#NSW Greens

[hobbitinthetardis]

welcome to having a more progressive state government nsw. congrats guys.

#WITH A MAJORITY GOV TOO!! #edit: no longer majority 😔 but it's chill #oh yeah btw american conditioned people red is GOOD we like the red red means progressive here #well. green is progressive. but out of the major parties #auspol #kats.txt #new south wales #nsw #state election #australia

[buginateacup]

It's so nice to see Antony Green on tv, with all his screens and maps, he's just having such a good time declaring liberal loss after liberal loss

#Antony green #auspol #well done nsw

[kyndaris]

Country Lights

It’s a yearly tradition that when the weather gets cold and the nights lengthen, Sydney celebrates the coming of winter with a light festival. VIVID has been an annual event for many long years, although I couldn’t tell you when exactly it all began. During the pandemic years, of course, VIVID was cancelled as people were shut inside, but since the ‘official’ end of the COVID-19 pandemic, VIVID has returned with a vengeance. 

Events have even sprung up in other parts of the state of New South Wales. One, of course, was held in the country town of Bowral. Known for its flower festival in October, the town is about a ninety minute drive from Sydney.

So, upon hearing of the event, my mother most definitely wanted to take a look and experience it for herself. She had seen a few videos and photos on the most holiest of phone apps: WeChat and wanted in. Thus, I and a few of her friends were roped in to accompany her for an all-women day trip to Bowral to see the sights and make some great memories along the way!

Of course, knowing that the lights wouldn’t be on until night covered the land, we had set up an itinerary for the day that would take us all around the Southern Highlands.

Our first stop was actually a town just past Bowral. One of my mother’s friends had done a search online for places that would tickle our tastebuds or be visually appealing. After driving down from Sydney, we headed to Berrima. There, we visited a small patisserie shop renowned in the area: Gumnut Patisserie.

As my mother was a lover of all things pecan, she ordered a pecan tart (although a perusal of their website actually advises that it’s a macadamia tart, so who can say), and one of our other members put in an order for a passionfruit tart. Once our coffees, and hot chocolate, arrived, we dug in. After all, life’s short so dessert ought to come first.

Once we had warmed ourselves up, we headed towards Harper’s Mansion. Bult in 1834 by James and Mary Harper, it is now a heritage-listed house. What made it stand out in little Berrima, of course, was the fact that the house was much grander than the other residences in the villages during the time it was built. Most houses in the area were slab cottages. In fact, it was modelled on those favoured by the middle-classes in Sydney with walls that were three bricks thick, laid upon a foundation of sandstone. 

After the Harpers passed away, it was bought by the Catholic Church in 1853 nd was used as a presbytery for the nuns of Daughters of Lady of the Sacred Heart. Later, it was rented out before being sold in 1970.

In 1978, it was acquired by the National Trust who repaired the house and it is now managed by local volunteers that provide simple tours of the house. On its land, however, a hedge maze was built along with an impressive garden. The maze, of course, was a must see and our small group of four Asian women found our way to its centre as well as out without too much trouble.

Our tour of Harper’s Mansion over, we decided to take a gander at the Book Barn. The Berkelouw Book Shop is located on the Bendooley estate, which is a winery. As for the book shop itself, it also serves as a restaurant. Sandwiched between the stacks, tables had been placed allowing guests to wander through and pick up whatever they may wish to peruse for lunch or an evening meal.

If there was a place akin to heaven, this would have been it.

From there, we headed to Bowral properly to check out a family-run vintage and antiques market called Dirty Janes. Lunch would be had at Harry’s @ Green Lane in the 2 PM slot. Why the restaurant only had two lunch slots was a mystery but I had to say that its main selling feature, which I wasn’t able to see a lot of, were the books that were crammed on shelves. 

But while the ones at Berkelouw could be flipped through and read, I had a feeling that the ones at Harry’s were most likely props to sell a particular atmosphere. Which is honestly a shame.

