📣 We're back in #cumbria this Friday 🤩 with a very special show at the Rosehill Theatre in #Whitehaven 🎻 The 6 piece band will be performing songs from the one night in Dublin show 🍀 along with a couple of country classics 🤠 some acoustic numbers we've not done for some time 🎹 and some great stories from the last 20 years on the road 🚛 All in the most stunning and intimate little venue 😍 Grab your tickets and come have a drink with us See you Friday 💚https://bit.ly/3wrNEtt
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: Whitehaven Tour
See a Civil War general and president’s estate at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site across the road from the Grant’s Farm entrance.
A visit to this national historic site includes a visitor’s center, home, museum, and more.
Early map showing Grant’s land.
Short History of Ulysses S. Grant in Missouri
Known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union.
He first came to…
Hey 👋 welcome. Hopefully you’ll get to know me better through the answers to these questions
Full name
River Elliot
What is your age
As I write this I am 20. Turning 21 in October
(not that I think anyone will be interested in following but, for this reason I don’t feel comfortable with anyone under 18 following)
How do you identify
Non binary
Lesbian
Zodiac sign
Libra
Three fears
Needles
Heights
Abandonment
At what stage of your education are you in
I’m just about to go into my second year of a 4 year zoology course
Favourite part of the first year of the course and why
Environmental science. It provided me with the opportunity to develop skills I would need for field work and travelling to the test sights gave me an opportunity to burn off any excess energy I would have because of my ADHD. The lab sessions helped as well.
Least favourite part of the course
Chemistry. I don’t understand it (I’ve had to use an “organic chemistry for dummies book for my assignment and cross my fingers and hope that I have passed)
What are your Future aspirations
Best case scenario I move to Australia and work at the Australia zoo. But I don’t work well in hot climates so I’ve had to change it
The options are
Work alongside the Cumbria wildlife trust to conserve costal and woodland habitats in my home town
Work in uk zoos to educate the public about conservation efforts both in the UK and abroad
Work with a costal conservation trust to increase the biodiversity in costal habitats
What is an interesting fact about yourself
I was born with 20% hearing in one of my ears and because of this I have to opportunity to get a cochlear implant
What, if any, are your Hobbies
I have been preforming with a amateur Theater company called WADAOS for the last 5 years and I am currently in rehearsals for into the woods
What are you looking forward in the next academic year
Studying course specific modules instead of classes that have to cover content for multiple different courses (zoology, biomedical science, geography, conservation ect)
Going on trips/residentials to further solidify the content that has been covered in class
Hopefully finding a group of friends in my class or block of flats (the past year has been so lonely 😭)
Living independently in a city that is closer to my college friends and that I have visited on MULTIPLE occasions so I know my way around
ANZ Bank still top financer of fossilfuels, but one activist wrote a media release 10 years ago of what ANZ should do
Ten years on from the ANZ spoof media release regarding finance for Whitehaven Coal in 2012 – Jonathan Moylan reflects on bank financing and new coal. Read his reflections at All Our Yesterdays:
Read my story from 10 years ago: Uncovering the real hoax: ANZ Bank greenwash while financing coal and climate change
Market Forces identify ANZ Bank at their 2022 Annual General Meeting that "Despite its commitments to the Paris Agreement and net zero by 2050, and in the knowledge that achieving these goals leaves no room for new fossil fuel projects, ANZ has received the dubious honour of being the most active lender to the fossil fuel industry in the last two years."
So what did this spoof media release say in 2012? It argued for ANZ Bank to discontinue its financing relationship with Whitehaven and adopt ESG policies in line with climate science. Remember this was before the Paris Agreement.
ANZ divests from Maules Creek Project
ANZ today announced it has withdrawn its $1.2 billion loan facility to Whitehaven Coal, which was primarily intended to develop the Maules Creek Coal Project.
The decision is related to volatility in the global coal market, expected cost blow-outs and ANZ's Corporate Responsibility policy.
