I drove past the old Queensland Museum in Gregory Terrace this morning and was pleased to see that there's been plenty of progress on its restoration. I felt a rush of nostalgia as I remembered what a wonderful place the museum had seemed to me as a child, and how the new museum doesn't fill me with the same sense of awe. As a child, I imagined the old museum to be some sort of musty, haunted mansion where scary, yet interesting, things were to be found. The new museum may contain some interesting things but, for me at least, it's a just a big concrete bunker that lacks character and soul.

A memorial to Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin will be held on Tuesday or Wednesday next week, probably at Suncorp Stadium (a.k.a. Lang Park) in Brisbane. I don't think I'll be attending, but it's probably a good idea for those deeply affected by his death to go alone so they can move on. The ABC has some details here.

I haven't seen Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth so I'm in no position to judge the film. I can, however, judge a review I read today which, as far as I could tell, was reviewing Gore's politics rather than the film itself. It's a bit like giving Star Wars a bad review because you don't believe there was ever life in a galaxy far, far away. Having said that, it'd be just as bad as someone gave An Inconvenient Truth a good review simply because they believed in the message.

You could cut the airwaves with a knife ... the Australian metropolitan cities radio ratings are released today. In Brisbane, chances are that Nova 106.9 will continue its tussle with Triple M for overall leadership, 97.3FM will probably win the hearts and wallets of grocery buyers, and 4BC and 612 ABC will battle it out for the talk audience and older demographics. Eyes will be on B105, the former market leader that is trying to reinvent itself with a new breakfast show supported by extensive television and bus-stop advertising and big promotions. More as it comes to hand.

"Guerilla artist" Banksy is at it again. Not long after tampering with Paris Hilton CDs, he's smuggled a statue of a hooded Guantanamo Bay detainee into Disneyland. Details here. Check out his website for some of Banksy's other work.

Nova 106.9FM is again top of the Brisbane radio ratings tree, ccording to Survey 6 figures released by Nielsen Media Research this morning. Nova was ahead of Triple M, 97.3FM and 4BC. Nova’s breakfast team of Meshel Laurie, Kip Wightman pictured), Ashley Bradnam and David "Luttsy" Lutteral also took out No.1 place, ahead of Triple M’s The Cage with Ian Skippen, 4BC and 4KQ. Former market leader B105 appears to be on the comeback trail, registering small gains in overall market share and with its new breakfast team of Gabby Millgate, Mike Van Acker and Stav Davidson. 612 ABC had a poor survey, with a small drop in audience overall but a slight gain in the 9am-midday shift.In the important-to-advertisers stats tracking grocery buyers, Triple M overtook 97.3FM, which was ahead of Nova, 4KQ and 4BH.