I don’t buy the Shannon inauthentic. Sage authentic narrative. They both played the game, they both let parts of their authentic personalities shine & they both made strategic decisions. I think Sage’s decision to blindside Shannon wasn’t the best strategic choice for her own game. #Survivor49

Glorious day enjoying lunch by the river post browsing at Poyntons.

Why hasn’t 7plus aired the fifth episode of The Amazing Race s38 yet??? It’s almost time for episode 6 to air in the USA and I’ve been avoiding spoilers for ages? Get it together 7plus. #TheAmazingRace #Season38 #EuropeanAdventure #BigBrotherCast #7plus

It’s staggering to me that a multi billion dollar sport decides to penny pinch by using volunteers for critical safety. Make marshals a paid, professional, highly skilled, qualified, trained & cared for part of the sport. Lawson did incredibly well to avoid them. #Lawson #MexicoGP #Marshals

God awful timing for that VSC with Verstappen and Piastri both battling against Leclerc and Bearman respectively. #MexicoGP #DammitSainz

Love seeing Piastri in hunter mode #Piastri #OP81 #MexicanGP

Mexico Grand Prix predictions: P1 Piastri P2 Russell P3 Verstappen #Piastri #F1 #MexicoGP

Is there a worse tv app then 7plus? I don’t think so. No guide. No air dates listed. Why are they making watching The Amazing Race season 38 so hard? Why are they airing it so many days after it’s aired in the US?? #TheAmazingRace

🍔NEWS: Automated kiosks at fast food restaurants are forcing you to approve fine print that waives your legal rights when you order food. What stage of capitalism is this?

Tape Gate is yet another reminder that if you’re not watching F1 like it’s the sport equivalent of the Real Housewives of motorsports, then you’re really missing out. #F1 #McLaren #RedBull #RealHousewives #TapeGate

Jason why didn’t you play your shot in the dark?

So far I can only see Savannah or Sophi winning. #Survivor49

Eek. The chicken “reward” is so ick. Giving people that don’t know how to humanly kill an animal that responsibility when they’re starving and have brain fog. Not fun. #Survivor49

Sophie is soooooooo purple. Does Jeff hate her because she didn’t appreciate the fruit last week? #Survivor49

Well the first clue did say: let's start with something simple. Guessing part 2 won’t be simple. #Survivor49

Boo. I want Alex, Steven and Shannon playing together. What’s happening with MC and Sophie? Will we get any content tonight? #Survivor49

Watching survivor 49 now as it sits in Oz. What on earth is Jason even saying??? Of course tribal lines hadn’t dissolved. I’m flummoxed by how he’s playing. #Survivor49

Oh Pfeff

Celebrating my “four years of living in Melbourne” anniversary today

Lando took the gloves off in Singapore and faced zero repercussions from the team with nary a “this is not how we’re go racing” let alone a switch back. Well past time for Oscar to return the favour. Looking forward to the Austin Grand Prix. #Piastri #AustinGP #SprintWeekend #OP81

The official cast of The Traitors Australia, premiering next year on Network 10. #TheTraitors #TraitorsAU

Ugh. Watching ep 3 and if they didn’t have this ridiculous no flint, no food, Jake may have been able to stay. He was in such a great position in his tribe. Survivor Au handles its many medical emergencies way better. #Survivor49

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

Not sure how Piastri can trust McLaren management, at least his side of the garage seem to be working for his success. The pit wall, not so much. Super disappointing that McLaren didn’t wait for Oscar to finish media duties before starting the podium WCC celebrations. #OscarPiastri #OP81

Will is for Lando. Tom is for team. He’s very clear about this from his time in rowing. Nothing is achieved without the team. It’s not a complete analogy to F1, so I hope that with constructors won that Tom will fight for Piastri at last. Let the villain arc begin! #Piastri #SingaporeGrandPrix

Honestly I’m a little surprised that my Thursday predictions for the podium aren’t widely off, although I did not see Russell pulling poll. Barring any crashes will at least see my predicted 3 on the podium albeit likely in different positions. #SingaporeGrandPrix #Piastri #Russell #Verstappen

