Werribee zoo has an adorable newborn lion cub!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL64KM4j6aU

For those of you in Melbourne and looking for fun things, Frankie McNair’s Tabitha Booth Variety Spectacular and Formal Apology Hour would be my pick (and there’s $25 tickets on tight arse Tuesdays).
Dates and tickets:
https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/the-booth-variety-spectacular-formal-apology-hour/

A great history episode of the Yarra BUG radio show, talking about the history of Bicycle User Groups in Victoria. Including a shout out to the Port Melbourne group.

Paul McKay says that it was important to get early wins, to keep the energy up.

The Port Phillip Bicycle User Group has had 2 incarnations: it re-booted in the 2010s, under the much missed Georgie Fyfe-Jamison.

The BUGs were set up by the Bicycle Institute (precursor org to Bicycle Network), but then "voted off the island" (divested from BN) in the early 2000s. In recent years we've begun to work more closely with BN.

A really interesting show, worth a listen!

https://www.3cr.org.au/yarrabug/episode/bicycle-user-groups-thirty-five-years-bugging-councils-about-bikes

@yarrabike #melbourne #cycling #urbanism #BicycleUserGroups

I think Boost is having a problem right now in #Melbourne. Maybe Telstra, too, not sure

Trans day of action today in Melbourne.

if you're the kind of Australian who's interested in having a physical street atlas for the current year - be warned, UBD Gregory's is shutting down.

Rumor is Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth will get one more edition in August[?], but for everywhere else (seemingly including Melbourne and Tasmania), what's on shelves is probably the final edition.

now please excuse me while i tag spam

one of the #Melbourne suburbs I drive through on the school run is virtually a free furniture store from all the things the locals put out, and today I found exactly the set of shelves we still needed for our @vinylrecords

also, plenty room for expansion of the collection

Gosh trying to pick just a few photos from the International Flower Show in #Melbourne was difficult, but I think I like these ones the best, even the one with me in it that my friend took . #FlowerShow #RoyalExhibitionBuilding

Free for all to read!

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is back, and Narrelle Harris and I are reviewing shows. Here are our first three reviews - of William Wang, He Huang, and Maddy Weeks:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/125476930

There's a woman on my train with 4 horns
#Melbourne #Naarm #CosPlay

New at my Patreon... At the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival we visited pop-up events celebrating two diverse foodstuffs - fancy baked goods and the humble Aussie dim sim:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/dateline-art-of-125417406

Long shot: In 2004/5 I went to some mini/midi ramps which I think were in the grounds/garden of a skate shop in a Melbourne (Aus) suburb. I can't remember where though, anyone got any ideas?
#skateboarding #australia #melbourne

It delights me when in see these little electric powered street sweepers cruising around #Melbourne. This feels more like the future to me than any electric sports car.

It's a glorious autumn day in #Melbourne. I had hoped to achieve more this weekend, but it appears last week's work efforts have me rooted. Gonna finish lunch then take a nap.

It's a beautiful autumn day in #Naarm #Melbourne, and here is a gorgeous chunk of acacia gum from my travels.

Acacia gum is water soluble, edible¹, and is my go-to adhesive for a lot of projects. It's been used throughout Australia for thousands of years.

#foraging #foragingAustralia

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¹ Be careful chewing acacia gum. The adhesive properties can be *very* strong, resulting in your family laughing at you for minutes because your jaw is glued shut again. Don't panic, it dissolves eventually.

Don't forget. Since Israel has blatantly and violently abandoned the ceasefire process, it's time to protest again. In Melbourne the protest is noon today at the State Library. Without protests, we will never stop the genocide.
https://www.freepalestinevic.org/events/
#naarm #melbourne #gaza #palestine

Suburban Rail Loop East: 26km rail line, construction cost $35b over 13 years

North East Link: 10km tollway, construction cost $26b over 8 years (up from $10b as budgeted in 2016)

SRL certainly deserves scrutiny, but where was it for NEL?

#Melbourne https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-22/suburban-rail-loop-federal-government-clare-oneil/105084514

#melbourne