#Australia
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/penny-drop/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Education #HowTo #Marketing
An Australian #magpie was strutting it’s stuff at works carpark. Took this mid arvo.
Came over to see if there was any food…or crumbs at least, I suspect.
Sorry little fella. None today.
It’s a local. See it almost every day.
# beautiful!
🙌🖤🤍
#birdsofmastodon #MostLiveable #downunder #animalsofmastodon #melbourne #MostLiveable #victoria #Narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy
Does anybody know who this clown is at the #Cheese chase in Gloucestershire?
He looks like an Australian & probably a Queenslander.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-gloucestershire-65748725
#GoldCoast City (popn. est. 648k in 2022) is located on #Queensland’s southeastern coast, about 66km south of state capital #Brisbane. It stretches along almost 60km of coastline, with sandy beaches attracting both tourists & locals. Creek mouths offer sheltered water activities; we hired SUPs at Currumbin Creek (📷1) then lunch at Coolangatta (📷2) before stroll from Greenmount Beach (📷3) across Rainbow Bay to Snapper Rocks (📷4).
🚐 #Travel #Nomad 🦘 #AU #Australia 🤔🌲🧭❤️ #CREWmission 📷 #Photography
Bitcoin selling for $5K cheaper on Binance Australia as fiat ramp closes - One Bitcoin can be bought for the equivalent of $22,000 on Binanc... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-is-selling-for-5k-cheaper-on-binance-australia #australia #discount #binance #bitcoin #on-ramp #fiat #aud
Hooray! The POS who is the CEO of #Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras has resigned. SGLMG is a sham. The only reason I remain a member is to keep voting #Pride in Protest candidates onto a board filled with conservative, capitalist bootlickers and this white supremacist. Corporate queers being trash people is no surprise. #Australia
So the ticket prices have come out for #Australia v #Argentina in the soccer friendly at #Beijing’s Workers Stadium. Cheap eh! So 4880 kuai tickets all round eh! ;-) #China https://nitter.hongkongers.net/StephenMcDonell/status/1663401839000436737#m
Crypto exchange TrigonX latest to emerge from the FTX rubble - TrigonX is back from the dead after it went into receivership in ... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/australian-crypto-exchange-trigonx-emerge-ftx-rubble #kingrivercapital #liquidation #australia #creditors #trigonx #ftx
20 new items in the WhoozQueen store on Etsy, including this chunky boi in blue and bronze.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1491072979/blue-bird-bronze-glass-and-wirework
#birds #jewellery #earrings #handmade #Australia #Melbourne #buylocalau #etsyshop
#Australia’s Crackdown on #Climate Activists
It is critically important for citizens to be able to express their concern about the climate emergency in whatever peaceful way they would like to do so.
https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/australias-crackdown-on-climate-activists/
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/pod-of-gold/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Business #Finance #Investing
The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) of the Plastics Treaty is taking place from 29 May – 2 June 2023 in Paris, France under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The aim is to complete negotiations by the end of 2024 and create a global, legally binding plastics treaty.
I'll be focussing on Australia's positions at INC2. Australia's Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is attending the conference, representing Australia.
The blogpost will be updated frequently over the next week as negotiations proceed.
https://takvera.blogspot.com/2023/05/australia-at-global-plastics-treaty.html
#GlobalPlasticsTreaty #PlasticsCrisis
#INC2 #Australia
Photo via IPEN
Here’s another… #ScarlettBottlebrush, a ground dwelling bush about waist height. It spreads though, so it’s adorned with beautiful pink ol foliage.
I love the long stems, covered in pink hair-like spikes. They are so pretty.
📸 - #clayton #Australia
🙌💖
#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #MostLiveable #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/cosmos-down-under/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Technology #DataScience #Tech #Cyber
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/remarkable-project/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Business #Marketing
These #jadeplant’s do flower!!
We’ll these healthy, ground dwellers do anyways.
Known as lucky plant, money plant or money tree, it is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers that are native to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, and Mozambique; it is common as a houseplant worldwide.
My houseplant doesn’t flower. Probably because it is root bound and old as heck.
These pink flowers are delightful.
🙌💖
#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #MostLiveable #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy
Hello. Here's something for #TreeTrunkTuesday.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #TreesOfMastodon #Gumtree #Eucalyptus #Nature #Bushland #Photography #Australia #Photo #NaturePhotography #Canberra #Mobilephotography
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/loved-up-effect/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Society #Culture #Relationships
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/energetics-and-alchemy/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Education #Spirituality #SelfImprovement #Advice
On Wednesday June 7th at 9pm US Central, the Community Identity and Displacement Research Network is hosting a webinar called "Voice, Treaty, Truth: Creating a Pathway for Treaties with First Nations in Victoria, Australia."