F1 & F2 were very promising. Waiting for F3 to start imminently. Go Oscar 🧡 #SingaporeGrandPrix #OP81 #Piastri

Enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, enough, with these disaster tribes of no resources. #Survivor49 #DisasterTribes

Free practice 1 here we come. #SingaporeGrandPrix #OP81 #Piastri

How did my draft team do in Ep 2? No improvement from last week, but I don’t have any more blue tribe members in my draft so things are looking up for next week. I’m on 30 points trailing R on 36. Sophie S - D+ Kristina - B+ MC - B Nate - B Annie - F Steven - B+ Jason - C Shannon - A #Survivor49

Bold predictions for the Singapore Grand Prix. I’m going with: P1 Piastri (I’m never not putting Oscar first) P2 Verstappen P3 Russell (if he’s fully recovered from his illness, if not Norris) #Piastri #Verstappen #SingaporeGrandPrix

How did my draft team do in episode 1? Sophie S - D+ Kristina - B Michelle - C+ Nate - C Annie - E Steven - B Nicole - F Jason - B Shannon - B 1/10 #Survivor49

Was so confused with the start of The Amazing Race, thought I’d missed the beginning or was someone watching episode 2. I’ve never seen any US Big Brother but say Angela on a mafia and Enzo on The Challenge. Wasn’t too sad to see him go. Not sure of a winner pick yet but my two faves teams so far:

Confusing moments part 1 Why didn’t Alex destroy at least part of his puzzle? Also dig deeper Survivor 101 Why didn’t people use their buffs to protect their faces in the mud? Also Survivor 101. Why wasn’t Annie building alliances? Why didn’t Sophi keep quiet or share only with Jeremiah? #Survivor49

So happy Slow Horses is back and season 5 started well. Tonight first episode of Survivor 49. Tricky because it’s aired already in the USA but so far I’ve avoided any online spoilers. #SlowHorses #Survivor49

My orchid continues to flower. Can’t tell you how surprised I am that I’ve kept this beauty alive for so long. #PlantMama

Survivor 49 draft picks. Mainly went with my heart over my head & missed out on some faves but overall pretty happy with my team. Sophie S Kristina Michelle Nate Annie Steven Nicole Jason Shannon I had wanted Savannah, Jawan, Sage & Sophie S but they were grabbed high in R’s draft. #Survivor49

Baku was epic last year, let’s hope 2025 matches or exceeds it 🧡🧡🧡 I pray McLaren get the 1,2 to win the constructors and finally let Piastri and Lando truly race for the rest of the season. #Piastri #Baku

We need so much more of this. I’m old enough to remember when musicians heavily debated (& criticised) commercialisation of their music in the 80s. Thatcher era musicians were so much more political, even mainstream ones. It wasn’t left to the likes of The Jam, Billy Bragg & Midnight Oil.

A windy Melbourne morning

Proud plant mama moment: healthy orchid with plenty of buds now flowering. I’m very surprised and happy that I’ve been able to keep it alive for almost eighteen months. 🤗

Baku predictions P1 Oscar Piastri P2 Max Verstappen P3 Charles Leclerc #Baku

Good morning Melbourne

On the Oscar/Lando Monza swap I have lots of thoughts. 1. They shouldn’t have asked for it. They put both drivers in an awkward position. 2. Hungary last year is not analogous, and even if it were, it was last year. They made it seem like a payback rather than applying the same principle. Cont.

Good morning Melbourne

McLaren what are you doing? Two days later I’m still furious about it. #McLaren #Piastri #Lando #Monza

Parvati. The greatest of all time. No debate. Facts. Played the perfect game with the largest target. Congratulations ⭐️ #parvati #SurvivorAu

@shannongaitz.bsky.social Congratulations on little Cirie or Tony 💕🤗 so happy for you and Peter.

Prediction. Parvati will win & will have played the best game in Survivor history. If Cirie is not sitting next to her she will get all the votes. If Cirie is there she may lose Lisa’s vote. Parvati will have voted correctly every vote & never received a vote against her. #Parvati #SurvivorAu

Let’s go Oscar. #Monza #Piastri #ItalianGrandPrix