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#naarm

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Paul Fenwick

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.

Close up of a hand holding a beautiful, golden toffee shaped lump of gum. It's very free of impurities and looks quite tasty, although the flavour is quite neutral.
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stib

On a walk with the dogs last night I'm pretty sure I saw a powerful owl. It was sitting on the ground in a park and then took off up to a tree as we approached. Pretty sure it wasn't a tawny, it was too chonky, its head was much more owl-shaped, and body and wings were light flecked with darker spots. Couldn't get a photo bcs my phone is a potato. Is that likely in inner north #naarm? #birds #Australia #AskFedi

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Richie Khoo

Public transport tram infrastructure in #Adelaide #SouthAustralia is abysmal.

Our neighbouring big city of #Melbourne #Naarm has the most incredible tram system by comparison.

When pressure came to remove the trams in Naarm, its recorded that Professional and friendly ticketeting staff on trams (and their strong union) were an important part of retaining the network as was a much earlier decision when Melbourne was first planned for major roads to be wide enough to 'be able to do a u-turn with a bullock cart".

Across in Adelaide, which was established by the South Australia Corporation (you heard that right), trams didnt go so well.

Aparently the tram network once established was somehow bought out by the largest Tire Manufactuer of the day and along with immense pressure applied by the car lobby, the tram tracks were ripped up.

Anyone know more detail on what exactly happened to the tram network in SA?

I'm wanting to look beyond car industry history that records that 'people just wanted to drive, so it was pulled out', which seems like an incomplete narrative to me. What folks just went oh well, rip my local tram out, no worries? What went down?

#Trams#PublicTransport#AdelaideMetro
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kali :Trantifa:

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN?

This is Emma Knight (15). She is currently missing. She lives in Naarm/Melbourne and is likely to be in Fitzroy or St Kilda.

Emma is a friendly but vulnerable young person who will probably be happy to chat with you. She is likely to be around older unhoused men looking for her father.

Please call 000 if you see her

#Australia#Naarm#Melbourne
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