Will the Real Waratah Please Stand Up?

In other Australian news, the Government of New South Wales has released a new logo based on the state’s floral emblem, the waratah. The problem is, according to leading botanists and the public at large, that the logo depicts not a waratah but a lotus — and with a reported (staggering, OMG) price of $A4,600 (US$3,750) everybody feels robbed. The NSW Government web site shows the new logo and this story is the most complete. But it doesn’t end there. DesignBay, an Australian logo crowdsourcer, decided to offer up $A1,000 (US$815) for anyone that can design a better waratah logo. I guess a simple, boring wordmark wouldn’t be the most wrong way to go, huh? Thanks to Daryl Prondoso for the tip.