Reading "The Yield" by Tara June Winch and find myself wondering what box could give this effect:
"There was a box taped to the mouthpiece and her voice came out in autotune."
The book itself is enjoyable for including history from the corner of the Riverina where I've been living in the last decade, particularly the Warangesda Mission in nearby Darlington Point.
Courtesy Raqs Media Collective and Frith Street Gallery, London.
Bought a bunch of discounted zucchini and knew the time had come to try making fritters
The Beak Technique project was discussed at the March meeting of the March meeting of the Murrumbidgee Field Naturalists
The project has been funded through Create NSW to develop a series of children’s activity sheets that link local bird species with their habitat.
“We’re now able to print a colour flier to promote the sheets and illustrate the bird species, through additional support for Orana Arts.”
“These activities will link bird identification with their diet and native plant species,” said Mr Richardson.
The project has grown in scope as funding became available, from support through Leeton Shire Council for a Country Arts Support Program grant through Western Riverina Arts and NSW Government’s Create NSW.
"Each sheet will promote four birds and five plant species and we've now added a fifth activity sheet for cockatoos."
Richardson and partner Jo Roberts have been finalising bird and plant species that will be included in the designs.
"Thanks to the contributions from the Field Naturalists at the March meeting, which helped narrow the decision-making process and your comments were invaluable."
“I wanted the bird species to include a range of everyday and one aspirational species,” said Ms Roberts.
The choices have also ensured a diversity of colours for the activity sheets.
- Sulphur-crested
- Black varieties
- Major Mitchell’s
- Galah
• Eucalyptus melliodora - Yellowbox
• Allocasuarina verticillata - Drooping Sheoke
• Microlaena stipoides - Weeping grass
• Acacia deanei - Dane's Wattle
• Spiny or hedge saltbush
- Superb
- Yellow rosella
- Blue Bonnets
- Mallee Ring-necked
• Acacia decora - Western Silver Wattle
• Atriplex nummularia - Old Man Saltbush
• Themeda australis - Kangaroo Grass
• Callistemon sieberi - River Bottlebrush
• Eucalyptus microcarpa - Grey Box
- Black
- White-plumed
- Spiny-cheeked
- Striped
• Grevillia - 'Robyn Gordon
• Eremophila longifolia - Emu Bush
• Acacia pendula
• Amyema quandong - Grey Mistletoe
• Blakeley's Red Gum - Eucalyptus blakelyi
- Sparrows
- Diamond firetail
- Zebra
- Double-barred
• Carex appressa - Tall Sedge
• Allocasuarina verticillata - Drooping Sheoke
• Danthonia species - Wallaby Grass
• Dysphana pumilio - Clammy Goosefoot
• Poa sieberiana- Tussock Grass
- Willy wagtail
- Red-capped robin
- Superb blue wren
- Yellow-rumped thornbill
• Acacia doratoxylon - Currawang/Myall
• Acacia montana - Malle Wattle
• Callitris glaucophylla White Cypress pine
• Allocasuarina luehmannii - Bulloak
• Eucalyptus microcarpa - Grey Box
Among many distinctions the concept of time travel must rate as one of the greatest flights for the imagination
Many still remember the exhilaration they felt when first asked:
What would you see if you traveled back in time?
You and your imagination are welcome to attend a screening of the classic dinosaur film, The Lost World.
It excited audiences nearly a century ago with dinosaurs from 68-160 millions years ago.
The screening on Saturday 17 April will feature an original soundtrack I’ve composed.
That story originated with Arthur Conan Doyle in 1912 and recent discussion of megaflora on subantarctic islands brought to mind the fascinating discoveries of megafauna in the Murrumbidgee.
Evidence of this mega wombat was first found by Sir Mitchell (then Major) in caves near Lithgow during 1830.
Over the last century more diprotodon remains have been found in our region.
It’s surprising that if one wanted to meet dinosaurs, one wouldn’t need to travel back too far if a time machine were available.
“Megafauna — including oversized kangaroos and mega-lizards — died out thousands of years ago, but the Diprotodon could have survived on the Liverpool Plains of NSW until about 7,000 years ago, according to the Australian Museum.”
It’s unclear whether the giant wombat-looking creature died due to climate changes or human hunting, but remains have been identified as recently as 2019:
“Two Snowy Monaro Regional Council workers found the fossil at a place known for its paleontological richness, but kept secret from the public.”
The ABC article has a headline announcing this “Site a secret well kept by scientists” and one wonders whether that’s significant.
"It looks like a riverine deposit, so they've probably been washed down a river somehow," Dr McCurry said.
“The fossils were found in a bed of yellow sand at a depth of 29 feet, below a rich mass of alluvial soil, which forms the banks of the watercourse. A large number of detached, massive, mysterious bones were found, and they were eagerly seized by all the passers by who could get hold of them.
“Fortunately, Mr. C. H. Croakey, an auctioneer, had nous enough to send some of them to the Sydney Museum, where they were at once recognised as the bones pf the extinct Diprotodon,” (Illustrated Sydney News, Sat 6 May 1893, page 12.)
The Murrumbidgee region must be rich in riverine deposits but not all the creatures from prehistoric times will be found in layers of sediment.
It’s interesting to consider that contemporaries of dinosaurs can still be found in our landscapes.
Studying an arts degree in the 1990s introduced me to a variety of critical theories
It was instructive how the conservative commentators were in turn critical of those perspectives.
One idea I liked was the notion of hegemony developed by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.
Hegemony holds that the trickle-down of power from the ruling class will sometimes need to navigate resistance to reach into the working classes.
As a student of Anthropology it fascinated me to consider the ways global companies would have to adjust their products to meet audiences in different cultures.
I used to amuse myself with the idea that it'd be interesting to compare McDonalds' menus in different countries, but I might've been inspired by the dialogue early in Pulp Fiction.
That discussion compared how Europeans would used mayonnaise on their french fries.
I also considered how Indian hamburgers used lamb rather than beef, for example.
It got me thinking about Gramsci again, although so-called cultural Marxism is widely reviled by right-wing commentators these days.
So I won't write about how much I enjoy the writing of the Frankfurt School.
