[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Now that is a beautiful beach....

But you can see Catalina from ours...

Is this your Home State...or Province?

[Fred Nerks]

I used to live in Queensland from 1968 until 1999. The beach in the image is Whitehaven, on the Whitsundays:

http://www.tourismwhitsundays.com.au/visitor-information/wallpaper/

[fantail 1952]

Ernest, Catalina isn't that much to look at!

These Aussies have performed a miracle of the kind we need here in CA and several other states! Give 'em a break.

A comment on the American Thinker blog today:

The first battle of this worldwide war against the socialists was won under the leadership of the Little General, Sarah Heath Palin, out of the great state of Alaska in 2010. And who do you suppose the feckless, flacid fools that populate the GOP apparatus see as the standard bearer for 2012 -- yes, one Beauregard Willard Mittens Romney. By the way, did anyone see Mittens in 2010? I believe he was there ducked for cover behind Palin's skirts while she was taking fire. What a man. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/aussie_voters_deliver_stunning_rebuke_to_socialists_comments.html#disqus_thread#ixzz1qARNFFqn