Piddling Tourists

"Access to a lake on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island in south-east Queensland may be restricted because it's being damaged by tourists using it as a toilet."

Why? What is the matter with them? There must be a reason for this. Surely they don't go to the island to wee? It doesn't appear to be a problem elsewhere and yes, there are plenty of things to do on Fraser Island besides piddle. 

Top 20 Universities

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Australian National University has placed 16th again in the list of top world universities. I am really pleased to hear this because ANU has consistently driven very high standards of leadership in the academic sphere and has consistently gained good results and as such, does us really proud as a university. It works hard to keep up this international success. Adelaide Uni used to be right up there too, but lost a lot of ground and this year has seen a break through and reward in its world rankings because of its re establishment of excellence as one of its priorities. It has made a considerable improvement in its international rankings. No one ever understands Flinders, but it  is a good university and Uni SA seems to have dropped quite a lot in its international position. It is however, scattered across several campuses and that it itself is a challenge.