IH8SHOCKJOX 🇦🇺🌈 proudly voted YES

On this day, in 1854, the Eureka stockade battle took place. I'm flying my flag proudly in memory of standing up to tyranny.

If anything, it proves there is no God.

Bin Chickens perching on recycling & garbage bins.

Fred, Sgt Major of the 43rd Recon group, (as seen here on the ground) had instructed his troops well on how to open & rifle through people's garbage bins, but he didn't realise Clarence was colour blind, until now.

AKA "The Big Lap"

Yess's ma' lady

Yes, I've just had a discussion with my wife about how exciting a 5 day match, with no result, can actually be.

Time to occupy parliament grounds with a rotating shift of 50000 to 100000 people until they resign.
If antivax anti science fuckwits can do it during lockdown why not the whole population?
#NZpol

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

I can see why Sir Robert Menzies last ever vote wasn't for the Liberal Party.

Sandpaper Fig (Ficus Coronata) grown in a plastic pot, removed & it's roots divided in half and placed over a sandstone rock. Hopefully enough roots will work their way to the the soil to stabilise it and eventually cling to the rock. The timber is for weight & the paper is to protect the roots. I water it several times a day.

These 3 Ficus Rubiginosa (Port Jackson Figs) have been on a sandstone rock for a few years. I've now added some more rock under the original. Hopefully the plant will attach itself to the new rocks & find the dirt.

The Coastal Banksia hasn't flinched after some root removal & repot.

This is a an old white Azalea that I'm turning from yard plant to a Bonsai.

Here's my Intense Care Unit for Bonsais. I have a Sandpaper & Port Jackson Fig being lifted over Sandstone (the wet paper is to keep the roots moist), my recently repotted Coastal Banksia & if you remember, some remnant Azalea from the 50yr old bush I removed from the yard, to be potted next year.

Graham Richardson dying brings no joy, no fond memories. He was the one who gave us Eddie Obeid & happily sat on Sky News with alleged paedophile Alan Jones. I'll await some home truths from #KateMcClymont

Large Banksia Bonsai in the same pot for 5yrs. I've trimmed the roots & new growth

Root bound Banksia

Large root running along thr trees confined pot.

Heavy piece of timber holding the plant from topling

One of my Bonsai Coastal Banksias needed a repot. Root bound, I was hoping to trim the roots & pop it back in it's own pot but a large main root prevented that. 3rd photo has a large thick root between my fingers that if damaged probably would have killed the plant. So it's repotted & now we wait.

Sad to hear, Steve.

An update on my Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis) Bonsai. Season's new growth is distinctly smaller than last years, so my take, it's starting to repond to the pot's confines. #AustralianNativeBonsai

ATHLETICS:
Australian high jump World Champion Nicola Olyslagers is one of six finalists for World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year. She joins global stars such as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Femke Bol and Tara Davis-Woodhall.
📸 Getty/Cameron Spencer.

Nothing screams woeful leadership louder than waiting until it's too late to act. (BTW, We've had our solar battery for about a month, good for the environment good for the wallet)

4 November is the 150th National Day of the Kingdom of Tonga. It marks the introduction of its first written constitution on 4 November 4 1875. To celebrate I'm flying my Tongan Flag in Sydney. We had a fabulous short stay there last year.

I watered my Bonsais mid morning becauseof the heat. And 6.15pm comes & all survived this classic Sydney afternoon thunderstorm just now. (BTW, Cook Islands flag flown today) and NO hail, phew.

My Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea Glauca) Bonsai flower is almost in full bloom. You may see it in the upcoming edition of Gardening Australia M magazine.

Peters certainly slipped this through the cracks. They seemingly no longer make lactose free icecream

Film poster for "Journey Home" (2025) a documentary film about the final journey and funeral of renowned Yolngu actor David Gulpilil.

"I'm a bush man. I'm a city man. I'm a bit of everything." – David Gulpilil
"Journey Home" (2025) is a documentary film about the final journey and funeral of renowned Yolngu actor David Gulpilil. In cinemas: 30Oct25. #film #Australia #FirstNations #Indigenous #Aboriginal 🎥

Impressive

It's a fabulous country with some bad neighbours. It's very safe here, lots of female solo travellers from all around the world enjoying the freedoms they'd have at their home countries. Highly recommend anyone to come here

Steve, I'm currently in Jordan. Each motel room I've been in has an ashtray & you see souvenir ashtrays everywhere.

Went to Petra this morning. This is my introduction to the Treasury Building. #Petra

Grubs like Watters exist because A, Murdoch pays him to be a grub & B, there is no B, Murdoch is the sole reason Grubs like him are in the media.

Sunday morning church service Tochni Cyprus.

Looking up to the village

Almost no new home construction for decades but there has been a lot of civil works

My room view.

The origins of the English word Copper

Having a quick break in Cyprus in the small village of Tochni. The seasonal rains failed this year & it's exceedingly dry. Tochni is a classic Greek style stone village without the stonewash or blue colouring. Cyprus is the word 'Copper' derives from. Here for a few days then on the Jordan.

The Spiv, The War Criminal & The Rapist, what a rogues gallery of no humanity

Magnificent!