Home-base Anti-ageing Treatment for Women

Home-base Anti-ageing Treatment for Women

Brisbane, October 30, 2013 — To aid in the fight against wrinkles and skin ageing, Stop and Pose, Europe’s phenomenal painless and home-base anti-ageing solution has finally arrived in Australian shore!

In an era where physical appearance is of great value, looking youthful and ageless is a woman’s secret weapon to be more confident. That being said, it’s no surprise that lots of women are searching for ways to attain youthful and more radiant skin.

“Good skin is a key component of overall beauty and good health, and it can also affect your emotional and mental well-being.,” says Kori Ellis of sheknows.com, a beauty and wellness website for women. “From acne as a teenager to fine lines in middle age, skin problems can affect your confidence and self-esteem. When you have healthy skin, you are able to face daily activities and life's challenges with more confidence.,” she says.

Today, millions of women are looking for the right treatment to help stop or slow down skin ageing. Fortunately, beauty experts have found modern ways to address the issue of wrinkles, skin ageing and discoloration with the help of anti-ageing products.

Now, various anti-ageing products in the market are created to satisfy the growing demands of consumers who want to stop the clock of ageing as well as bring back their youthful beauty. Among the most notable brands of anti-ageing products that are tagged as safe, painless and non-invasive solutions for wrinkle reduction, skin tightening and smoothening devices is the TriPollar Stop.

About TriPollar Stop
TriPollar Stop is a revolutionary new anti-wrinkle, skin tightening device that brings about a fresh, younger look that until now could only be achieved through professional clinical treatments. Fresh from amazing success in Europe, this proven technology has now been launched in a handheld device that can be used in the comfort and security of home. Affordable and clinically proven, this professional grade anti-ageing beauty product contains TriPollarTM—an innovative Radio Frequency (RF) technology that delivers immediate long-lasting anti-aging results from the first treatment without surgery.

Stop & Pose Contact Details
Toll Fee Number: 1-800-228-393
Official Website: www.stopandpose.com.au

Leimo now available in Australia

Leimo now available in Australia

November 21, 2013
Brisbane, AU — The latest and advanced hair regrowth product is now available for Aussies. Leimo is a hair regrowth treatment that is specifically made to battle hair loss. Thinning and shedding hair would no longer be a dilemma, as Leimo comes to Australian shores.

What is Leimo?
Leimo is a new and innovative way of combating hair loss. It makes use of the Leimo Personal Hair Laser, which helps regrow hair through a technology at par with major laser hair clinics around the globe. It is a painless, easy and cost-efficient way to regrow hair for men or women experiencing hair loss.
What is great about Leimo is that it is especially created for home use. It can be used to treat hair loss in the comforts of your home. Convenient and practical, and most of all, effective, it takes away the hassle of going to hair clinics and paying heavy clinic costs.

How does it work?
The Leimo Personal Hair Laser Starter Kit comes with a Leimo Personal Hair Laser and a variation of wet products that aids in hair regrowth. The hair laser utilizes low level laser therapy (LLLT) and light emitting diode therapy (LEDT). The low level laser therapy creates a process called Photo-biostimulation which increases the available energy of the hair follicle cells, resulting in hair regrowth and healthier hair follicles.

The laser used in the Leimo Personal Hair Laser is a cold beam laser. Cold beam lasers are used for therapeutic purposes and it is made to stimulate cells rather than destroying them.

The wet products that come with the starter kit are made for everyday use. Each has its own way of helping the hair regrowth process. With religious usage of the hair laser and the wet products, hair regrowth is surely within reach.

Leimo is a product of InnovaDerma™ International, a revolutionary and innovative company that produces state-of-the-art products in beauty, wellness and skincare. Home based in Hong Kong, InnovaDerma™ International has many directly owned subsidiaries in many regions like in Europe and Asia.

