Ah, the weekend..

Its the weekend again.. yay

I am just back from Mississippi where I participated in a workshop to help evaluate some software to help with UXO data processing. I can say that I am definitely not a fan of southern food… The workshop was in Vicksburg which was a sort of spread out sort of place.

I took last Friday (the 21st) off work and headed down to Baltimore to see the Australia Exhibit at the Baltimore National Aquarium. I gotta say that the Australia Exhibit left a bit to be desired. I don’t feel that there was enough there for the price. The value is good if you have not been to the aquarium before but to go primarily to see the Aussie exhibit, I wouldn’t bother.

I did find one thing about the visit very amusing.. When you enter the foyer area of the aquarium, there was a few creatures in tanks as a “warm up” to the full exhibit. The first creature they introduce you to is the Cane Toad! Cane toads were introducted to Australia in the 30′s to help combat a beetle that was eating cane crops. The toad failed at doing this and its population has since exploded in Queensland. It is funny that the first exposure you get is a now regarded pest.

They were also selling vegemite at the Aquarium (woohoo) but the price was astounding - $8 for a tiny little jar!

Anyway, I did have my trusty video camera out for the day so keep an eye out for a video post