More information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/voice-treaty-truth-tickets-643398009767
#indigenous #FirstNations #Australia #research #AcademicChatter
#AlbertKruger the #CEO of the #Sydney #Gay and #Lesbian #MardiGras #resigns
According to a statement from SGLMG, “Albert will see through the remainder of his #contract until June and the #organisation will undertake a #global #search to find a suitable #successor for Albert’s role.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia
14 nations clinch deal to boost supply chains, counter China
#US, #India, #Australia, #Japan, #Indonesia and #Malaysia, have on Saturday announced "substantial conclusion of negotiations" on supply chain agreement.
The third art piece of three landscapes I've finished in the last week also has a strong influence in the style of John Constable. This digital piece, done in oil on canvas style, is titled 'Setting Sun'. :)
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#Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #DigitalArt #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #AbstractArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #CreativeToots #Color #Colorful #SilentSunday #Moody #Classical #Classic #Landscape #Landscapes
⚡️🇦🇺Ukraine Tweets For Trucks from Down Under (more) https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17642 #Ukraine #Australia #NATO #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
Music of "The Seekers"
Were they a harbinger of a new democracy?
https://medium.com/tiered-democratic-governance/music-review-the-seekers-6f9fb4fb0b81
#australia #democracy #politics #tiereddemocraticgovernance #music
Check Out This Incredible Black Opal From Lightning Ridge, #Australia.
Photo Copyright ©️ Robert Weldon
By #GeologyWonders
#Geology #GeologyPage #Nature #minerals #crystals #gems #Nature #NatureLovers #NaturePhotography #Photographer
On #fracking .
#Mining legislation is now so hopelessly out of alignment with #Australia in the 21st century. We need to go back to the drawing board and craft #law that's sensitive to #FirstNations people, a #circulareconomy, #biodiversity and changing #climate
Adelaide, it's up to you tomorrow
#australia #adelaide #SouthAustralia #ClimateChange #Protest
#Cryptocurrencies #Australia #AvonCourtmansion #CEO Curve Finance CEO and Wife Make Record-Breaking Real Estate Purchase in Melbourne: * This is the couple's second major purchase in the local real estate market
* Their combined property measures 5,663 square meters
* Mansion in Melbourne was also previously purchased by Kick founder Ed Craven
The CEO of Curve Finance, Mikhail Yegorov, and his wife Anna bought a luxurious mansion with vast land in Melbourne.… https://btcnews.biz/cryptocurrencies/curve-finance-ceo-and-wife-make-record-breaking-real-estate-purchase-in-melbourne/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Another mushroom shot from Mt Macedon in #victoria #australia
#photo #photography #photomonday #foto #fotografie #nature #fotomontag
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/the-fit-injector/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Health #Fitness #Beauty #Medicine
The #climate-#denialist community has a higher proportion of Twitter accounts with inauthentic behavior (likely bots). At the end of 2022 in #USA + #Canada+ #Australia online communities, there was a sharp increase in the proportion of likely bots denialist accounts : +400%!
Perhaps the last of this year's glorious #Autumn colours.
#PhotoOfTheDay #PhotoMonday
#Photo #Photography #Trees
#Canberra #Seasons #Outdoors
#OutAndAbout #Fotografie #NaturePhotography #Nature
#Australia #TreesOfMastodon
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/2023/05/professional-builders-secrets/ #GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Australia #Business #Construction
Is there really any benefit from #Australia becoming a republic - All India's got from their transformation is a president who wants to be treated like a king.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-29/indian-opposition-boycott-parliament-inauguration/102404758
Australia’s own native, ridgydige #gallah’s feeding as a group on a verge in #melbourne Australia.
They’re normally skittish so couldn’t get too close.
They look hungry, just ahead of sunset.
🙌💖
#birdsofmastodon #MostLiveable #animalsofmastodon #melbourne #MostLiveable #victoria #Narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy
Profiteering Australian supermarket giant Woolworths is raising prices again despite yearly profits and growth.
The same company is also continuing to promote the use of plastics over renewables both in store and when ordering online.
Basic food is a fundamental human right - not for something for corporations to profit from.