To know more about Leimo and the rest of InnovaDerma™’s roster of products, visit www.innovaderma.com or www.leimo.com.au. Leimo’s customer care service is also available every day by phone at 1800-280-250 from 7 am to 11 pm.

Oldest Living Tree

HUON PINE

How long does it live?

The Huon pine is Australia’s oldest living tree and is one of the oldest living organisms on earth. Individuals have been known to reach an age of 3,000 years. Fossil records from a tree found in the south-west of Tasmania were dated at 3,462 years. (Carder A., 1995). Only the bristle-cone pine of North America exceeds it in age.

Growth rate and reproduction

The Huon pine grows at the incredibly slow rate of  between 0.3 – 2 mm per year in diameter. Despite such slow growth the tree may attain heights of 40 m and  commonly reaches 20 m to 25 m in height. The foliage of  the Huon pine consists of tiny scales closely pressed to  the stalk.

Huon pines produce pollen and seeds from small cones  that are about 3 mm long. Male and female cones are  produced on separate trees. A small number of trees  produce both male and female cones, though this is quite rare.

Reproduction occurs in ‘mast years’. Every 5 – 7 years  a mass seeding occurs. Seeds are dispersed a short distance around the tree except where they land in  water and are transported downstream. Huon pines  also reproduce vegetatively. They do this by layering. Tree  branches reaching the ground start to root and establish themselves as a new tree, which eventually breaks away from the parent. Branches breaking off trees can also take root.

In this way populations such as a forest stand at Mt Read, which have no female trees, continue to survive. It is believed that the Mt Read stand has been regenerating in the absence of female trees for more than 10,000 years, although no individual trees are more than 1,500 years old.

Where does it grow?

Huon pines are found in the west and southwest of Tasmania where they grow among river-bank rainforest and also in a few subalpine lake shore forests. They are usually killed by fire and are drought sensitive, so are restricted to cool, wet areas.

Huon pines are often associated with rainforest species such as myrtle (Nothofagus cunninghamii), leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida) and sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum).

Some of the most accessible sites to see Huon pines are: the Tahune Forest Reserve near Geeveston on the Picton River; the Arthur-Pieman River State Reserve near Corinna; the Teepookana Forest Reserve; the heritage landing on the Gordon River on the west coast; and near Newall Creek on the Mount Jukes Road south of Queenstown.

Australian Volcanoes

Australia's only active volcano is rumbling fiercely, with new NASA photos revealing its lava lake has overflowed its crater. The volcano in question, Big Ben, is happily located on Mawson Peak in the remote southern reaches of the Indian Ocean on Heard Island, an Australian territory. People only bother to visit Heard and its neighbour McDonald Island every couple of years, because there's little there but chilly wastelands and the territory is a nature reserve people aren't allowed to visit without a permit. Even fisherfolk chasing the apparently tasty patagonian toothfish, aka Chilean Sea Bass, don't often bother landing. 

No permanent human presence exists on the islands, beyond an automated weather station. NASA keeps an eye on the islands, though, because of the volcano atop Heard Island's Big Ben occasionally fires up. Last October we reported things have started to look interesting on the island. 

Heard Island's remoteness and Mawson Peak's altitude - 9006 feet or 2745 metres - mean there's nothing to fear from the eruption. Even local populations of seals and birds probably aren't in peril, as few live near the Peak's summit. But Heard Island does experience "strong and persistent westerly winds ", according to its official website.

Volcanic fields in Australia

It is thought that eastern Australia has been passing over a hotspot as it drifted north, leading to a chain of volcanic activity from north to south. Basaltic lava flows are prominent along the Eastern Uplands, as well as some of the offshore islands. Lord Howe is one such island that has been interpreted as a shield volcano that has been eroded down to a remnant of its former mass. The lava layers in this remnant indicate that the deposition took place in at least 2 major phases of volcanic activity in the Late Miocene, about 6-7 Ma. Together with several seamounts, it has been suggested to be part of a chain of seamounts trending north-south for about 1000 km that were formed as the continental crust moved north across a hotspot at the rate of about 6 cm/year. Based on this suggestion it is expected that if a new volcano formed at the present it would be about 400 km along the chain to the south of Lord Howe Island (Twidale & Campbell, 2005). The northernmost seamount in this chain is Nova Bank, that has been dated to about 23 Ma.

