Gaz

Yep definitely a great day out once my fingers and toes thawed out 🤣

If I had the choice again I would have had my replacements 10 years ago. My surgeon said I will get 20+ years out of my new replacements.

I am 3 months bilateral knee replacement that although much older than you I waited 10 years to have them done. The main problem although I am very happy with the result is training my leg muscles back to how they should be when walking to how they were before the operation.

#Canada and #Australia say thank you Mango Mussolini!

In😀

Today the first day of feeling like autumn a brilliant day for a stroll beside the river.

This is me 14days ago with my 2 brand new knees, before this I dealt with sore knees for 15 years but decided enough is enough. Many things can go wrong with knees and you might only need a clean out at worst but definitely see your doctor. 😀

Minnamurra River @Kiama south of Sydney, you can swim 2k up river and 2k back for a 4K swim or swim one way and walk back along the beach.

Minnamurra River NSW

This is my release a nice 2k swim up and back. 😀

Bike by bike: a Torres Strait ride revolution - Green Agenda On Waibene/Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, a grassroots movement is transforming how locals move through community, one bike at a time, overcoming the barriers of remoteness to make sustainable…

On Waibene/Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, a grassroots movement is transforming how locals move through community, one bike at a time, overcoming barriers of remoteness to make sustainable transport accessible to First Nations women, mothers, caregivers, and children.

Today the Coalition made clear if elected they would sack public sector workers, cut their pay & return to funnelling our money to the big consultants. We lose jobs, pay, expertise, services & money spent in local communities. Good for consultants profits, bad for the country

THREAD: #NACC dishes out kid glove treatment for #Robodebt6

New FOI material shows the NACC treated the #Robodebt6 with kid gloves offering them free, independent and confidential counselling services.

A nice colour match with this visitor to my Xmas bush today.

I like it here compared to twitter x where I as a nobody had minimal followers and limited interactions. It seems a lot more welcoming here and a lot of positive vibes. 😀

Melbourne's top family friendly bike trails | Tips and resources | Bicycle Network Need some inspiration for your next two-wheeled adventure? Here are our top 6 family-friendly bike rides around Melbourne.

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Long walks on gravel along dangerous roads: The fast-growing Melbourne suburbs waiting for buses and trains In the outer west, where the car is king, residents want better public transport links. In a series, The Age explores why the west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back from its full potential.

How to create car dependency, household budget pressures from transport costs, traffic congestion, isolation, lack of access to services and opportunity: build new suburbs with no walking or cycling infrastructure, and no usable public transport.☹️ www.theage.com.au/na... ($)

This has to be one of the most iconic cricket photos ever taken, attributes to Quinn Rooney/ Getty Images:

Effective the Pharmacy Guild lobbied AGAINST its members…

So Pharmacists should be seriously reflecting on whether the Guild’s leadership are actually representing their interests.
#auspol

Part two of my year in reflection swimming thread that I rescued from twitter before the end.

This is all salt water, and mostly ocean pools.

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So good even the pup loves it.

Kiama ocean pool.

Kiama ocean pool.

Kiama ocean pool the northern side of the harbour is roughly 50m in length and has a resident octopus 🐙 for company. I have swam here all year round. 😀

King parrot.

This morning’s visitor. 😀

Good Morning. 😀

Perfect morning for a swim and surprisingly not many people around. Must suck having to go to work on days like these. 🤣

Interaction with people that have the same views as me, whether it is politics/sport or pets. 😀

I just got my lawns finished as it started bucketing down. ⛈️

'Hugely expensive' nuclear a 'Trojan horse' for coal, NSW Liberal says as energy policy rift exposed NSW shadow minister Matt Kean says nuclear energy is "hugely expensive" and not the path to cheaper electricity as his federal Liberal colleagues campaign for it.

"As we looked more into it, we found #nuclear was a Trojan horse for the coal industry, wanting to keep coal going, and it denied transition to an industry that allowed lower bills," said Hon Matt Kean #auspol #insiders www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...

Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange (and...

“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange, but the science is clear.”

Why e-bikes actually give more exercise than “acoustic”bikes. (but both/either are excellent when it comes to better cities)
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