#Australia #Woolworths #Environment #Profiteering #CrappyCompanies
PwC Australia stands down staff amid tax plans leak scandal
Maciej's presentation on the "AI" panic was worth reading just for the introduction to the history of the Emu War. Go the #Emu!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Contrast this with Mao's campaign against the sparrows. It all goes to show that the Chinese can achieve much more effective results with much simpler technology, but are often just as deluded as us whiteys about which policies are sensible to pursue.
A side project I started over the weekend - a map of how long pedestrians have to wait at traffic lights in Sydney to identify problematic intersections!
https://betterintersections.jakecoppinger.com/
It's powered by a Google Sheet, which you can contribute to with a simple Google Form: https://forms.gle/3FFGD5Jk14wUS22n6
Please have a look and if you're interested, contribute some measurements! I'll add more detailed instructions in the coming days.
#sydney #australia #nsw #betterstreets #walking #maps #mapbox #openstreetmap #opendata #map #walking #cycling
This is our first winter using our new electric ducted heating system.
So the big question is...
What is the most efficient (and cost-effective way) to heat the house?
Here's the latest variant picture for the Northern Territory, Australia.
After a gap of over a year, a couple of samples were recently shared from the NT.
The 2 samples are variants that are common elsewhere in Australia - XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" and XBB.1.5.* "Kraken".
I've been banging on about this for over a year now, so it's great to see data sharing restart. Hopefully that can continue so we get a more accurate picture of the unique mix in this remote area with international air and sea ports.
#COVID19 #Australia #NT #Darwin #XBB_1_5 #Kraken #XBB_1_16 #Arcturus @auscovid19
Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme
Posting for #SilentSunday (even though it's now Monday morning here in Adelaide, lol..)
Another new piece, completed two days ago, simply titled 'Countryside'. A digital piece done in a style similar to John Constable with a strong emphasis on the use of greens & a dark palette, Oil on Canvas styled. :)
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#Landscape #Landscapes #Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #DigitalArt #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #AbstractArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #CreativeToots #Color #Colorful #Classic #Classical #Countryside
Mycena Interruptar or more commonly the Pixie's Parasol Mushroom.
From Mt Macedon in #Victoria #Australia.. Bit of a long hunt this year to find them, but find them we did..
#photo #photography #silentsunday #Australia #foto #fotografie #nature
New piece completed this evening, titled 'Misty setting sun'. A digital piece done in a similar style to John Constable with a strong array of greens & dark palette, #Watercolor and Ink styled. :)
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#Landscape #Landscapes #Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #DigitalArt #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #AbstractArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #CreativeToots #Color #Colorful #Classic #Classical #Countryside
˙ʎuunɟ s,ʇı ʎɐs ǝɯos ʇnq 'uɓıs sıɥʇ ɥʇıʍ ɓuoɹʍ s,ʇɐɥʍ ǝǝs ʇ,uop I
Why little children in a NSW town are reading thanks to Dolly Parton. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/how-dolly-parton-has-sparked-a-reading-revolution-in-central-western-nsw-20230523-p5dand.html. #australia #nsw #dollyparton #reading #kidsbooks #Gilgandra #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Smh #SydneyMorningHerald
This little fellow just marched its way through my day. Lamprolina - leaf beetle 😎
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/488513-Lamprolina
#bushlife
#beetlodon
#lamprolina
#BlueMountains
#Australia
#nature
#LifeGoesOn
#MaidOfTheMist or the #Gladiolus dalenii is a flowering plant in the iris family.
I’ve driven past the front garden where these are growing all week, and haven’t been able to stop. But today I made an exception and disregarded the steady falling rain to snap a few pics to share.
So glad I did because up close they’re just stunning.
These (pictured) are one of the most widely distributed species of Gladiolus, ranging from eastern South Africa and Madagascar throughout tropical Africa and into western Arabia.
This garden has heaps. And the colours are dynamic and bright.
🙌🧡💛
#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #MostLiveable #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy
Here are a few more photos of #Canberra from Mount Ainslie.
https://aus.social/@SallyABL/110438812150364169
#BushCapital #Bush #Photo #Bushland #Lake #Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Australia #WildOz #Clouds #CityScape
Here's an update on my metric for Australia and it's states and territories:
"Days since Health Leadership faced the public on COVID".
I'm tracking the last date that CMOs/CHOs etc in each jurisdiction last held a press conference or similar and took questions from the media on COVID.
NSW was the only jurisdiction to have an event of that type in the last week.
