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Peregrine-like birds now protecting crops

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Jun

Drones have their uses, both good and bad. Many films now seem to have drone footage and we all know about the lethal drones being used in the Iranian war. A feel-good story I heard concerned drones being built to look like...

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Willy wagtails everywhere in Torquay, Victoria

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 29 May

Here’s a warm, fuzzy story to start my day although it may not be yours – start of day, I mean. ‘Our’ Torquay is on the south coast of Victoria and a popular tourist destination. It is home to artist Mike McLean,...

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Do you play the pokies?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 25 May

Pokies are poker machines. I gather they're called by various names including slot machines. We watched a programme about gambling in Australia and some surprising statistics were given. Australia has less than half a percent of...

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gambling

poker machines

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Colors of autumn

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 30 Apr

In the southern hemisphere, it's coming to the end of autumn. The leaves have almost fallen, but some trees are still holding on to their colourful foliage. I walked through the Botanical Garden a few days ago and some of the...

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australia

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Just watched a documentary of Shoalwater Bay, Rockingham Australia

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 14 Apr

Ever wondered how the home cities of your favorite myLot friends look like? Out of curiosity, I went into youtube and searched for a documentary of Rockingham, a city where one of my favourite friends here lives. Various results...

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I have a lot of niblings. How about you?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Apr

There is a person that I see from time to time on our TV and I never know if he/she is male or female. I googled him/her as I was curious and it turns out he/she is gay, non-binary and a dual American and Australian citizen. I’m...

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Fred Hollows and his cataract surgery legacy

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Apr

There have been a couple of discussions/comments lately about cataract removal and I just had to take the opportunity to tell you about a remarkable New Zealand/Australian, Fred Hollows, a pioneering eye surgeon and humanitarian...

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Have you watched a kite flying festival?

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 6 Apr

There's a kite flying festival every Easter weekend here at a beach about 30 minutes away. This is the third year I've attended and it was great. It rained one of the days and the wind was slow on the day I visited, but there were...

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beach

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Housing for the birds

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Mar

Recently I wrote about nesting boxes being supplied for glossy black cockatoos on Kangaroo Island. Another good news story on a similar theme is happening on Cape York Peninsula in the far north of Queensland, where...

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queensland

palm cockatoo

artificial nesting boxes

first fledgling

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I found someone with 'Pink' as a surname

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Mar

While trying to ensure that I wasn’t doubling up on my discussions, I came across a post from 2016 talking about a botanist named Olive Pink. Recently the topic of ‘surnames of colour’ came up but I think Pink was one of those...

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When is cornflour not cornflour?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Mar

We have a packet of Nurses cornflour in our pantry but it says it’s made from wheat so what the heck? I decided to ask ChatGPT for its opinion. ChatGPT originally said that, in places like Australia, the UK, and New Zealand,...

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Insulated shopping bags

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Mar

I was talking to @TheHorse about shopping bags so I thought I’d show you mine. The photo shows one of our shopping bags. They are made in Vietnam of at least 30% recycled materials and have a foil-type insulation on the inside....

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shopping bags

insulated bags

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A heron wearing underpants

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Mar

I have another bird story for you. This one appeared a month or so ago but I’ve only just found it again. A wildlife rescuer, Karen Ledger, was faced with a heron that refused to walk although there was nothing obviously wrong...

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A warning about melatonin products

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Mar

I’ve never taken melatonin products but about a month ago the Australian Border Force confiscated 150,000 units of melatonin. These imported products were unregistered and had come into the country legally but, after testing,...

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australian border force

melatonin

discrepancies

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Gigi and Taryn Dickens

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Mar

The dog in the photo is Rosie, not the dog in the story, Rosie used to visit us on the farm I've spoken about Winter Paralympians who place a lot of reliance on her assistance dogs. Taryn Dickens is another. Her best mate is...

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Suki got the zoomies

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Mar

A number of athletes at the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics have their service/guide dogs travelling with them. One of these is Dave Miln from Australia. In 2022, while in a ski trip to northern California, he was...

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A lot can happen in a week

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 13 Mar

Josh Hanlon is a Australian Paralympic alpine skier. I don’t think he’s won any medals but that’s okay. He competes in ‘sitting slalom’ and ‘sitting giant slalom’. As a young(er) man, he seemed destined for a career in...

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Who needs two legs?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Mar

Michael Milton was born in Canberra, Australia, in 1973. At the age of nine, he contracted bone cancer which led to his left leg being amputated above the knee. In 2006, he had oesophageal cancer and underwent surgery,...

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Rat poison is going to be pulled from retail shelves

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Mar

Some commercially available rat baits are being pulled from retail shelves following a directive from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority. Those listed as second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides...

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anticoagulant rodenticides

sgar

owls

raptors

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Pay to see the Twelve Apostles

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Mar

Some Australians, and no doubt others, are up in arms over the government’s decision to introduce a fee and booking system on those wishing to view the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. These iconic limestone...

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