Australia Edition
World Careful Driver Day leads today's complete edition for Australia.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for buses, taxis, rideshare cars, delivery vans, trucks, bicycles, scooters, and everyone trusting strangers on the road.
The longest day. In Hobart, the sun sets after 9 PM. In Darwin, it set at 6:30 PM and has been doing that all year because the tropics do not believe in seasons. The evening stretches on and the backyard cricket game goes until you cannot see the ball anymore. Which in December means about 9:30.
You observe the giant panda in bamboo forests, the Yangtze finless porpoise in rivers, and the Chinese alligator in wetlands across this vast country. You notice that dogs and cats are increasingly popular as pets in urban areas, though many rural families keep chickens, pigs, and ducks. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