The ongoing, fairly regular events like this in some jurisdiction serve to highlight even more those that are not stepping up. Why do only residents of NSW deserve clear and urgent communication from their health leadership?
#Australia #Indigenous #politics #SocialMedia #OnlineAbuse #anonymity
'The most active Twitter accounts opposing the Indigenous Voice to parliament are people using false identities who are stoking an increasingly divisive online campaign, rather than computerised “bots”, an analysis reveals.'
Another of my Veale Gardens Adelaide SA photos re-sketched as an art print, now up in my gallery today, titled 'Peach Rose 4' (Rustic color-sketch styled) :)
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#FlowersOfMastodon #fotografie #photography #naturephotography #Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #DigitalArt #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #AbstractArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #CreativeToots #Color #Colorful #SilentSunday #Flowers #Floral
Protect the heart of Australia by signing this petition calling on Territory, State and Federal Governments to protect the Eyre Basin from fracking and gas exploration. https://www.actforbirds.org/theheartofaustralia #StopFracking #StopGasExploration #Australia #EyreBasin ##gas #PetitionToStopGasFracking #ActForBirds
#Australia: 95-year-old Clare #Nowland dies after police tasering https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/05/27/qaxc-m27.html
Alamy runs a Photo Of The Month competition - this month's theme is "Weather". So, here's my entry - Impending Storm. Storm clouds are approaching Frankston Pier in Victoria, Australia. The seagulls are all on the beach - they know what's coming!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Weather #Stormy #FrankstonPier #Victoria #Australia
A large #japanesemaple for your Saturday viewing. From #melbourne #Australia.
#autumn is such a lovely time of the year and so many visually hedonistic delights are on offer!
This maple is stunning in the morning sunshine, couldn’t resist stopping, snapping and sharing.
#Altext first image.
🙌🍂🍁
#urbanflora #flora #gardening #garden #melbourne #MostLiveable #aesthetichedonist #flowersofmastodon #gardeningAU #gardening #narrm #victoria #Australia #makesmehappy
I recently found out that in some councils around Sydney, residents can request a street tree for their nature strip.
Some of the councils that mention a request process on their website include:
* Campbelltown City Council
* City of Parramatta
* City of Ryde
* The Hills Shire Council
* Randwick City Council
* Sutherland Shire Council
#Trees #Nature #NatureStrip #UrbanCanopy #UrbanForest #Sustainability #Rewilding #Cities #UrbanHeatIsland #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Sydney #Australia
Hello. I recently took a look at the works being done at the #AustralianWarMemorial and you might be interested in these photos. Sharing without comment on the merits or otherwise of what's underway.
Looking up #AnzacParade to the Memorial, a large crane breaks the view of Mount Ainslie behind it. Street level at the top of the Parade is a wide stretch of scaffolding covered by an image of the building's usual front vista.
From the lookout at Mount Ainslie some of the ground works being hidden by the scaffolding are visible.
Including a classic view looking down from Mount Ainslie, along the Parade and across the lake to old and new parliament houses and other national buildings in the parliamentary triangle. Stunning.
#AWM #Canberra #Australia #MountAinslie #BushCapital #AustralianParliamentHouse #APH #Bushland #Bush #Lake #LakeBurleyGriffin #Nature
Just look at this cute mural created by Melbourne’s own, artist #Juzpop.
It features on a feature wall, opposite the bar in the city’s #herosmelbourne and was painted June last year.
I love the fem strength and sass of this woman featured. So too the gorgeous flowers and foliage that sits around the main feature.
Oh, and that pretty #butterfly… oh so good!
Justine (Juzpop) nailed this mural perfectly, matching perfectly with the vibe of this bar, in #melbourne #Australia.
🙌💖
📸 - Pic 1 and 2 supplied by artist, with permission. 3rd pic - heroesbar.com.au
Insta: https://instagram.com/juzpop?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
#fembeauty #femskill #fempower #feminineenergy #urbanart #urbancanvas #femaleartist
#suburbanart #streetart #mastoart
#muralart #melbourne #narrm #murals #mural #publicart #art #victoria #Australia #aesthetichedonist #makesmehappy
Australian COVID-19 stats update for the week ending 23 May 2023:
Starting from this week, I'm switching the data source for this analysis to the health.gov.au stats, made available thanks to an incredible citizen data science effort by "dbRaevn", which they described on this thread:
https://twitter.com/dbRaevn/status/1656878815296233472
Here's the main page hosting the data and info collected by dbRaevn
https://github.com/dbRaevn/covid19/tree/main/pandemic
This is clearly a huge effort - making crucial government data accessible and useful. Please take a minute to buy dbRaevn a coffee if you are able to - see the "Support my work" link on their github page.
