Monthly Archives: April 2023

This weeks links (2023-04-30)

In brief: 🌳 Hiking Tasmania’s Bay of Fires (2023-May-06) [The Saturday Paper] 🌳 #BiodiversityStripes [University of Derby] … 🌳 Bear Grylls: When I’m feeling low, I force myself to do the following two things (2023-May-05) [iNews] ❝ Whenever the world … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2023-04-23)

In brief: 🌳 Cathedral Circuit. Cathedral Range State Park [AllTrails] 🎧 Are school camps still feasible to run? (2023-Apr-28) [ABC Radio Melbourne] 🌳 Branching Out: Exploring Alternate Land Use Options for the Native Forests of NSW (2023-Apr-27) [Blueprint Institute] … … Continue reading

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Protected: Penny stoves – was that really the issue?

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You can’t have adventure without taking risks

The Delivering Adventure Podcast by Chris Kaipio & Jordy Shepherd, has a couple of really good episodes covering risk in adventure. 🎧 Episode 17: Understanding Risk & Adventure with Grant Statham (2022-Nov-26) 🎧 Episode 18: Managing Risk in Adventure with … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2023-04-16)

In brief: 🏬 Melbourne overtakes Sydney as Australia’s most populous city (2023-Apr-18) [The Guardian] 🏛🪃 Responding to Common Concerns about an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (PDF) First Nations Portfolio [Australian National University] 🏛🪃 Revealing Naarm: Interactive map reveals … Continue reading

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Conspiracy theories

❝ But there are other factors at play, too. New research suggests that events happening worldwide are nurturing underlying emotions that make people more willing to believe in conspiracies. Experiments have revealed that feelings of anxiety make people think more … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2023-04-09)

In brief: 🎧 Season 2 of Big Sky Country is out now! 🎙️🎉 (2023-Apr-11) [Bush Heritage Australia] 🔫 ‘We Give a Sh*t’: Gun Safety Defines the John Wick Franchise as Much as the Weapons Do (2023-Apr-03) [IndieWire] … 🌳 Is … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2023-04-02)

In brief: 🏛 Trove secures funding as federal government comes to rescue of National Library of Australia’s digitised archive (2023-Apr-03) [ABC|News] 🌳 A new start after 60: my divorce felt mortally wounding – then I walked the Camino de Santiago … Continue reading

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In the April-2023 Sky

02 Apr – Daylight Saving time ends 06 Apr – Full Moon (Pink Moon) 12 Apr – Venus near the Pleiades 16 Apr – Lunar perigee at 367,968km 16 Apr – Saturn and crescent Moon close in morning sky. 20 … Continue reading

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April – Waring Wombat Season

Waring Wombat Season (April-July) Cool, rainy days follow misty mornings. The time of highest rainfall and lowest temperatures. Waring (wombats) emerge to bask and graze in the sunshine. Bulen-bulen (Superb Lyrebird) males perform their courtship displays. Hearts of Kombadik (Soft … Continue reading

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