Just about everybody likes fireworks. But is half and hour of them, topped and tailed by expensive fuel dump-and-burns by RAAF F111s, just a bit over the top? It occured to me that last night's Riverfire could have been about a third of its length, use maybe half the number of fireworks and have been twice as impressive.

"Guerilla artist" Banksy has struck again. He has replaced Paris Hilton CDs in record stores with discs featuring his own songs, including tracks titled Why am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?. So far, record stores have received no complaints from people who bought one the doctored CDs. Maybe it is better than the original.

Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin has died. It appears he was stung through the heart by a stingray. The Courier-Mail has details here.