Leaving for Sydney two weeks today. Looking forward to seeing friends and enjoying Aussie Spring, but very concerned about the weather
Will be flying back myself in 8 weeks. Into summer. In Bundaberg
Fuck me itās going to be painful
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At least youāll get plenty of ginger beer 
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Anyway to summarize my trip to Tasmania or actually just Hobart, main sites I went to Port Arthur, and also to the surrounding Tasman Peninsula like Remarkable cave etc, Bruny Island, was nice, MONA was extremely interesting, had some fruitless drives like up to Mount Wellington but it was raining heavily and foggy by the time I reached hahaā¦and then driving almost 2 hours to Hasting Caves only to be told all tours booked out for the dayā¦they told me usually its ok not to book ahead but it was the school holidays. The Unzoo was a nice experience too in how they wanted to house animals. . It was my first time seeing so many devils roaming around in day time. And being upclose to very docile kangaroos was a first too other than the kangaroos who hung out right in front of my accomodation in Halls Gap. Salamanca market was a nice stroll through on a Saturday morning. Overall I think definitely Tasmania had alot of nice places I suppose, and Hobart was a nice introduction for me. Hope to visit the rest of the island in future.
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Itās been really lovely up here in Qld. Mid 20ās. Over in Perth last week we had one warmish day in the high 20ās and the rest low 20ās, Cold overnight.
I wouldnāt look into it too much. Itās the same sort of extremes we are seeing in every other part of the world. Looks like it will cool down to 17 in Syd on the w/e.
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Yes, not that worrying at allā¦
Having experienced summer 19/20 in Sydney, itās not something Iād like to repeat. I just hope the authorities are prepared this time.
Worried that heās moving to a place thatās on fire, when everywhere in the world is on fire, freezing, flooding, being ripped apart by wind.
Sorry, but thatās just hyperbole. Iām in Berlin where itās pleasantly warm for the time of year (20Ā°). There havenāt been any fires, floods, hurricanes or other natural disasters here since I arrived 30 years ago, and certainly none at present.
Australia is more at risk from climate change than other parts of the world, and is at a point in the el nino/la nina cycle where extreme heat, drought and bushfires are very likely.
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My record downunder is less than perfect.
mmmmā¦Bundy Darkā¦
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Not gonna lieā¦
Pretty ashamed to be an Australian today.
The Voice was a tiny step forward, would have changed literally nothing in any white Australianās life.
The First Nationsā cause has been set back 30 years.
For shame.
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It might have made life slightly more difficult for multinational mining conglomerates.
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Fuckā¦youāre right.
#istandwithgina
So we had a national referendum on whether an ATSI advisory committee would be written into the constitution so that a successive government couldnāt just abolish it like had happened to every other ATSI committee every other time in the past (might and just go out on a limb here and say theyāve all been coalition governmentsā¦).
An advisory committee. Jesus Fucking Christ.
And pre-referendum polling showed that the majority reason of would-be No voters was that āthey donāt want the country divided by raceā.
Utter cunt-stains. Make no mistake: for me this is a far more embarrassing result than Brexit. Unlike then where you can at least track a semi-logical course to how someone came to their (naive) justifications for Leave. We are just a country full of racists. Probably didnāt need another referendum to point that out though.
Why do all these shit referendum results follow me around wherever I live? Maybe I should move to Russia?
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I would suggest USA, but they seem to be doing a good enough job themselves already without your help 
dont be.
i feel like i have to qualify this ā¦i voted yes.
completely understand why it was rejected by the majorityā¦
Australia isnt a place full of redneck racists, and peole who voted no are not to be label racistā¦it was a wishy washy question almost designed to failā¦albanese is to blame for this divisive messā¦it didnt have to happenā¦he didnt have to bet the houses money on such wishy washy framing.
real change will happen. the will of the people IS to recognise that first nations people need things to be changedā¦
this proposal from the labour government was just a shite political grab that backfired.
dont be ashamed of the poplulationā¦be understanding.
they just dont trust the political processā¦
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no we are not.
this is catergorically not true.
i know people who vote no, they are not racist. i can catergorically state that.
Thatās a fair and measured response.
However, I feel if a majority cannot accept such a fuzzy, abstract step forward, meaningful change on the ground is as far away as ever.
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Yeah, Nah. While the voice would have been harmless, not doing it just cannot be compared to the stupidity and massive long term cost of Brexit.