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In the March-2026 Sky

03 Mar – Full Moon 03 Mar – Total Lunar Eclipse (Melbourne) 16 Mar – Mercury and Mars close in the morning twilight 19 Mar – New Moon 21 Mar – Autumn Equinox 29 Mar – Moon close to Regulus … Continue reading

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March – Iuk (Eel Season)

Iuk – Eel Season (March) Hot winds cease and temperatures cool. Iuk (eels) are fat and ready to harvest. Binap (Manna Gum) is flowering. Days and nights are of equal length. Lo-An Tuka, the Hunter, is the star Canopus, seen … Continue reading

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This week’s links (2026-03-01)

📷 2026-02-28 Gilwell Abseiling In brief: 🧭 Meet the mapmakers recording every remote road in Australia to keep travellers safer (2026-Mar-01) [ABC News] 🚨 Blaring sirens on smartphones to warn of major disasters under overhaul of Australia emergency alert system … Continue reading

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This week’s links (2026-02-22)

📷 2026-02 Oscars Hut2Hut 2026 In brief: 🏛 Police investigating after Victorian teenager assaulted at scout camp in suspected antisemitic attack (2026-Feb-23) [9News] … 🛟 I’m a drowning prevention researcher – my kid’s school swimming carnival shocked me (2026-Feb-24) [The … Continue reading

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This week’s links (2026-02-15)

In brief: 🔥 The case for up-to-date bushfire detection and suppression (2026-Feb-14) Bushfire experts say Victoria’s firefighting strategy is in urgent need of upgrading, given its overreliance on back-burning and underinvestment in early detection.[The Saturday Paper] … 🏛 When politicans … Continue reading

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This week’s links (2026-02-08)

📷 2026-02-07 Scouts Victoria “Outdoor Adventure Conference 2026” In brief: … 🧠 How the Moral Panic Around Kids and Technology May Lead to Harmful Treatments. (2026-Feb-07) [Outdoor Therapy Centre | YouTube] ‪❝ Graham Pringle and Will Dobud unpack Australia’s mainstream … Continue reading

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This week’s links (2026-02-01)

📷 2026-01-30 Night Abseiling – 1st Eltham Leaders In brief: 🧭 AAAS & Good Practice Guides Review: Where We’re Up To and What Comes Next (2026-Feb-05) [Outdoor Council of Australia] … 🌳 The first heat of the year and we … Continue reading

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In the February-2026 Sky

02 Feb – Full Moon 11 Feb – Moon near Antares 17 Feb – New Moon 17 Feb – Annular Solar Eclipse 20 Feb – Moon near Saturn 24 Feb – Waxing Moon near Jupiter 26 Feb – Moon underneath … Continue reading

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February – Biderap (Dry Season)

Biderap Dry Season (January-February) Hot, dry weather. High temperatures and low rainfall. ❝ I don’t know why, we used to play around the tussock grass. Playing hidey. So they must have been big enough to hide around. And it was … Continue reading

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This week’s links (2026-01-25)

📷 2026-01-20 to 23 Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing In brief: 🎲 I don’t like organised fun, but Dungeons and Dragons is my shining nerdy light amid the darkness I travel to my friend’s house with a bag of dice … Continue reading

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