| Porthole 23 Jun 11

AUSTRALIA STILL HAS THEM ON WEATHER!
Cunard Line president, and Brit, Peter
Shanks is possibly the only person envying
Sydney’s Arctic weather.
Speaking over the phone with media
earlier in the week Shanks responded to
the weather well wishes of: “we hope the
weather in the UK is nicer than in
Australia” with “No, it’s Wimbledon this
week, so it’s raining”.
HONESTY IS ITS OWN REWARD.
An Aussie woman shopping for a
bargain at her local opportunity shop (opshop)
in the south-east Melbourne town
of Rosebud unmined a fortune when she
bought a pink satin zip bag without
looking inside.
After taking it home however, the woman
found six gold rings, a rose gold chain
bracelet, watches, earrings and necklaces.
In a wonderful show of honesty, the
woman took the cache to the police, who
are now on the hunt for the owner.
IF YOU’RE CRUISING CANADA YOU MAY WANT TO
stop into Calgary Zoo and check this out.
An eight-year old gorilla, Zola, at
Canada’s Calgary Zoo has become a
smash hit after he was filmed having a
dance in a puddle of water.
Zola was caught dancing by his keeper,
who had taken his camera into the
enclosure to film several primates, in a bid
to raise awareness of their plight.
According to zoo officials, Zola loves
water and does a dance every time he
encounters it.
“The whole behaviour of just being
fascinated with water and splashing and
playing is something that they do in the
wild and some gorillas do in captivity as
well,” a zoo spokesperson said.
The film shows Zola stomping, tap- and
splash-dancing through the puddle, as
well as spinning on his heel in what looks
remarkably like breakdancing.
So far Zola’s splash-dance has clocked
425,000 hits on YouTube, with the zoo
delighted that his antics have garnered so
much attention for the highly-endangered
Western Lowland gorillas.
To view the clip CLICK HERE.