Ian Black

Woodside gas tanker with kangaroos on the sides, and Piraeus home port on stern.

For another affront, check this out. Woodside gas tanker 'Woodside Goode' decorated with kangaroos on the sides...and registered in Greece. images.marinetraffic.com/collection/1...

Maybe so, but I can hear the cries of 'It's RIGGED!' if the Tawny Frogmouth doesn't win.

Well they could use the Geelong terminal...if Spirits ii and iii weren't using it. Point Henry pier is the >1km long pier for the (closed 2014) Alcoa aluminium smelter.

Meanwhile it's 'You can trust us. We know what we're doing.' with the potential ~$1B stadium disaster.

Just an answer to another obvious question that no responsible manager or minister has ever asked.

One chance to legislate a fairer Australia...and they blew it.

OK, I get it............but the odd nudge and/or wink would make it more palatable.

Two black Oyster Catchers on a log by a rocky shore.

Sooty Oyster Catchers..(cropped), SE Tasmania.

Oyster Catchers..and I've never seen an Oyster Catcher catch an oyster.

What a tell!

The singular honor of being near the top of 'People who terrify me' list.

c1966 in one of my first trips at sea, we came across a harpooned whale S of WA, inflated and marked by a buoy. Never forget the smell or the sharks feasting on the carcase.

Tasmania + Spring = Bonkers + Wind.

Exactly what today really needed...actual good news!

Yeah, I reckon it's a goner. But in my 35 years living in the sticks, the hardest thing to find was a local who didn't swear blind that they'd seen one.

Solo retiree who gets very few calls from unknown numbers. When I do, I try to engage them in conversation, but they always hang up.

How to smile while raging about an escalator.

They don't make martyrs like they used to.

Meh...Hereabouts (Tas), it'll just be another renaming of the 'Chickenfeed' stores.

The Australian national flag is the only flag for all Australians “Australia’s National Flag has been, and always will be, the flag for all Australians. This is despite a long term, divisive campaign by activists to erase what is understood by mainstream Australians...

AKA 'The Member for the IPA'.
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Purpura...possibly exacerbated by hammering on Melania's door.

Jedda.

Snapped this little Rakali as it swam towards a rocky headland near Verona Sands Tasmania.

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Beaut Landline yarn for some background. (~14 min)
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YouTube video by Mushroom Hunters & Collectors - The Slab (Official Video)

Meanwhile in Melbs..
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Polititicans however..

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That part when they keep making us all vote until we get it right.

Eric's CPU is still stuck on the 'Campaign' setting. Mind you it's been like that for ages, and they've forgotten how to turn it off.