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The sleepout was very successful, considering the short lead time and selective publicity. So far over AUD51,00 raised and still counting.



There were plenty of tents - MissionBeat Dan called them, cheating and I thoroughly agree though let's face it, the soft double foam mattress under us was pretty indulgent. We find a good spot under a spreading Morton Bay Fig, soft, with an angled view of the giant outdoor movie screen so we could watch Cloudy Then Meatballs (death by giant food)… Continue

The squawking lorikeets are pigging out on the red bottlebrush trees (the "nodding red" variety) outside my window. They grab hold of a twig and swing themselves upside down to stab their beaks right into the juicy little knobs of parrot ambrosia. I'm not at all happy to see them being aggressively chased away from this bounteous feast by the Indian Mynah Birds. These are the biggest threat to Australian native birds after land clearing. In fact, the the International Union for the Conservation… Continue