Category: Nature
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Five on Friday
While G and I were away in Lorne, dad drove up to Shepparton and bought five boxes of peaches for bottling. That meant Monday was spent bottling them. Mum and H peeled them, I cut them and dad packed them bottles and moved them in and out of the processor. Dad had to finish off…
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I Saw The Southern Lights!
I’ve been feeling pretty disappointed about missing out on seeing the Southern Lights in May 2024 when there was such a big storm and a great opportunity to see them in Melbourne. I knew the sun’s active phase should soon draw to a close and I’d missed a few more Melbourne sightings. G has been…
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Some Recent questions
I received a few questions in the comments of my weekend posts about the Southern Lights and Citizen Science projects and thought I’d take the opportunity to write a bit about them in a post. The Southern Aurora or Aurora Australis These are the southern hemispheres equivalent of the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. The…
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Australian Pollinator Count
I took part in the Australian Pollinator Count today. To have your results included in the official study you had to get 80% on their identification test. I am a complete novice at bugs, so I had to go through the information a few times before I managed 80%. I went outside and picked the…
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List #40: Wildflowers we saw while in the Grampians
The Grampians have over 1000 different flowering plants so on our recent trip to the Grampians I kept an eye out for wildflowers. I noticed there were a lot more and a bigger variety on our Mount Abrupt hike when compared with The Pinnacles. September to November is peak wildflower season. I use the iNaturalist…
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club – Week 4
Elisabeth has challenged us to do 10 minutes of intentional movement every day in October. Here’s the details from my fourth week. Wednesday October 22nd: 20 min easy run, it started raining a couple of minutes into the run. I changed T-shirts and put on a coat to walk to personal training for my 45…
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club – Week 2
Elisabeth has challenged us to do 10 minutes of intentional movement every day in October. Here’s the details from my second week. Wednesday October 8th: 20 minute easy run before the strength. Walk to the gym, then do 45 minutes strength training. G met me with Riley and we walked to the park, then along…
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Wildflower wander, Green Waste, New Running Schedule
Yesterday I went on a guided wildflower wander at the Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve. Our council has put on a series of these wanders through various reserves in the area. This one was not far from me and situated in the reasonably new Wildflower Meadow. The guide was involved in the building and planting of…
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Wales Day 8: Skomer Island
Friday May 9th 2025 I had been looking forward to our day trip to Skomer Island since I’d found out Puffins would be on the island when we were in Wales. Skomer Island Day Trips leave from Martins Haven (just under an hours drive from St Davids). I booked our tickets in early March, luckily,…