Visible Procrastinations

Howqua Hills

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FOI documents reveal lead-up to failed Bendigo Writers Festival A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.

BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE: La Trobe Uni pressured #Bendigo Council to send the infamous code of conduct to participants, according to those at a council-run roundtable.
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Rescue underway for man stranded in blizzard in Victorian High Country A rescue operation is underway in Victoria's High Country for an 18-year-old man who was caught in a blizzard near Mount Buller overnight.

Rescue underway for man stranded in blizzard in Victorian High Country: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-05/mt-buller-rescue-snow-dump-hikers/105972882

Survivor Course alongside the Howqua River. The river is up due to rains and snow melt.

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Reddit targeted by Australia’s under-16s social media ban as list of platforms grows Popular platform added to list of companies required to restrict access for children, along with video streaming site Kick * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Reddit and video streaming platform Kick will join the likes of Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok in being required by the Australian government to ban users under the age of 16, the federal communications minister has revealed. On Wednesday night, Anika Wells announced the list of eight companies which the government expects to block under-16 users from 10 December. Continue reading...

Reddit targeted by Australia’s under-16s social media ban as list of platforms grows

Periods are wild! Promoting inclusive Outdoor Education experiences - St Michael's Grammar School

❝ The impact has been remarkable. Student engagement in our programs has increased exponentially, and the types of questions we now receive from students and parents reflect a genuine cultural shift. ... That is powerful change. ❞

www.stmichaels.vic.edu.au/community/ne...

The teen social media ban hasn't begun but already Australians have been exposed in a social media platform's ID breach.

The privacy commissioner says it "goes to many of the concerns that Australians already hold about the looming age assurance scheme."

www.crikey.com.au/20...

More hikers getting stuck on popular trail as social media draws tourists About 50,000 people climb Bluff Knoll in WA's Stirling Range each year, and emergency services say they are being called to more rescues as hikers underestimate the challenging track.

❝ Australia's peak body for bushwalking said the popularisation of wilderness hiking on social media had contributed to a rise in rescues across some of the country's top hiking trails. ❞

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Not quite that simple; it's 5 ‘please do not enter areas'.
❝ These areas cover in excess of 300 climbing routes, including some of the most popular and
accessible to the public. ❞
-- Media Release from CV (2025-Nov-03)

Parks Victoria has been problematic

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❝ These areas cover in excess of 300 climbing routes, including some of the most popular and
accessible to the public. ❞
-- Media Release from CV- 3 November 2025

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Extraordinary violence unfolding in Darfur

Climb Tasmania's 60-metre high, four-metre wide stone 'Totem Pole' Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...

Climb Tasmania's 60-metre high, four-metre wide stone 'Totem Pole' (2015)
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The Totem Pole, Rock climbing | theCrag The Totem Pole is a dolerite sea cliff located in Fortescue Bay in Tasman National Park near Port Arthur.

The Totem Pole
"Once at the Cape Huay lookout, locate a track down to the left, and scramble down to the rap rings (these are at approximately the same height as the top of the totem pole). Rap 60m, ... , swing out to bolts on the Totem Pole and anchor to DBB."
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Arapiles, Trad climbing | theCrag Heading towards Arapiles for some legendary climbing and starting to see it clearly for the first time, you will not have been alone if you feel a little disappointed. For taken from a distance Arapi...

You can get an idea of the number via www.thecrag.com/en/climbing/...

Climbing Access Discussion - Victoria | In recent days there has been a lot of confusion around where it is ok to climb or not at Dyurrite | Facebook In recent days there has been a lot of confusion around where it is ok to climb or not at Dyurrite. Subsequently, Parks Victoria have provided the advice shown. For more detailed information on...

❝ But scores of comments on a climbing Facebook page for Victorians suggest many will not comply. ❞

The same old voices who think that ACAV, rather than Climbing Victoria, should be the peak body representing Victorian climbers.

www.facebook.com/groups/climb...

‘What are they going to do, chase someone up?’ Victorian rock climbers scorn ban on Mount Arapiles Indigenous sites State park contains rock art dating back at least 3,000 years and tens of thousands of artefacts

❝ Rock climbers are openly discussing flouting Victoria’s voluntary bans on routes near Mount Arapiles despite a plea from the state government to respect the area’s Indigenous heritage. ❞

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The yellow ones 👍

Ok. I needed this today! And yes - I cried heartfelt tears watching it.

Looks like silver cassia (Senna artemisioides) to me

St Kilda’s little penguin colony to be ‘cherished and protected’ as free public tours return at long last A new, purpose-built 150m viewing platform is giving visitors the chance to ‘connect with nature in the city’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Gordon Watson, 85, remembers penguins living on the rocky breakwater at the end of the old St Kilda pier since he was a teenager. “I learned to sail with the St Kilda yacht club and I remember being with a group of three of us lads sailing around in a dingy going ‘Oh look, there’s a penguin’.” Then, in the early 2000s, Watson and his late wife became volunteer guides with Earthcare St Kilda, helping to care for the little penguin colony and manage the public as visitor numbers increased. While “the majority of people were great” there were some “nasty moments” with some members of the public, Watson says. Continue reading...

St Kilda’s little penguin colony to be ‘cherished and protected’ as free public tours return at long last

First Aid Skills: Hypothermia for Mountaineers and Hillwalkers In the mountains, cold is more than just uncomfortable—it can be dangerous. Hypothermia creeps in quietly, especially when you're wet, tired, and exposed. Whether you're caught out in a...

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One glass is the Dasher & Fisher Mountain

Enjoy our Tasmanian Gin ( SPIRIT Of TASMANIA )

If you insist 🍸

National anti-corruption chief steps away from all defence investigations The head of the National Anti-Corruption Commission will step away from all defence-related corruption referrals following questions over his handling of perceived conflicts of interest.

NACC chief Paul Brereton steps away from all defence investigations - and the next step needs to be away from the NACC entirely

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

[ Yogi Bear - The crack years ]

Good morning … we had to see it, now you have to see it.

The lack of attention on Sudan is having terrible consequences - ABC Religion & Ethics Media organisations and citizens alike struggle to follow multiple foreign crises at once, and over the last three years, Ukraine and Gaza have dominated public attention — meanwhile a protracted huma...

For more background, and why we should be paying just as much attention to Sudan as to Gaza

www.abc.net.au/religion/eya...

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A sundog full circle (parhelic circle)

Three Capes Walk - it’s a bit like this …

#3CapesTrack Day 4