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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Mar

I came across this postcard when I was sorting through some photos. It shows Marie Ottile (Tilly) Johannsen (nee Hoffmann) with her daughter, Elsa, on a camel (obviously) and en route to Hermannsburg, an aboriginal mission, in...

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A sinkhole unlike some, methinks

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 26 Mar

I’ve heard of sinkholes but Umpherston Sinkhole near Mount Gambier in South Australia doesn’t fit the usual description of this geological process. The sinkhole was once a cave but the top of the limestone chamber collapsed. In...

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Hofftons or Hortons

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Mar

I wrote about ‘inside’ jokes between couples or good friends. I had an example I wanted to share in the comments but couldn’t remember what it was. I’ve just now remembered so I might as well make a post of it as explain it...

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Insulated nesting boxes for cockatoos

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Feb

Many of Australia’s native creatures are being threatened with extinction. One of the reasons numbers are declining is because of the loss of habitat and food. In the case of the glossy black cockatoo population on Kangaroo...

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glossy black cockatoo

loss of habitat

nesting boxes

insulation

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Furore over free speech

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Jan

In South Australia, the Adelaide Festival starts in early February. The Adelaide Writers’ Festival (AWW) was to be held in conjunction with the main event. One of the presenters was to be Palestinian-Australian author, Randa...

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Hunting down a pest

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Jan

When I first saw a similar photo to this one in a news article I didn’t realise the red-whiskered bulbul is a pest in Australia. Authorities are hunting for an escaped individual in South Australia. The birds are listed as an...

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New caves discovered on Kangaroo Island

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Dec

Back in 2019, Kangaroo Island off South Australia’s coast was devastated by bushfire. The thick vegetation became a raging inferno after a lightning strike. It burnt through almost half the island, ravaging 200,000 hectares and...

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Penola, South Australia, is increasing its student numbers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Sep

Penola is a small town in south-east South Australia. Its high school student number were declining with most opting to travel by bus to Mt Gambier. That was the case until the school built a chicken coop on an empty paddock next...

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Wombats moving into town

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Sep

George B Vieto (@deepizzaguy) writes good news stories here and when the story concerns wildlife, it is often mentioned that wildlife are losing much of their natural habitat. In the South Australian coastal town of Robe, wombats...

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Have you heard of 'Strine'?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Aug

My photos need sorting out a bit and I’ve been coming across all sorts of interesting stuff. One was this sign which I thought was pretty typical Australian. It’s written in ‘Strine (Australian) so maybe I’ll translate it for...

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Bees making the trek east to almond orchards

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Aug

I wrote about a convoy of road trains taking hay across the Nullarbor Plain from Western Australia to South Australia where farmers are battling one of the worst droughts in history. The latest news is that 600 beehives will...

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A convoy of trucks bringing drought relief to South Australian farmers

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jul

A current photo of South Australia’s farmlands would show lush green paddocks. However, the area is just coming out of a very severe drought. Ewes have been abandoning their lambs because they have no milk for them, and farmers...

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A parcel from Amazon

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Apr 25

I used to belong to a writing group. You would put your writing up and others would critique it for you. There were also competitions from time to time. I helped several people by editing their work and even got a credit in the...

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Duping the public

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Dec 24

The photo has nothing to do with the post. It’s of two chocolate unicorns a friend gave me. A couple have been charged in South Australia for pretending their son had cancer and receiving $60,000 through government and GoFundMe...

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gofundme

fraud

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Making artificial nests for endangered ospreys

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Jul 24

We all know that many species are facing extinction or are already extinct. One that has been struggling to cope over the last few years is the eastern osprey (Pandion cristatu). They are found on the coast of Australia, New...

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A Przewalski's horse has been cloned

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 28 Jan 23

A Californian zoo has cloned a Przewalski horse, also known as the Mongolian wild horse. This primitive breed is highly endangered with almost all surviving specimens relating back to just 12 born in native habitats. Kurt, a...

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Mini kangaroos - the tammar wallaby

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Jun 22

I mentioned tammar wallabies (Notamacropus eugenii) in my last post so thought I’d tell you a bit more about them. They are among the smallest of their genus and are pretty much like mini kangaroos. They are about 18 inches (45cm)...

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A Big Rocking Horse

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Dec 21

Some years ago, we visited The Big Rocking Horse, a fun park in Gumeracha in South Australia. They make a lot of wooden toys there and the workmen are behind glass, like fish in a goldfish bowl. They use computers to run the...

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Travel Show talks: Travel Show on South Australia

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49775) • India 11 Jul 21

At times, I find that seeing travel shows can be quite a refreshing thing for me. I had not seen a Travel show since a long time. So I saw this video- about 23 minutes of duration that showed places in South Australia. Some...

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barossa valley vineyards

great victoria desert

adelaide

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Our programme for the day

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Jan 21

We have three children staying with us but they go home today. We will take them to Busselton, Western Australia, and while there, may take the opportunity to call in on a friend who lost her husband recently. We have to be back...

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busselton

bunbury

international film festival

films

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