For the first time in 160,000 years the G3 Atlas comet is visible in Australian skies. This comet was only discovered in April last year, and is being monitored by NASA. Deciding a once in a lifetime comet was worth viewing, we headed up the the highest point in our area – apparently the best…
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The $1 million dollar barramundi – update!
Just a quick update on a post I wrote in 2020 about a fishing contest with a Barramundi worth a million dollars. You can read about the contest here. A few days ago, Katherine local, 19-year-old Keegan Payne, caught the fish in the Katherine River. He caught it just in the nick of time, the…
Little Toy Library
I’m sure by now you must be aware of Little Free Libraries (if not, you can check out my post here). A new type of free library has sprung up in Australia and I think it is fabulous. These little beach toy libraries are a great idea. More than 80% of Aussies live near the…
The tale of two groceries
A couple of months ago I arrived home from work to find a delivery of groceries on our doorstep. The thing is, we hadn’t ordered any groceries. Plus, they were from Coles, which isn’t where we get our deliveries from. We brought the groceries in, put the cold things into our fridge/freezer and I rang…