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The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it.

― Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin.

Castlemaine Gaol. Built in the mid-1800s to imprison offenders during Victoria’s goldrush, it staged 10 documented executions, the last held in 1876. It was decomissioned as a jail in 1990, having since undergone several transformations: as a hotel, tourist attraction, school camp, conference centre, and most recently as a community radio station. Although it is a Heritage Australia site, the Mount Alexander Council recently sold it, and parts of the gaol will apparently undergo residential development. The location is lovely, but can you picture yourself living in an ex-jail?  (Taken with Instagram) High-res

Castlemaine Gaol. Built in the mid-1800s to imprison offenders during Victoria’s goldrush, it staged 10 documented executions, the last held in 1876. It was decomissioned as a jail in 1990, having since undergone several transformations: as a hotel, tourist attraction, school camp, conference centre, and most recently as a community radio station. Although it is a Heritage Australia site, the Mount Alexander Council recently sold it, and parts of the gaol will apparently undergo residential development. The location is lovely, but can you picture yourself living in an ex-jail?  (Taken with Instagram)

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The eruptions of the Tungurahua volcano in Huambalo, Ecuador, increased around the 21st August. The volcano is 140 kilometres away from Ecuador’s capital city of Quito. The media has reported that 110 families were evacuated from the area. Volcano Discovery is now reporting that despite the clouds of ash, some landslides, floods and earthquakes, it appears that the eruptions have decreased. This volcano has erupted two to three times over the past three years.

Photos via CNN and National Geographic.