The volcanic provinces of Australia would be expected to display a similar consistent age distribution pattern to that of the seamounts, assuming the validity of the interpretation mentioned above, with the oldest in the north and the youngest in the south. The pattern has been found to be more complex than a simple continuum from north to south.

• 47-16 Ma Tasmania - south
• 38-13 Ma Tasmania - north
• 33-28 Ma Queensland central coast
• 26-20 Ma Victoria - eastern
• 25-22 Ma Queensland - southeast
• 7-2 Ma Victoria - west & South Australia - southeast

According to Twidale & Campbell, the pattern of age distribution of volcanic activity in Australia does not indicate activity associated only with the passage over hotspots, of which there are thought to be as many as 5, 3 on land and 2 offshore, though they could be regarded as centres of volcanic activity rather than hotspots. These possible hotspot tracks tend to trend NNE-SSW. The authors suggest tectonic regimes, imposed compressive (quiescent) and extensional (eruptive), can explain the discontinuous nature of the eruptive activity.

There is also volcanic activity associated with the separation of Australia from Antarctica at the breakup of Gondwana, that is not connected to any activity associated with possible hot spots. Volcanic activity associated with separation of Mesozoic and Early Cainozoic age are present in some of the older eruptions in eastern Victoria and northern Tasmania.

Volcanic activity in modern times is associated with the Indonesian arc in such places as Papua New Guinea and the adjacent islands, where it is linked to the subduction zone along the northern margin of the Australian Plate. Another problem with the eastern Australian provinces is that the lava chemistry varies, leading to more complications. There is disagreement about a number of proposals, such as whether hotspots or developing oceanic rifts are the cause of the volcanicity, or whether hot fluids and gases have invaded the lithosphere to form the magma chambers from which the eruptions subsequently took place. The lava flows have proven very useful for dating the landforms in their vicinity.

In Australia there are also older volcanic rocks that are widely distributed in ancient depositional sequences interbedded with sedimentary rocks. They form important components of both the Yilgarn and Pilbara blocks. Several ranges in north Queensland, such as the Newcastle Range near Einasleigh is underlain by acid volcanics of Late Palaeozoic age, well-developed columnar joints indicating the volcanic nature of the country rock. In the Featherbed Range near Chillagoe, further to the north, there are sequences of bedded silicic volcanics that have been weathered differentially and eroded, resulting in ridge and valley forms. There are ancient puys or small domes in the landscape composed of viscous rhyolite. The Gawler Ranges in arid central South Australia, has one of the most extensive exposures of silicic volcanic rocks, dacite and rhyolite, dating from the Middle Proterozoic. The well-developed orthogonal and sheet fractures of the landscape are more typical of granitic than volcanic terraines.

Drainage patterns of a region can be changed by volcanic eruptions, overprinting the pre-eruption landscape when lava domes replace the pre-existing landform, the drainage system being replaced by a drainage system that radiates from the peak of the lava dome. When lava domes are so large they cover a region they can be preserved as occurs on the western slopes of the Tweed Volcano, as well as on the Comboyne Plateau and the Ebor Volcano, both of which are in New South Wales.

Lava tongues can have an effect on the local scale when a tongue flows down a valley dividing an existing stream into 2 separate streams that each run between the tongue and the bedrock slopes. When the lava is of an erosion-resistant nature it can eventually lead to a reversed landscape in which the rock surrounding the lava is eroded down below the level of the lava, which then becomes a ridge. To the northeast of Cobar in New South Wales is just such a formation, El Capitan, a basalt-capped ridge from the Miocene the stands 40 m above the surrounding plains.

