LeMon3 ‘For us, the rain has finally stopped, so now I can get out and do some work on the farm. The main aim is currently to mow all the paddocks before they become fire hazards, especially given our neigbours prefer lighting fires to mowing… The attached are variously a couple of willie wagtails
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Tonydd ‘Simply put. Jura valley makes precision engineering machinery. They make the machines that make the machines that make all the stuff that we get from Asia and a lot of Germany Red circle around machine shop Factories not offices, making real things and CHF too’ LSWCHP ‘As mentioned recently,
Boomengineering The nightmares continued until success for the suckers Should have taken a pic of finished light cover so in lieu, Winnie has no such worries. Just got out from the German Banks over a klm out to sea, no problems. Just about back at shore and hit by the board. Jason
Boomengineering ‘All this just to change the headlight covers and have to stop as no one local has Butyl rubber glue/sealant.’ Jason ‘A few more from the new telescope’ ‘The Tarantula Nebula. About 160,000 light years away.’ ‘The Sombrero Galaxy. About 30,000,000 light years from Earth, about 50,000 light years across!’ ‘Centauras A galaxy (the
Desmodromic I returned to Adelaide mid-week having travelled 9,300 km in 5 weeks. Departing Townsville on Sunday morning, I headed inland with some uncertainty about my route south. Rain had closed roads everywhere. Initially I planned to go via the far west through Birdsville or Tibooburra but that wasn’t an option. Plan B was to
Desmodromic ‘A great day on the Albert River fishing. No Barra but got a feed of grunter, black bream and Jack. Burketown was a gem, great digs and people, and a welcome couple of days not having to pitch a tent. I also observed a large-billed heron, a bird species I hadn’t seen previously
Camden Haven ‘Dear MB friends, we hope you find the photos selected of some interest. Camino del Santiago from Saint Jean pied de Port in France to Burgos Spain. 15 days 370klms ‘ Geoff McVeigh Autumn leaves at Braidwood Butcher Bird with mince at Watson Ritualised Forms Queenscliff Pier sunrise
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Desmodromic ‘Leaving Alice Springs I headed into the eastern Macdonnell Ranges to Ross River and Binns Track. Binns Track was rough, wash aways, some bull dust, sand and numerous dry creek crossings. It was all manageable but in the end I decided too remote to be travelling solo. Once at Gemtree, I abandoned plans to
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Desmodromic ‘Initially headed north through the Flinders Ranges and took a punt with the forecast of rain. I lost. In Marree it poured rain and both the Oodnadatta and Birdsville Tracks closed. Nonetheless took the opportunity to fly over Lake Eyre and was rewarded with spectacular views due to the rain. With little prospect of
Desmodromic Packed and ready for a Sunday departure, first stop the Cradock Hotel in the southern Flinders Ranges. The return to Adelaide from Cairns avoids Serat, thanks boom, and takes in Tibooburra, the preferred route of JohnR. I’ll post pictures to Weekend Sundries and updates to macro Afternoon whenever I can. Jason
‘Falling Tide’ Fred Leist, 1940s, Art Gallery of NSW Macro & Markets Elon Musk swoops down on Twitter with $41 bln cash offer – Reuters Are Major Central Banks Doing Enough to Fight Inflation? – Project Syndicate UN warns of ‘great finance divide’ as COVID shocks, debt, hits poorest hardest – DW Three ways
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Wheelie Bin in Breakwater (Geelong) photographed 9 April 2022 Australia’s May 2022 election is a poisoned chalice for voters. A vote on the most reviled political leader in Australia’s history, leading the most spectacularly discredited government any living Australian has ever seen, on the one hand. On the other, a ‘small target’ opposition shying from
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United States President Joe Biden has declared Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ in a speech in Warsaw, Poland. The words appear to have been a deviation from his prepared script by a 79 year old man carried away by the emotion of events he is now central to, and possibly unaware of
Ermington Plumbing ‘The lovely old lady who lives in this Gladesville property paid $2500 for some roofing contractor to membrane the 2 Roof valleys into the dodgy 30 to 40 year old fill in extension and didn’t even pull back the tiles to membrane the whole valley properly. I’m told it has always leaked down
Its here https://economicplan.gov.au A page on which the unwary may be gathered expecting some sort of guidance on who they should be voting for, running off the back of the Treasury Department. The Government is getting in early to divide us into individuals and business… Both offer delights. But before we go there let us
Kyiv Mayor and Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Vitali Klitschko preparing to meet the Russian invasion in person Over the last two days days Russian troops have entered parts of Kyiv, after a series of missile barrages, with tanks approaching the Ukrainian capital from the North, accompanied by artillery. The movements have included attacks
Absolute Beach ‘These were taken 2 mornings after the Tonga volcano. Viewed from a beach in FNQ at 5am…..’ Jan 17th Tonga eruption sunrise Tonga 3 Bolstrood ‘I was 3 yo when I was given a toy soldier for Xmas. At the age of 16 I thought I had grown out of them
Macro & Markets New Zealand PM Ardern self-isolating after exposure to COVID – Nikkei Asia LNG ships flock to Europe as Ukraine crisis builds: satellite data – Nikkei Asia The party’s over: The Fed and Congress have pulled their support from workers and investors – MarketWatch Here’s what history says about stock-market returns during Fed
Hixtar Fiery Skimmer Female redback (Latrodectus hasselti) dispatching a garden skink for brekky. Elephant Weevil Boomengineering My fathers paintings from 100 years ago Geoff McVeigh Common Albatross butterfly at Runnyford Imperial Hairstreak Butterfly, larvae and ants at Runnyford Bills Common rose butterfly (Singapore) Jason My
Call me Artie ‘main power amps’ ‘vinyl turntable’ ‘speaker system’ Boomengineering ‘Homemade hang glider made in the late 1970s’ LeMon3 ‘First up a couple for Boom. – Mill & MillWiring show the mill I picked up last year. 1980 build, 110hrs on the clock –