Still, it didn’t detract me from the collection of knives and beautifully displayed insect taxidermy cases that could have been bought at Dirty Janes. I, unfortunately, didn’t buy anything to commemorate it but I must admit that there were some pretty good paper weights to be had. Although, there were also pinned spiders...and that’s a real big fat no from me because they’re terrifying. AND WHAT IF IT WAS REAL?!

After looking through the wares of Dirty Janes, we strolled through the heart of Bowral before heading to the nearby lookout to see the sunset.

Once the sun had set, we headed to Centennial Vineyards where the light show would begin.

Words fail to describe the beautiful array of lights that shone up onto the sky. In an attempt to recreate the Aurora Borealis, so named from Boreas, the personification of the North Wind, the clever minds at the vineyards used light and smoke. To be perfectly honest, I’m unsure why it was called Borealis as Australia has its own name for phenomena that can be seen in Tasmania: Aurora Australis, but I suppose Borealis is the one that most people can identify.

This, however, was no show. Rather, it was a whole event with food trucks and space for families to lay out the picnic blanket to watch the sky above them change from red to green to blue to purple. Were it not so cold, it might have been a lovely night out.

As it was, my hands were near frozen until one of our group went and bought us some hot tea from a nearby vendor.

After about thirty minutes of admiring the colourful night sky, we headed back home to Sydney, which was a whole lot warmer than frosty old Bowral. And where I could catch up on some gaming as I raced to finish off a short indie game as Diablo IV had just released that Tuesday.

And also because SOMEONE bought it for me - the DELUXE edition, no less - despite the fact that I had only joked about friends getting it for me as an early birthday present. I wasn’t serious! And I didn’t expect it to be bought! 

I am, after all, an independent young woman who could have afforded it if I had really wanted it (which, I mean, I was probably going to buy it on the day of its actual release).

So, I’m warning you! They-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named! You know who you are! You read this blog!

I AM WATCHING YOU!

Stop being nice to me! I don’t deserve it!

Okay, now that my rant is over, I have to say that the Bowral light show, while not as comprehensive as the one in Sydney still had its highlights. Beyond that, it was a good day out with family and friends in what would prove to be a hectic long weekend in June.

#personal blog #day trip #road trip #bowral #berrima #gumnut patisserie #harrys @ green lane #dirty jane #borealis in the vines #visit nsw #travel blog #book barn

[srijellyfishtempura]

I hope you're all ready for my liveblogging of the New South Wales election ABC coverage

#auspol #nsw #i love Antony Green

[amy-collins-photography]

Mermaid's Pool, Sydney, NSW #photography #photooftheday #photographer #pics #picoftheday #pic #outside #outdoors #sydney #aus #australia #nsw #newsouthwales #water #cliffjumping #pool #pond #lake #green #naturephotography #nature #travel #holiday #canon #canonphotography #canonphoto #📷 #📸 https://www.instagram.com/p/CflhrPNrW4B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#photography #photooftheday #photographer #pics #picoftheday #pic #outside #outdoors #sydney #aus #australia #nsw #newsouthwales #water #cliffjumping #pool #pond #lake #green #naturephotography #nature #travel #holiday #canon #canonphotography #canonphoto #📷 #📸

[erinaaustralia]

Single Level Living & Convenient Location

#11 Treeland Road #Green Point #NSW 2251

[bigvolcano]

Take a walk in the park: new upgraded playground at Recreation Ground opens

A newly upgraded, inclusive playground at Recreation Ground at Tweed Heads was officially opened on March 15th, providing much-needed play space for young families in the most populated area of the Tweed Shire.

Endless fun for families at new play space in Tweed Heads The newly upgraded park at Recreation Street, Tweed Heads was officially opened today. The upgrade includes larger and more challenging play equipment for kids, a shade structure for sun protection, natural play integration into the landscape and access improvements through the play space. A newly upgraded, inclusive playground at…

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#Accessible Facilities #basketball ground #Children&039;s playground #community wellbeing #destinations #Green Spaces #northern rivers #NSW #Outdoor Fun #picnic area #Playground Upgrade #playgrounds #public parks #Public Spaces #recreation for all #Tweed Coast #Tweed Heads #Tweed Shire

[raywhitegreenvalley]

House for sale in Green Valley NSW

No one understands the value of family better than family. For over 30 years, the Ray White Green Valley family has been committed to creating maximum competition for your home and investments.