Forests in Western Australia

There are four dominant tree species throughout Australia's South West - jarrah, karri, tingle and tuart. All are unique to Western Australia and support a diverse range of fauna and other flora species in their associated forests.  A great way to explore the region’s forests is by following one of the many sign-posted scenic drives. Some sections of these drives are on gravel roads, so please drive carefully and pay attention to road and weather conditions.

Jarrah Forest

The diverse ecosystem of the jarrah forest is named after the dominant tree species 'jarrah' (Eucalyptus marginata). Jarrah trees grow up to 40 metres in height (130 feet) and can live up to 1,000 years. Its long, straight trunk of richly coloured and beautifully grained timber make it perfect for woodworking, and because it’s very durable, it’s also used as a structural material for building. For this reason, around half of the original jarrah forests that covered 3.9 million hectares from Perth to the South West have been destroyed by extensive logging and clearing for agriculture.

The jarrah forests that remain are home to a wide variety of flora and fauna species, including 150 birds, 29 mammals, 45 reptiles and over 1,200 plants and wildflowers. Excellent examples of jarrah forest can be found at the Collie River Valley and around the town of Nannup.

Karri Forest

The Southern Forests area of Australia's South West is well known for its majestic karri forests. Typically found between Manjimup and Denmark, the smooth-barked karri tree (Eucalyptus diversicolor) grows up to 90 metres in height, making it the tallest tree in Western Australia and one of the world's tallest hardwood trees.

Other tree species that shelter beneath the mighty karri include the peppermint tree, so-called for the peppermint-like smell of its leaves when crushed, and the delicate karri sheoak. Come spring, a stunning display of wildflowers colours the forest, with the blues of tree hovea and native wisteria contrasting with the cream flowers of old man's beard and star-shaped crowea. The Brockman, Beedelup, Gloucester and Warren National Parks are excellent examples of these beautiful forests.

Tingle Forest

The Walpole-Nornalup National Park is the only place where the red tingle tree (Eucalyptus Jacksonii) is found. This buttressed, rough barked tree can live over 400 years and grows up to 75 metres in height, and with a girth of up to 26 metres, they have the largest base of all the eucalypts. There is also a yellow tingle tree (Eucalyptus guilfoyle) which doesn't grow as wide as the red tingle tree.

While tingle trees are often hollowed out by fire and fungal attack, their robust structure allows them to continue growing. An excellent example of this is the Giant Tingle Tree near Walpole. The Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk gives visitors a different perspective of the tingle forest from 38 metres above the forest floor.

Tuart Forest

Tuart forest is one of the rarest ecosystems left on Earth and is only found along the Swan Coastal Plain, from Jurien Bay to Busselton in Western Australia. The dominant species within this forest is the tuart tree (Eucalyptus gomphocephala). Tuarts are characterised by grey bark and elongated, spiral-shaped leaves. They can grow up to 33 metres high, 10 metres in girth and live over 500 years. In the 1830s tuart timber was highly valued by millrights, shipwrights and wheelrights, as it is almost impossible to split or splinter the timber.

The tuart forest within Australia's South West is protected by the Tuart Forest National Park and is the largest area of pure tuart remaining in the world. The park is also home to a number of rare and endangered species including the Carnaby's black cockatoo, chuditch, brush-tailed phascogale, western ring-tailed possum and brush wallaby.

Some Australian Fungi

Agaricus silvaticus

Agaricus silvaticus otherwise known as the Scaly Wood Mushroom or Blushing Wood Mushroom, is a common, edible Mushroom, often found in groups in coniferous forests from early summer.

The greyish-brown cap is hemispherical when young, but later flattens out up to 10 cm in diameter. It is covered with broad scales. The gills are grey when young, and become much darker with age. The spores are chocolate brown. The stem is brownish, often with a hanging ring and a small bulb at the base. The flesh is white with a mild taste, turning reddish when cut.

Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.

Amanita muscaria

A large conspicuous mushroom, Amanita muscaria is generally common and numerous where it grows, and is often found in groups with basidiocarps in all stages of development. Fly agaric fruiting bodies emerge from the soil looking like white eggs. After emerging from the ground, the cap is covered with numerous small white to yellow pyramid-shaped warts. These are remnants of the universal veil, a membrane that encloses the entire mushroom when it is still very young. Dissecting the mushroom at this stage will reveal a characteristic yellowish layer of skin under the veil; this is helpful in identification. As the fungus grows, the red colour appears through the broken veil and the warts become less prominent; they do not change in size, but are reduced relative to the expanding skin area. The cap changes from globose to hemispherical, and finally to plate-like and flat in mature specimens. Fully grown, the bright red cap is usually around 8–20 cm (3–8 in) in diameter, although larger specimens have been found. The red colour may fade after rain and in older mushrooms.

Amanita punctata

Amanita punctata also known as Spotted Stem Ringless Amanita.

Amanita punctata  is up to 87 mm wide, at first globose, then convex, sometimes gibbous, then planar to slightly depressed, smooth, slightly sticky when moist, nonappendiculate, with a markedly striate to sulcate and rather short margin. The cap is very dark gray to grayish brown to smoke gray, and is darkest over the disc. The volva is present as occasional patches (especially in young material), with most of them near the margin.

Calocera guepiniodes

Calocera guepiniodes with common name Scotsman’s Beard.

This species looks like tiny, cylindrical or slightly tapering orange or yellow fingers on wood. The fingers are up to 5mm tall and have a gelatinous texture. It can be found on dead wood, often Banksia wood. It is a decomposer species of fungi.

Collybia sp

Collybia sp or the commonly known Twisted stem agaric

This mushroom is placed in this broad genus for the time being as identification can be difficult. The cap is convex to flat, reddish-brown, to 6 cm diameter. Gills almost free from stem, dirty white in colour. Stem twisted, rope-like to 7 cm long, often somewhat flattened. Caespitose habit, forming fairy rings in lawn.

Zoos in Australia

Australia has a wealth of public and private zoos. Many include exotic (to us) species such as big cats and elephants, while others focus on Australian animals and birds. Some emphasise their breeding programs for endangered animals.

Adelaide Zoo

Adelaide Zoo is home to 1,800 animals. Don’t miss Wang Wang and Funi, Australia’s only giant pandas and the only giant pandas in the southern hemisphere. For something special, go on a behind the scenes tour and learn more about the pandas.

Adelaide Zoo is a 15 minute walk from the centre of Adelaide, and adjacent to the famous Adelaide Botanic Garden. Free guided walks and daily keeper talks make this a special experience. Dine in the bistro or relax on the central lawns. There is a range of gifts and mementos in the gift shops.

Australia Zoo

Australia Zoo is located on the Queensland Sunshine Coast near the Glasshouse Mountains north of Brisbane. It is one of Australia’s most popular tourist attractions, and the Home of The Crocodile Hunter, the late Steve Irwin.

The Zoo has its origin back in 1970 when Steve Irwin’s parents, Bob and Lyn Irwin, bought four acres of land and started building the Beerwah Reptile Park. The park grew and stock increased, and in 1980 was renamed to the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. During the 1980s Steve and Bob Irwin spent much of their time capturing rogue crocodiles together with the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. Some of these crocodiles were relocated to the wild, and some which could not be released were brought to the Irwins’ Park. In 1987 they opened a Crocodile Environmental Park on their property to assist with protection of the saltwater crocodile. The Crocodile Environmental Park became very popular especially for its display of crocodile feeding within the park. In 1991 Steve Irwin took over management of the zoo, and in 1992, the park was renamed to Australia Zoo. The park went from strength under the management of Steve and Terri Irwin, and Steve’s fame as The Crocodile Hunter increased the profile of the park as a tourist attraction for local and international travelers. The Zoo now cover over 29 hectares with plans for further expansion, and maintains over 1000 animals

Monarto Zoo

Monarto is a 1,000 hectare open range zoo and is home to animals from all over the world. Stroll around the park on the walking trails or take the Zu-Loop Shuttle, which is a free hop-off, hop-on service to all the special Wildlife Viewing Platforms.

