Moonee Ponds Creek on the boundary of North Melbourne and Kensington is surprisingly tranquil and scenic. The creek here was artificially widened in the 1890s for barges to transport coal.
Moonee Ponds Creek
Bendigo Creek
Most of the Bendigo Creek between Golden Square and the CBD is a concrete drain. There are plans to renaturalise this area and make it more accessible for walkers and cyclists. Should be a high priority.
Bendigo Creek Trail scoot
On Thursday, I scooted 16km on the Bendigo Creek Trail from Golden Square to Crusoe Reservoir and back. Varied scenery and lots of fun.
An avenue of fig trees at Grafton, NSW.
Clarence River, NSW
The Clarence River at Grafton, NSW.
I hope it’s true the Russian economy is crumbling and this leads to regime change and a quick end to the war with Ukraine.
Well done to the Matildas for reaching the quarter finals of the Women’s World Cup. I never thought 75,000 people would watch a women’s soccer match in Australia or that I would find it as enthralling as it was.
Bodhi Linux
I’m testing Bodhi Linux in Virtualbox, using the default Enlightenment windows manager. So far I’m very impressed with the speed.
I’m currently using EndeavourOS with a customised Gnome desktop. Very happy with it.
Winter cold is brief in Queensland, like one day. It was overcast and showery today at Bundaberg and the maximum temperature was 17 degrees. Back to 23 tomorrow. Hello spring!
I’m currently checking out Storyworth to possibly write a personal memoir for my kids.
I had a sunspot removed last week. The doctor ordered a biopsy and the results came back today, all clear. The procedure was a quick shave excision after a local anaesthetic. It’s healing nicely.