Although health.gov.au stats lag the traditional reported cases by a day or so, they provide a much more complete picture, with daily detail on most stats, and whole new topics to explore like Aged Care and Treatments (see below).
Australian First Nations site destroyed by vandals who carved religious statement into rock
A park ranger has called it a “deliberate and destructive” act with the vandals potentially facing penalties of more than $500,000.
Completed this evening, a new art print re-sketch from one of my Veale Gardens, #Adelaide SA photos of a juvenile magpie, titled 'Australian Magpie' :)
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#bird #birds #magpie #magpies #fotografie #photography #naturephotography #Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #DigitalArt #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #AbstractArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #CreativeToots #Color #Colorful #SilentSunday
Today is National Sorry Day, it is an important day of remembrance and reconciliation. It is a day to acknowledge the injustices inflicted upon #Aboriginal and #TorresStrait Islander Peoples, in particular the #StolenGeneration
#sorryday #nationalsorryday #Australia
source: #qsnts
Reminder that we have literally zero idea what the actual covid case numbers are in Australia as most people aren't testing if they have symptoms, and most of those who do test positive aren't recording their results with official records.
So when you read about the increases and the new peak were entering in time for winter, that's only a tiny fraction of what's out there.
So please, please, put on a fucking mask.
A warm welcome to #Fediverse to @oaf - the Open #Australia Foundation, who bring you awesome #OpenSource tools like #RightToKnow and (I think) #BelowTheLine was their initiative too.
Top people, give them a follow.
I just love this mural. I’ve posted some time ago, but can’t get enough of it
Found it again in my travels recently.
The #rosella is astonishingly good. So too the #wombat to the right of scene in the second pic.
Painted by HaydenDewar.com in 2019, this scene complements another painted on brick, just off Acland Street in StKilda. It has the same humanoid figures and #Australiana themes.
I’ll visit that and feature it here, sometime in the not too distant future.
This mural (pictured in this post) however, is located in #Bentleigh #Australia.
Gorgeous, and intriguing huh?
#altext first pic 👇
#suburbanart #streetart #mastoart
#burbs #muralart #melbourne #MostLiveable #narrm #muralart #Australia#Australia #murals #mural #muralart #mastoart #publicart #art #melbourne #victoria #aesthetichedonist #makesmehappy
It's an unusual lens the 60-600mm, and I'll be writing a lot more about it on the blog soon. I've spent the just 5 years shooting telephoto in the G9 with effectively 800mm, so stepping back into full frame telephoto was a bit of a shock for me! The results were amazing though.
About twice a year I get a chance to go shooting wildlife. I'm relatively inexperienced compared to real wildlife photographers. And yet the results I get from a few days in Arhemland carrying a Sigma 60-600mm and the LUMIX S5II were incredibly rewarding.
Having great people on the ground helps. Also cameras are getting crazy good these days. Using a tripod to carry the weight of this telephoto in the boat was great too.
Saw that Tina Turner passed away today.
I’m proud to say that she was a big part of my childhood.
From doing line dancing at elementary school to Nutbush City Limits… to the many years that her music was being used to promote the Rugby League in Australia.
Like this gem from 1989 🤣
spectacular sunrise this morning really amplified the already red leaves
Star trail over Boab.
This is a stacked image that uses a sequence of shots to capture the movement of the stars. I'm using what I call the "bright frame" technique where I compose and capture a silhouette at sunset, facing to the west, then leave the camera in place to record the stars moving around it.
You don't even need a super fast lens to get a result. See my website for a full explanation!
We had a little trouble getting out to our usual spot for Boabs and star trails, so there was only one option left! The team at Bullo River was amazing, organizing fancy swags to sleep in and some tasty treats for dinner.
#GrandOutback #Australia #Photography #Lumix #HeliShoot #StarTrails #SwagParty
Been offline for a little bit. Enjoying big skies and bright nights.
A great-grandmother, 95, tasered by police during an incident at a nursing home in #Australia, has died.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-24/clare-nowland-dies-tasered-nursing-home/102389082
New opinion column: Netflix is cracking down on password sharing in Australia. Here's what you should do about that.
Would be great if you could sign this petition to increase research scholarship rates for PhD students in Australia, so that they’re paid minimum wage.
