I am informed of the sad passing of Peter Ellis following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Peter Nicalous Ellis of Bendigo (b 1946) has been an avid collector and instructor of traditional and old time social dances and the … Continue reading
The phascogale returns for a look, but it appears the nestbox is occupied by two sugar gliders. … Continue reading
The take-home message from this is, as the real-estate people say, “build it and they will come”. Nest boxes work, and provide valuable habitat. Natural hollows take so long to form, so it is worthwhile to build the odd little … Continue reading
Bushfires kill, but knowing exactly how might make them less deadly http://csironewsblog.com/2015/01/09/bushfires-kill-but-knowing-exactly-how-might-make-them-less-deadly/ … Continue reading
See my post in the Forum… … Continue reading
Makes my goat-bells look a bit lame… … Continue reading
See new posts in History in Story. Your comments are welcomed. … Continue reading
With winter rains, the creek is flowing. Out walking last week there was no stepping over stones to get to the other side. The creek was alive, coursing its well-worn channel, enticed as ever by the laws of gravity towards … Continue reading
Memory keepers Don Morrison, Fleur Smith (nee Staley) and Maurie Gervasoni. In the beginning-it’s raining stories and laughter At our first session in August 2013 the hall overflowed with people while voices of story tellers competed with downpours on the … Continue reading
I am interested in the route taken by coaches between Castlemaine and Ballarat and the stops along the way. I believe they came through Guildford, down Yandoit – Guildford Rd (Limestone Rd) and stopped for a change of horses at … Continue reading
”Our local, Loddon River Powerful Owls have raised two youngsters again this season. Last year was a mystery – the birds were about but no young were seen. We are so lucky to have this incredible predator breeding successfully so … Continue reading
Facebook: Daylesford & Hepburn – Lost History & Photos https://www.facebook.com/DaylesfordHepburnoldphotos?fref=ts … Continue reading
I have a couple of desktop computers here (box only, no monitor), which I will make available for free extended loan. So if your computer dies, or gets infected with something disgusting, you can have one of these until you … Continue reading
An old mate from Uni, Dr. Neil Barr, made it onto this list of “Ten Great Books About Agriculture” with his book on the transformation of farming communities. Excerpt from a review in the Rural Society Journal: “In this book, … Continue reading
This summary has been compiled from various sources by John Ross, in response to a thread on the Castlemaine Bushfire Help FaceBook group page.
It provides advice and links about managing animals in a bushfire. Continue reading
Facebook groups for bushfire information sharing: Castlemaine: http://www.facebook.com/groups/504594886306492/ Daylesford: http://www.facebook.com/groups/286331024825528/ … Continue reading
GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems. This is the type of software used by Emergency Victoria, the Powercor outage map, Victoria Land Channel, and Google Maps. This article introduces Quantum GIS, a free GIS application for Windows, Mac, Linux and … Continue reading
This map shows current outages, with a clickable brief explanation: http://m.powercor.com.au/outage-map I have added the link to the Emergency section in the sidebar (right). … Continue reading
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke makes the bold claim that one day computers will allow people to work from home and access their banking records. … Continue reading
Websites: specialising in WordPress. With a bit of flair, a bit of help, a few carefully chosen add-ons, you can have a site… like yandoit.net… you’re looking at it! or like this… taringastud.com.au or like this… mystichill.net and you will … Continue reading