Daily Radar: 06.29.09

Getting stoned with wallabies: Wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles in Australia's state of Tasmania. Tasmania's attorney general, Lara Giddings, told the BBC, "The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles." Australia grows about 50% of the world's legal opium.
Folks in Clarinda, Iowa, are "in the mood" to start construction this week on a museum dedicated to the life of Glenn Miller, who was born in the small town in 1904. The museum is expected to cost about $900,000.
And speaking of Midwest icons, Harry Truman's Independence, Missouri, home will close on August 2 for renovations. The former president's home is expected to reopen in the spring of 2010.
A brand new hotel has opened at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, though I doubt any people will be staying there anytime soon. The hotel, operated by D-Travel, is for goldfish only, and a place where people can leave their fish while on vacation.

Photo: Earth2Marsh via the Intelligent Travel Flickr pool

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