#House for sale in Green Valley NSW

[ginolalas]

Upstairs. • • • • • • #upstairs #level #building #home #tweed #tweedvalley #murwillumbah #town #nsw #australia #green #latergram #shotoniphone #shotoniphone12 #shotoniphone12promax (at Murwillumbah, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgu0DEoBeKq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#upstairs #level #building #home #tweed #tweedvalley #murwillumbah #town #nsw #australia #green #latergram #shotoniphone #shotoniphone12 #shotoniphone12promax

[afeelgoodblog]

The Best News of Last Week - May 15, 2023

🧲 - Magnetic Marvels: Researchers Flip the Switch on Depression

1. New Zealand Government announces prescriptions charges will be free.

The $5 prescription fee at pharmacies will be scrapped in July. This is set to save about 3 million people a year money, and in particular 770,000 people aged over 65. It will make most prescriptions in New Zealand free.

Free access to medicines is also hoped to ease pressure on the over-burdened health system by helping people get medicines sooner.

2. Platypuses return to Sydney's Royal National Park after disappearing for decades

Platypuses have been relocated to the Royal National Park in Sydney, after they disappeared from the park's waterways about 50 years ago. A joint project by the University of New South Wales, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the World Wildlife Fund has reintroduced five females to the Hacking River, with a group of males to follow next week.

3. 74-year-old musician Otis Taylor gets Denver high school diploma decades after being expelled for hair

A musician who was expelled from a Denver high school over 50 years ago received his diploma. Otis Taylor was kicked out of Manual High School in 1966 because of his hair. This was decades before laws ending racial hair discrimination. Denver Public Schools wanted to right a wrong.

4. Researchers treat depression by reversing brain signals traveling the wrong way (with magnets)

A new study led by Stanford Medicine researchers is the first to reveal how magnetic stimulation treats severe depression: by correcting the abnormal flow of brain signals. Powerful magnetic pulses applied to the scalp to stimulate the brain can bring fast relief to many severely depressed patients for whom standard treatments have failed.

The FDA-cleared treatment, known as Stanford neuromodulation therapy, incorporates advanced imaging technologies to guide stimulation with high-dose patterns of magnetic pulses that can modify brain activity related to major depression. Compared with traditional TMS, which requires daily sessions over several weeks or months, SNT works on an accelerated timeline of 10 sessions each day for just five days.

5. Electricity generation through solar, wind and water exceeded total demand in mainland Spain on Tuesday, a pattern that will be repeated more and more in the future

The Spanish power grid on Tuesday tasted an appetizer of the renewable energy banquet that is expected to flourish in the coming years. For nine hours, between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., the generation of green electricity was more than enough to cover 100% of Spanish peninsular demand, a milestone that had already been reached on previous occasions, but not for such a prolonged period.

6. RI Senate passes bill making lunch free at all public schools

Free lunch for all public school students in Rhode Island is one step closer to becoming a reality.

Tuesday night the Rhode Island Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill by a vote of 31-4 that would do just that. If the companion bill in the House were to pass, that takes effect July 1. The bill would make breakfast and lunch free for all public school students in the state, regardless of their household income.

7. Critically endangered red wolf pups born at North Carolina Zoo

The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro celebrated the arrival of “not one but TWO litters” of the world’s most endangered wolf – the red wolf – in late April and early May.

A total of nine pups were born – three to parents Marsh and Roan, and six to Denali and May – the zoo announced on May 9.