This is a small step towards properly funding and compensating the people who make massive contributions to Australian research outputs.
#academia #universities #auspol #researchFunding #PhD #Australia
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#louder
Bon Scott's pre-AC/DC bandmate remembers their wild times: “We nicknamed him Road-Test Ronnie. He tried it all!”
AC/DC's former frontman Bon Scott was also, apparently, a talented marriage counsellor
https://www.loudersound.com/features/bon-scott-early-years
#BonScott #ACDC #EarlyYears #RockandRoll #Scotland #Australia #MusicalHistory #ScotlandAgain #MusicIndustry #Vocalist
"A cluster of giant mushrooms has popped up at Cockatoo Lake Recreation Reserve near Naracoorte in regional South Australia to the delight of residents.
The mushrooms are believed to be large boletes, Phlebopus marginatus, which are not commonly reported in regional South Australia.
Boletes are considered to be Australia's largest terrestrial mushroom and usually appear after soaking rains during autumn." #Australia #SouthAustralia #mushrooms #fungi #Naracoorte #boletes
Giant bolete mushrooms pop up in a nature reserve near Naracoorte to the delight of locals - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-20/giant-mushrooms-limestone-coast-boletes-fungi/102355772
Hello. Good day. 🌻 :blobcat_coffee: It's a slow start for me after a busy week at work. I hope your week has been pleasant.
Please enjoy this collection of gorgeous pink #flowers. Simple, pretty, comforting.
#BloomScrolling #Photo #Plants #GardeningAU #Garden #Nature #Gardening #FlowerPhotography #Photography #Canberra #NaturePhotography #Australia #OutAndAbout
Maine-Coon Kitten (Greyscale)
7038x4692pixels master, digital art. 🐱 Completed yesterday :)
#Art #Artist #Arte #Artwork #DigitalArt #Australia #Adelaide #Inspirational #BlackAndWhite #Greyscale #Wallart #Prints #Canvas #Canvases #MastodonArt #Nature #MastoArt #ArtMatters #FediArt #ArtCollector #Paintings #Painting #Gifts #GiftIdeas #MothersDay #Christmas #Birthday #Present #ArtBooster #UniqueArt #AbstractArt #BuyIntoArt #FediGiftShop #AYearForArt #CreativeToots #CatsOfMastodon #Cat #Cats #MaineCoon #Kitten #Kittens
Stan Grant's words..
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-19/stan-grant-qanda-coronation-backlash-abc/102369746
#StanGrant #Australia #abc
@abcqanda
@abcqanda@twitter.com
Stan Grant from the #abc has dropped his many roles due to the persistent racism of the #abc and Australia's toxic media in general.
I have often whined about #QandA on the basis of his journalism. Never because of his race.
#Australia is a money cuntry populated by old white men with no ability, no vision and no idea.
I salute #StanGrant for not putting up with this bullshit.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-19/stan-grant-qanda-coronation-backlash-abc/102369746
"A new report by the #Australia Institute found #subsidies for #FossiFuel giants in federal and state budgets will soon cost #taxpayers 14 times more than the Disaster Ready Fund."
“Australian governments are now planning to spend more on exacerbating #ClimateChange through these subsidies than they are on getting ready for #climate #disasters.”
That does not sound like a smart policy.
Stan Grant will walk away from Q&A because no one at ABC has spoken in his favor.
In a democratic country people should have the right to speak their mind freely.
You'd have to question the training of NSW #police that a senior cuntstable with 12 years experience would find it okay in his tiny little mind to #Taser a 95 year old woman approaching him slowly using a walking frame and #armed with a steak #knife
#ClareKnowland might weight 50kgs dripping wet and it's believed she has dementia.
Seriously in what universe does this even make sense? It makes more sense every time someone says all cops are cvnts.
Please boost the shit out of this.
STORIES OF THE MOUNTAINS…
Mt Warning in far norhtern NSW is the first point of the Australian mainland to be touched by the sun.
So-named by navigator James Cook in 1770, the peak is the core of an ancient shield volcano clad in rainforest.
The peak dominates the skyline. It is seen here from the town of Byron Bay, looking north.
Here's a quiet spot if needed today.
#LakeBurleyGriffin #Lake #Quiet #Peaceful #Calm #Sunset #Joy #Photo #Reflection #Clouds #OutAndAbout #Canberra #CBR #Australia #Photography #Still #Nature #NaturePhotography