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 AMBut 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 AMNo Fosters on Mars...bad
No Vegemite on Mars...good
What's that Ute doing there on that ridge line in the backgound!
Posted by: Jon at January 11, 2004 at 12:00 PMNo 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 PMHang up a tennis net and you've got Roland Garros.
Posted by: Donnah at January 11, 2004 at 12:41 PMHave 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 PMWhy 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 PMNo 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 PMCall 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 PMLooks like some parts of the Galapagos, but flatter and a different color.
That rocks in sand thing is a pretty popular fashion.
Yeah, but unlike Australia, there is still hope of finding water on Mars.
Posted by: ed at January 11, 2004 at 06:32 PMLooks like Australia and doesn't have Bob Brown. I'd move there!
Posted by: Jake D at January 12, 2004 at 08:45 AM