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[herpsandbirds]

Gold and Green Bell Frog (Ranoidea aurea), family Hylidae, Newington, NSW, Australia

photograph by JJ Harrison

#bell frog #tree frog #frog #hylidae #ranoidea #amphibian #herpetology #animals #nature #australia

[pearlean]

gleam - a gshade preset

hello! i wanted to share my personal gshade preset that i've been using and editing for the past couple of months. gleam complements warm light and green tones beautifully, creating an inviting and natural atmosphere. this preset has multiple toggle keys aimed to accommodate both screenshots and gameplay.

download + more info under cut ☆

☆ download: patreon (free)

important info:

- incompatible with edge smoothing as some shaders won't work properly

- if the preset looks off, note the necessity for the following shader packs:

quint   prod80   otisfx   sweetfx   ashtray

toggle keys:

depth haze - 7

blooms - numpad 8

comic - '

mxao - L

adof/cinematic dof - ;

film grain - numpad /

visual mod recommendations:

out of the dark, sunblind lighting, khippie terrain, & nsw's in game lighting

changelog:

- 7/7/23: improved dof

- 8/30/23: improved mxao

- 10/5/23: fixed qmxao ambient clipping

- 1/4/24: renamed file

feel free to alter the preset as you please - don't claim it as yours or place it behind a paywall. let me know of any concerns - i’d love to see your screenshots so share them! enjoy ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡

#dl #gshade #reshade #ts4 gshade #preset #ts4cc

[rattyexplores]

Metallic Green Acacia Beetle

Calomela ruficeps

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

#invertebrates #invertblr #Arthropods #Arthropoda #bugs tw #insects #insect #insecta #insectblr #insects tw #bugs #bugblr #bug #entomology #Calomela ruficeps #Metallic Green Acacia Beetle #Chrysomelidae #Leaf Beetles #Coleoptera #beetles

[amy-collins-photography]

Mermaid's Pool, Sydney, NSW #photography #photooftheday #photographer #pics #picoftheday #pic #outside #outdoors #sydney #aus #australia #nsw #newsouthwales #water #cliffjumping #pool #pond #lake #green #naturephotography #nature #travel #holiday #canon #canonphotography #canonphoto #📷 #📸 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf8GEgQLIJT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#photography #photooftheday #photographer #pics #picoftheday #pic #outside #outdoors #sydney #aus #australia #nsw #newsouthwales #water #cliffjumping #pool #pond #lake #green #naturephotography #nature #travel #holiday #canon #canonphotography #canonphoto #📷 #📸

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction that occurs inside (or is ejected by) an organism. It is often used to warn or evade predators and to lure or detect prey.

Photographer Callie Chee

Omphalotus nidiformis is one of most common bioluminescent fungi found in Australia, particularly in the forests of Tasmania and the southern states. Nicknamed glow mushrooms or ghost mushrooms, it glows an eerie green in complete darkness.

This Omphalotus nidiformis was captured in the Belanglo Forest, NSW using long exposures

#callie chee #photographer #mushrooms #fungi #fungus #bioluminescence #nature #omphalotus nidiformis #australia #tasmania #belanglo forest

[onenicebugperday]

@grow-and-decay submitted: A little assortment of bugs from [removed] NSW, Australia (please remove ‘[removed]’ part). First two pictures are the same insect.

I’m pretty sure the little green one is a leafhopper of some sort and the moth is Sphingidae, but any other info is appreciated :)

Your other message you sent was correct and the first dude is indeed a hoverfly. Maybe a female common halfband. The green dude is actually a Dictyopharid planthopper rather than a leafhopper. The only similar species I could find in your area would be Hasta hastata, so maybe that!

You're also right the moth is a sphinx moth! Specifically looks like a coprosma hawk moth, Hippotion scrofa. The spider, as far as I can tell just from that photo, is a prowling inland spider, Ceryerda cursitans, which is a type of ground spider in the family Gnaphosidae.

#spider #submission #arachnids #bugs #insects #animals #fly #diptera #hoverfly #common halfband #planthopper #true bugs #moth #sphinx moth #coprosma hawk moth #ground spider #prowling inland spider