First attempt at making pineapple buns for lunar new year (菠蘿包) .

Whooping cough cases hit record high after vaccine rate drop in Australia. -we need a government Comms campaign about the benefits of vaccination. Yesterday. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Apparently Melbourne Museum has shed about 100 jobs this financial year.

The best part of working with native grasslands is the community support.

Bricks at 9:30pm after a 40 degree day, still 35 degrees, but Boston ivy keeps the bricks 5 degrees cooler. A very cheap form of insulation.

I'm reading through Abundance because everyone seemed to, and I'm not yet in a position to offer a critique but a few things have caught my attention. I'll collate a few here as I go. 🧵

Down to 37 degrees, better get the puffer jacket out.

41mins 21seconds: saved $100 on car insurance through the phone call, but boy it's a slog.

Occupation, okidoki.

My article I wrote for HortInsights is now published in their Summer edition: Thanks to Australian Institute of Horticulture for publishing.

Just a reminder a game of Tetris is a good idea. www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

The cognitive dissonance: 1) I support this law while it doesn't impact my children 2) I support this law to stop my children doing what I currently allow them to do.

The kangaroo apple planted next to the lemon tree is loving the high nitrogen fertiliser not intended for it.

Could the last person out please turn off the lights?

Good chance of aurora sightings in Melbourne tonight.

Just lost a job interview because it's a temporary position and I'm currently under a temporary position within the same organisation, even though they are completely different roles. Well thought out law that one.

Indigenous flowers in my garden.

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, now's the time to go for a nature walk and see the wild flowers

My indigenous garden is starting to gain attention! Hopefully this blue tongue will help remove all the snails.

Bridesmaid no more. Congratulations to the Tawny Frogmouth 🏆 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Guess which idiot is now seeking this induction pack under FOI?

Not sure what insect did these holes, how interesting.

Anyone know what this plant is? 2 plants came from one tubestock and I can't recall what I brought.

Plume moth larvae, brought in to Australia to eat horehound. Lots around on my hound but they're not controlling it. Now what else can I do with horehound?

Common halfband hoverfly attracted to the indigenous cut leaf daisy. Good for the garden as pollinator and preditor of aphids.

How you can tell your soil has lots of insect activity. #birdsbeingbirds

My article I wrote for HortInsights is now published in their spring edition: www.linkedin.com/company/aust...

Shout out to the person in my neighbourhood who is burning plastic in their fireplace.

The idea that mass immigration is to blame for the housing crisis doesn't stack up when you look at the data. Over the past 20 years the amount of housing in Australia has actually increased faster than the population has grown! 📈 @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol

Melbourne Airport, are we sure Icarus is the best statue for an airport? Like if I recall the ending of the legend correctly...

Light brown apple moths are out. (and my grapevine doesn't even have leaves yet)

Helped out a primary school tree planting event, some kids asked about beetle larvae they found and I told explained. This cemented me as the contact point for all insects and when they left, the feedback of the day was insects were the best part... Didn't mean to hijack the environmental message 😅

The Bogong Storytellers project seeks to learn what bogong moths mean to people across Australia. Share your story and support conservation by completing their survey: buff.ly/pKca3Co

My olive harvest actually turned out well. Surprise surprise.

Wattles are starting to bloom and I saw my first hoverfly of the season, spring is getting close. The ant is Chelaner kiliani, the 6th genus of ant I've found in my suburban backyard (7th if you include alates).

Funny how much widely reported ecology research is just "have you tried reducing the stocking rate and rotational grazing?"

Apparently if you store okonomiyaki batter in the fridge overnight when using red cabbage, you end up with the most off putting vivid blue okonomiyaki 😂

Picked up my akubra from being resized in the city. Easiest way to carry it was to wear it. I imagine I looked like I'd jumped off the vline.

Only one week left to apply for AES Student Travel Grants!! This grant is to support student attendance at the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference. ⏰ Closing date: 8 August 2025 ⏰ For details visit: buff.ly/ZkKpoOL

Critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower. A plant that flowers in mid winter.

Happy Election Day, Tasmania! Polls are now open. Don’t forget to support your local community fundraisers (and remember, you can get a sausage even if you’ve already voted!) #TasVotes #DemocracySausage

Top revegetation work here. Scalped all the native tussock grass to plant back in some native tussock grass.

Canberra is using shooting to control rabbits?! That is less than useless. Rabbits will breed faster than you can shoot them, and you have blown your budget to achieve nothing. You need to remove warrens and harbour. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Nawww crap. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Frosty morning this morning. If you have long grass this irrigated each square metre of ground with >2 shot glasses of water. (If mown or heavily grazed half that or less) 🌱💧

One of the best parking spots in Victoria.

Presentation on insect monitoring I gave for Ribbons of Green in the Yarra Valley last night had a Baz Luhrmann feel to it.

Harvesting the last olives for the year. So many people have never had the experience of eating and enjoying fresh juicy olives straight off the tree, and that's really sad. (shhh...)