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    Re: Definition of term
    From: Steven Tripp
    Date: 2003 Jan 27, 17:31 +0900

    On 1/25/03 5:28 PM, "Peter Fogg"  wrote:
    
    > There is a TV show called 'Survivor' or something similar. They did a series
    > using Americans (supposedly) surviving in the bush in Cape York (S15d E143d).
    > They got comprehensivly lost at one stage because they supposed that 'down
    > here' the compass needle must point in the opposite direction, just as the
    > seasons and day and night are reversed, compared to where they come from ...
    >
    
    I heard that the Sydney Olympic Committee solicited questions about
    Australia before the Olympics and got this one:  In Australia which
    direction is north?
    
    Steve
    
    
    

       
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