US reporter can’t tell the difference between Tasmania and Tanzania

Is a reporter at vaunted People Magazine easily confused? 

It would appear so.

Poor Esme Mazzeo is unable to tell the difference between snowy Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and the African country of Tanzania. 

https://people.com/bindi-irwin-shares-photos-family-trip-tanzania-8667811

Esme lifted some of Bindi Irwin’s social media images of herself and her family in Tasmania under the headline: “Bindi Irwin Shares Photos of Her Family's Adventures in Tanzania: ‘So Grateful for These Moments’” 

It gets worse: “On Saturday, June 22, the Australian TV personality, 25, shared a carousel of photos on Instagram from a family vacation in the East African country, tagging the resort where they stayed, Cradle Mountain Lodge, in the last photo.”

Poor Esme is clearly not strong when it comes to research.

Look, we all make mistakes, but I wonder how she goes when it comes to Australia and Austria? 

 

For shore. New islands discovered

Imagine discovering a swag of islands that you previously had no idea existed.

Japan has just "discovered" over 7,000 islands off its extended coastline, Travel Mole reports.

Japan’s Geospatial Information Authority recently completed a comprehensive mapping of its territory for the first time since 1987.

Japan’s total of what was 6,852 islands then is now 14,125 islands - thanks to advances in surveying technology.

There is no globally recognised formula for what constitutes an island and Japan has claims on several small island chains which are disputed.

It has disagreements with Russia, South Korea and China, with some dating back many decades.

The new survey entailed counting all naturally occurring land areas with a circumference of at least 100 metres.

Nagasaki and Kagoshima prefectures in south-western Japan had 1,479 and 1,256 islands, respectively, while 1,473 were listed in Hokkaido, northern Japan, news agency Kyodo reported.

Image: Islands of Kukikushima, Nagasaki