The photo below is of an Eastern Blue Tongue (Tiliqua scincoides). I took the photo today as she was scurrying to hide behind the pot plant you can see top right (in the neighbour’s yard). At some point she must have been frightened and dropped her tail as a new, stumpier one has grown back.…
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Garbage strike
Our rubbish is collected on a Monday. Every week regular waste is collected and the garden waste and recycling alternates. Last Monday the garbos went on strike wanting better pay conditions (they were offered 2% next year and 3% each year for 2 years). No rubbish collection. The ACT government did set-up drop-off points for…
Puddles!
It rained on the weekend and we had puddles! It probably seems funny to get excited by puddles, but after years of el nino drought (which is why Australia burnt so well last summer) it is delightful to have a la nina spring and to see enough rain fall to make puddles. I can’t remember…
Tick Tock I HATE the clock
Yesterday 5 of the states and territories of Australia moved their clocks forward an hour to start summer daylight savings…for the next 6 months! I HATE daylight savings and I live in one of those places that has it. I’m a morning person and I am a warm weather person, so the thing I love…
Holidays!
I’m very excited…Queensland has opened the border to the ACT (ie where my parents live and where I live). A few conditions: have to fill out some paperwork to declare we haven’t left our little city in the last 14 days and have to fly direct (read take second mortgage to be able to go).…