30 April, 2026

Rare discovery of ambergris on Denmark beach excites scientists and historians

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/rare-discovery-of-decades-old-whale-vomit/106617738

What a find, this is something that comes along once in a blue moon. It’s still legal in Europe to use ambergris in high end perfume manufacturing. Ambroxan is the synthetic equivalent used in most perfumes. You can make a fragrance last longer on your skin by  putting moisturiser on first and then that holds the fragrance in place. 



Gigantic flash spotted from Canberra as suspected meteor explodes off Australian east coast

  https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/mysterious-flash-explodes-above-sydney/news-story/b87ee6966609e729895f811478c641ea What an awesom...