ANZ Group Head of Corporate Sustainability, Toby Kent, said: “We want our customers to be assured that we will not be investing in coal projects that cause significant dislocation of farmers, unacceptable damage to the environment, or social conflict. The decision to withdraw our loan facility has been made after a careful analysis of reputational risks and analysis of the returns on this mine in the current climate of high volatility in the coal export market.”
Whitehaven Coal has been consulted in relation to the decision and the withdrawal of the loan facility became effective yesterday afternoon. The loan facility, which was drawn up on December 21, generated significant customer feedback and will no longer be enforceable. ANZ is currently undertaking a review of coal and gas investments on productive agricultural lands and areas of high biodiversity.
Ich habe diesen Beitrag gewidmet, um einige Fotos von Whitehaven Beach zu teilen. Whitehaven Beach ist ein 7 km langer Sandstrand an der Ostküste von Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australien.
Er gilt allgemein als einer der schönsten Strände der Welt. Das liegt an seinem einzigartigen, perlweißen Sand und dem kristallklaren Wasser. Ich hatte das Glück, auf meinem Segeltörn an der Ostküste ziemlich viel Zeit in den Whitsundays zu verbringen, was es mir ermöglichte, Aufnahmen dieser wahren australischen Ikone aus Meer, Himmel und Sand zu machen.
Anreise nach Whitehaven Beach
Da sich Whitehaven Beach auf einer Insel befindet, müssen Sie eine Fähre, ein Boot oder ein Flugzeug nehmen, um dorthin zu gelangen. Es gibt Fährunternehmen, die täglich Menschen von Airlie Beach und Hamilton Island transportieren.
Da es vom Festland aus ziemlich weit zu erreichen ist, kostet die Fahrt hier zwischen 140 und 230 australische Dollar.
Wenn Sie in Airlie sind, empfehle ich dringend, eine Reise mit Thunder Cat zu buchen, die eine der beliebtesten und schnellsten Möglichkeiten ist, dorthin zu gelangen. Es ist auch eine der kostengünstigsten Optionen, um nach Whitehaven Beach zu gelangen, da die Reise auch Folgendes beinhaltet:
GanztagesausflugStoppen Sie an zwei SchnorchelplätzenBesuchen Sie Hill Inlet (unten abgebildet) Köstliches Mittagsbuffet und Erfrischungen.
Diese Reise ist ziemlich beliebt und bietet nur Platz für Gruppen von bis zu 38 Personen. Buchen Sie also unbedingt im Voraus online: Buchen Sie hier die Eco-Snorkel Cruise und den Tagesausflug zum Whitehaven & Great Barrier Reef mit Mittagessen.
Was ist die beste Zeit, um Whitehaven Beach zu besuchen?
Wann ist die beste Reisezeit für Whitehaven Beach? Der beste Monat, um Whitehaven Beach zu besuchen, ist der September. Das liegt an höheren Wassertemperaturen, warmen Tagen und den geringsten Niederschlagsmengen.
Es ist jedoch möglich, Whitehaven Beach das ganze Jahr über zu besuchen. Die Hochsaison für Segel- und Kreuzfahrten auf den Whitsunday Islands ist zwischen Mai und September.
Abgesehen davon sind die legendären Whitsundays als ganzjähriges Urlaubsziel bekannt, was bedeutet, dass Sie Ihren Besuch zu jeder Jahreszeit lieben werden.
LESEN SIE MEHR: SEGELLOG WOCHE 4: SEGELN NACH WHITEHAVEN BEACH
Fotos von Whitehaven Beach
Ich hatte das Glück, während eines Segeltörns an der Ostküste von Queensland einen Zwischenstopp am Whitehaven Beach einzulegen. Schauen Sie sich einige der Luft-, Unterwasser- und Strandaufnahmen an, die ich während meiner Reise machen konnte.
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