JOIN the climate march near you this weekend. In tune with the meeting in Paris.

Dry windy weather brings bush fires and they have taken a toll interstate. 39.1 outside.
El Nino  - there is no let up.
although weather reports for Jakarta and Java and Port Morsby in Papua New Guinea report thunderstorms.  They have been hanging out for the arrival of the monsoons.

Arborist.  Just after a jacaranda blooms its 'wings are clipped'.
Is 'arborist' a word? Spell check is outdone.

 A grand flock of cockies is usually based a few ks from this point but the tasty fast food trees drew them in.  The birds are terrific even when they give the trees a pruning. If you must plant conifers.

Do something grand

and join the crowds in Sydney on Sunday 29.  Join the cm train leaving 8.30.
  People's Climate March.

New  building on the corner of Stewart Avenue, fan shaped it suites the fan shaped corner.  Signs point to a car wash but that can't be correct! Although a poppet head was installed there as a reminder of the past then we moved on again.  

Peoples Climate March near you next weekend 

Coal loaders are multiplying in the port of Newcastle.
The port has been leased lock stock and barrel to Chinese interests a deal that received some attention at the time.
Seems that the port of Darwin has been leased to a Chinese company provoking some concern as well.   The locals may receive a bonus if they are luck.  It would be crook if a sort of approval from Obama had to be sought.
Photos are at a disadvantage when you are on the move - I wasn't diving!

 Westeros and the kaaba. 
 Westfield will expect people to flock around the latest additional area on the top floor.  Really, the photo does no justice to the box like simulacrum. 
Christmas shoppers looking for a park will find themselves busy circulating around. The construction crane when ahead during an extremely bad weather event earlier on.  

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Bay watch.


We show how civilized we are by bombing the crap out of ze enemy.
What are all the options?

Looks like the concrete spheres have been relocated to harbour side.

Baby formula is in short supply. Our supplies have gone overseas.
Regular powered milk is not an inferior product. It is full of nutrition, free of additives, economical and is on the supermarket shelves. It must be the very same product as that of specialized baby formula.
  Regular powered milk was previously used as infant formula by diluting the milk to make it suitable for the newborn and then gradually increasing the strength of the mix. A few vitamins likely added. 
 Evaporated milk is no way inferior and was also used in various strengths, it was recommended at times. None of theses are exactly human milk, unmodified, but one survives on them if that is good enough.
 Just imagine, fresh cows milk was the most readily available product.

 Baby formula has a price tag. It has become a money making commodity that we are dependent on and hooked on.
 Countries in the region increase their demand. Is it far reaching for they were not traditionally consumers of milk. Milk products, often sugary, are seen in their on line supermarket pages.  
 Every baby is subjected to all sorts of additives in the formula and which are taken for granted. Complex data and figures are printed all over the container. Safe, clean and green!!
 It is very advantageous to cover all the nutrition and modify the milk in that manner. Probably. Professional formula is an important benefit.
  As in the past, the right mix is required and use of too little powder to extend the purchase would be a problem when a more economical product could be a wiser move.
 After a short time, feeding progresses to solid food the content of which is under no scrutiny, its do your own thing.
  A teacher said that a lot of primary kids are not sturdy kids and don't stand up in class without lounging or leaning on the furniture. Children are found to have bizarre behaviours and obesity.  As a start we could lift our game about what we feed our tiny kids.  


 
    

Hear Ye  Hear Ye!

PEOPLES CLIMATE MARCH.

   Broad and diverse coalition organizing Peoples Climate Marches around Australia on w/e of 27-28 November 2015 just before world leaders gather at the UN climate summit in Paris.

   Go to www.peoplesclimate.org.au 
Backed by every organization worth its salt.

Will you host a film event?
Reverse the image with which our own trading port is burdened by coal exports.

Australiana. Gardens are overdoing it right now.

School fete time of the year.
Buy, see, do and feast at this Steiner school.  It is a pleasant alternative.

Nostalgia at Port'.
Any really famous name music albums that I had have all gone somewhere or other over the years.
Some were stolen.
One night, in a country close to here, we awoke when two local intruders accidentally switched the bedroom light on and it was difficult to say who got the biggest fright. The pair ran away fast.
 A few albums went missing and a birthday cake was taken away out of the fridge!
 Widespread blackouts or is it whiteouts that happened from time to time were not our favourite evenings. 

Holiday memories mark the pier.

Patches of mauve carpet are all around us as it is a very good season for Jackaranda blossoms.

