Monthly Archives: August 2023

✅ ❎ REFERENDUM

Posted on August 28, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

A tick counts and a cross does not, this legislation goes back to 1988 (30 years!) and is based on ‘clear intention’. Ticks and crosses were litigated in 1999 in Benwell v Gray, Electoral Commissioner [1999] FCA 1532. ❝ Justice … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2023-08-27)

Posted on August 27, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

In brief: 🌳 How Alone Australia winner Gina Chick danced with grief and found her happy ending (2023-Aug-28) [ABC|Australian Story] 🔊 Animal Writer and adventurer Blair Braverman presents stories exploring the curious and fascinating ways humans relate to other animals … Continue reading →

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The Seven Summits of My Neighborhood

Posted on August 25, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

The Seven Summits of My Neighborhood Brendan Leonard (Semi-Rad) ❝ Maybe you dream of traveling the world and a life of adventure. I do too. But, hear me out: What about traveling within a 20-mile radius of your house and … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2023-08-20)

Posted on August 21, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

In brief: 📄 Intergenerational Report 2023. Australia’s future to 2063 [PDF] (2003-Aug) [Commonwealth of Australia] 🏔 Death on the Savage Mountain: What really happened on K2, and why 100 climbers stepped over a dying man on their way to the … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2023-08-13)

Posted on August 13, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

In brief: 🌳 Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn (2023-Aug-06) [The Guardian] 📺 Great Australian Walks With Julia Zemiro [SBS] … 🏕️ Blisters, rats and leeches: Surviving the Overland Track in your 50s and … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2023-08-06)

Posted on August 6, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

In brief: 📖 Stamps celebrate Terry Pratchett’s Discworld saga (2023-Aug-04) [BBC|News] 🖃 Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Stamp Set [Royal Mail|UK] … 🔊 Combating toxicity in trail culture (2023-Aug-02) [Cascadia Daily] ❝ For a long time, outdoor adventure sports were only for … Continue reading →

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The Australian Wars

Posted on August 5, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

The Frontier Wars that occurred during the invasion and colonisation of what we now call ‘Australia’. ❝ The story of Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war deserves to be heard. It is not a unique story, rather, the Australian … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 5, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations
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In the August-2023 Sky

Posted on August 4, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

This month we see two supermoons (2 and 31 August) 02 Aug – Full Moon (Sturgeon Moon) 02 Aug – Saturn close to Moon in evening sky 13-14 Aug – Perseids peak, although not strong in the southern hemisphere. 16 … Continue reading →

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August – Guling Orchid Season

Posted on August 4, 2023 by visibleprocrastinations

Guling Orchid Season (August) Cold weather is coming to an end. Guling (orchids) are flowering. ❝ The orchids, that’s those little ones. They grow down on the flat too across Badger Creek – has a little flower like a star. … Continue reading →

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