are stretches near Texas' Big Bend that make this look like a Maxfield Parrish painting.

Posted by: Bruce at January 11, 2004 at 04:14 PM

Looks like some parts of the Galapagos, but flatter and a different color.

That rocks in sand thing is a pretty popular fashion.

Posted by: John Nowak at January 11, 2004 at 05:02 PM

Yeah, but unlike Australia, there is still hope of finding water on Mars.

Posted by: ed at January 11, 2004 at 06:32 PM

Looks like Australia and doesn't have Bob Brown. I'd move there!

Posted by: Jake D at January 12, 2004 at 08:45 AM