Orange County

Hands Up If You Speak Mandarin

A cash-strapped college student in China paid his course fees and living expenses - with five tonnes of oranges. The male student drove two truckloads of mandarin oranges more than 130 miles from his family farm in Quzhou. Thanks to local media coverage, he sold out in an hour.

FOOTNOTE: Friar truck.

Things Happen Like Clockwork, Orange

You're Parking Up The Wrong Tree

Photographs copyright: DAVID McMAHON

Any idea what the first photograph depicts? A billboard for Orange County, perhaps? Strips of orange Blu-Tak, maybe? No, it's just part of the facade at a huge multi-storey car park in Melbourne. I drive past it several times a week and it suddenly struck me that it would be great to frame just the orange segment in one shot. The second picture shows you the whole scene, looking up from street level.