See lions, cheetahs, giraffe, African wild dogs and more. Rare animals include black rhinoceros and Prezwelki’s horse.

The zoo offers behind the scenes tours, where small groups can get up close to the animals. Last entry to Monarto Zoo is 3.00pm.

Monarto Zoo is just a short 50 minute drive down the main interstate freeway and only 15 minutes from the mighty Murray River with a range of great accommodation, including bed and breakfasts and houseboats.

Melbourne Zoo

Melbourne Zoo is located in Royal Park about 4km north of the city centre. The Zoo has over 300 species of animals from all over the world in lush landscaped grounds.

Melbourne Zoo opened in 1862 on the Royal Park site, and is Australia’s oldest zoo. Melbourne Zoo was modeled on London Zoo, with formal Victorian gardens. In the early days the animals were housed in old circus cages. Picnic grounds and enhanced landscaping were added as the Zoo increased in popularity. In 1934, the Zoo introduced a collection Australian wildlife featuring kangaroos, platypus, koalas, and other native animals. The Zoo has changed dramatically over the last hundred years with exhibits renovated and new developments added such as the Trail of the Elephants, the Orangutan Sanctuary and the exhibit for Australian Fur Seals, Fairy Penguins and other marine life added recently.

Cairns Tropical Zoo

Cairns Tropical Zoo is situated about 20 minutes drive from the centre of Cairns in north Queensland. The Zoo features a range of Australian and exotic animals, housed amongst six hectares of tropical gardens. Many of the animals are indigenous to the northern wet tropics. The Zoo opened in 1980, and is part of the Wildlife Tropical North Queensland Group owned and operated by the Freeman family. (The park used to be known as Wild World – The Tropical Zoo).

Visitors can walk through the kangaroo enclosure where about sixty Eastern Grey kangaroos roam freely and meet visitors. You can buy bags of kangaroo at the Zoo shop to hand feed the kangaroos. Throughout the day there are various shows and presentations including bird feeding in the walk-through aviary, Red Panda presentation, snake show, free flight bird show, Pelican feeding, Koala keeper talk and a Crocodile show. Visitors can have their photo taken with a Koala or Boa Constrictor (additional cost), and there are also free Wombat and Crocodile photo opportunities.

Darling Downs Zoo

The Darling Downs Zoo is a small regional zoo situated on the eastern Darling Downs in Queensland, between Toowoomba and Warwick. The zoo is privately owned by Steve and Stephanie Robinson who have extensive animal keeping experience from their Robinson circus background.

The zoo which opened in 2005 features animals from Africa, South America, South-east Asia as well as Australia. The aim is to eventually display representatives of the reptile, bird and mammal life of each of these regions of the world.

Mansfield Zoo

Mansfield Zoo is located in North Eastern Victoria, about 10 minutes drive from Mansfield and 40 minutes from Mt Buller. The Zoo lies in the Delatite Valley, with views out to the Alpine Ranges including Mt Timbertop, Mt Buller and Mt Stirling.

Mansfield Zoo opened in 2000 as a wildlife park with deer and some Australian native animals. The Zoo has grown and now has over 100 native and exotic animals on 30 acres of parkland. Most of the animals can be hand-fed by visitors, including kangaroos, deer and monkeys. A Zoo Keeper takes visitors on guided tours around the zoo, a golf cart is available to take those with limited mobility around (or to give the kids a fun ride). The Zoo Keeper guided tours are held on weekends, Public Holiday and during the Victorian school holidays.