National Mosque Open Day yesterday was a time to foster community - not difficult yet not easy. Visitors could meet, talk and question as well as partake of a very tasty lunch.
 Henna painting was an additional art. 

A winch at Walka Works as previously shown.
Herringbone gear, of double helical design is seen there.

The logo of the French car, Citroen, is a graphic representation of a herringbone gear.
 Andre Citroen had early involvement in the manufacture and use of the gears in industry and in various early Citroen vehicles. Over time, the logo design has become more abstract.
Innovative far-out features like no other were/are usually offered to the motorist by this manufacturer. 

 Near Maitland, the old steam powered winch of 1910 was used in the construction Chichester Dam which holds the major supply of water hereabouts.

Listed historical Walka Water Works near Maitland, Hunter Valley.  Old machinery is displayed.  Otherwise, the area is used for outdoor recreation. This was the site of the original water supply.

Undara, Queensland is hundreds of isolated kilometers from a cross road or "trading post" yet on each day a wave of humanity arrive, day tour, and clear out the next day - by and large.
 Dry season conditions challenge, forget cute and green, but weather is warm in the middle of winter and the swimming pool is fresh. 
 Other groups share transport and tents in safari style. Well, "safari" is how I name it rightly or wrongly.   

In Queensland, Undara oasis by day, by night. Yarns around the fire

Fire  We have at least, two obligations in south east Asia.
To assist with fire fighting in Sumatera, Indonesia where it is vital to preserve threatened dwindling jungle habitat. Efforts are underway.  Smoke has spread all around and is a health hazard and a hazard to the flight paths. The jungle animals and the biodiversity are victims. Think of those animals who will become extinct.  After all our fire fighters go to the USA.

A second obligation is to alleviate famine in Papua New Guinea highlands that are in drought. 
El Nino is a current problem in S E Asia and Australia for a start.

Briefing before the intrepid mob left for Undara.  Learn how the lava tubes were formed.

Under this open landscape are found the Undara lava tubes.  Volcanic shapes are seen in the distance and it could be said that those landforms are totally dormant - this land is ancient and mostly flat.

In contrast, Indonesia is no distance away but is a location with active volcanoes where a string of large islands surround a long string of active volcanoes. Mildly active is it.  None the less the population density breaks all records - as I understand.  A long treck in the pre-dawn to view a smoky volcano is a popular endeavour.
Two utterly cataclysmic eruptions are recorded among others.  One eruption was in the much more distant past and has become the scene of a peaceful picturesque and very deep extensive crater lake about 100ks in length. It grabs the imagination.

The Lava Tube tunnel went on and on,  Almost total darkness.
A little toddler in the group was fearless and enjoyed running around out towards the entrance and back again.

Undara.  The easy expedition, another tour is offered that is more challenging and less developed.

Undara Lava tubes of north Queensland. Arches, cave-ins and deep caves to be explored

We need an international rule that a date be included in every web site.
 The question is whether a site is still current. Clues and intuitions are used but....
 For instance, seeking a shuttle bus timetable for a strange location, well, who can tell whether or not it is still a goer. Has such and such an airline gone out of business?  Is that review from 2002 or 2014?
Give us a break!

Crikey.  Australian films are pervaded by old fashioned settings.  More often than not the scene is set in a weatherboard home unchanged since the 1960s and peopled by down to earth characters to match. Cluttered, daggy.
  This time warp must be well liked by viewers yet none aspire to a lifestyle such as that.  Just the opposite. Is it done to gratify nostalgia?
  Genuine characters are the winners while ambitious, slick characters become losers. Again, that strays from the truth about us.
  Never the less, Aussie films are darn good even when they are less than perfect.  Authenticity and simplicity about complexity win hands down.  They say Muriel's Wedding is yet not forgotten - true, it is memorable.
 

 Holiday makers left us enduring messages.  Many are annual campers in the caravan park.

We have been hurtled into days of maximum summer temperatures.  Hope it is a passing phase. (Wonderful shot of some rocks)
  Free trade agreements with the super powers are afoot.  However does it work out well? Here's to brave new markets.
And we can outdo each other over climate change effects and or policies.

Surf Life Saver on duty.  Surfing beach is just out of view to us.  What with sharks and rips and bathing between the flags to patrol, this life saver is taking it all in his stride.
 Telstra has given us some reasonable telco service lately. 

Bamboo is a very interesting, appealing and useful material yet is very alien in our bushland.

A nest had fallen out of a tree. It is not tiny. 
How many hundreds of flights were taken to fetch "pine needles'", bamboo materials and gum leaves.  The woven base is fairly rigid and strong.  All the creation of a bird brain.