Author: Paul

All this and more from collecting garbage!

Hope Valley is a sub-suburb of Postans, which is a suburb of Perth, in Western Australia. The Postans Alumina plant’s tailing ponds are about 1.5 KM from the plant itself. The odd colors of the water in these ponds comes from the variety of minerals and other contaminants from the aluminum making process.

Those whose answers came fresh included:

• Paul Voestermans
• steve willis
• Eloy Cano
• Garfield
• ArnoudS
• Phil Ower
• Lighthouse
• ndrqu
• Max_Power
• Mehmet DURMUS

Those who needed their answers wrapped in foil (after the hint):

• Steve J.
• Cloudspotter

Despite the name of this suburb, things look pretty hopeless in this valley.

You know, you have to be a SERIOUS surf fanatic to risk snakes, piranaha, and a little parasitic fish called the candiru (google that only if you want nightmares). But, the tidal bore that forms here generates a 20km/h wave that many surfers love to ride.

Those who hung 2 included:

• Eloy Cano
• Lighthouse
• Phil Ower
• Luís Filipe Miguel
• steve willis
• Garfield
• mehmet durmus
• Cloudspotter
• Paul Voestermans
• ArnoudS
• Dackelz.HP
• ndrqu
• Steve J
• steven simmons
• Wista
• Max_Power

and those who only left 1 on the board (after the hint) were:

• Chris Nason
• David Kozina

At least once a day, this place is a real bore.

Tucked away in a niche in the western most portion of Vatican City is this, the official heliport used by the Pope. Pope Benedict XVI has a pilot’s license, and actually flew the papal helicopter from the Vatican to the summer residence in Castel Gondolfo, but, since he didn’t hold a driver’s license, would need to be transported to and from the helipads by his drivers.

Those whom the Pope blessed on his way over their heads included:

• Eloy Cano
• Phil Ower
• Paul Voestermans
• Ben S
• steve willis
• Steve J
• Garfield
• ArnoudS
• mehmet durmus
• Dackelz.HP
• Cloudspotter
• ndrqu
• Lighthouse

And those who had to settle for a glimpse of his tail lights (after the hint):

• Max Power

The previous guy used to use this himself, but he needed someone to drop him off here and pick him up on the other side.