Tas 30k raise for politicians! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

This incessant Roaring 40s wind reminds me of being on a ship on a rough sea on and on and on

Atleast I picked some flowers today, from our garden. My mum would have loved these

Here in Tasmania we have a thing called the Roaring 40s wind in September and it's officially irritating me hugely. It's a constant wind with strong gusts on top. Day and night. Almost every day. Can hear it inside,even feel it. The cat gets scared. The pollens blow around. Please stop it!!

Researchers in Spain have developed a new intranasal COVID-19 vaccine that eliminates the virus in mice. One dose gave 60% protection, but two intranasal doses achieved 100% protection with no detectable virus in nasal or lung tissue, suggesting sterilizing immunity. www.csic.es/es/actualida...

A neighbour who is very respectful about our covid careful way of life, virus careful really and told us we were very sensible just texted she's stuck in Sydney because she's too sick to return home. She caught "a flu" flying over there several weeks ago. Please wear a mask atleast flying!

It's a really weird feeling to have been a child during black and white tv and at one point a phone exchange (operator assisted) and now be seeing the rise of A1. Kind of would have liked to have missed that. Solar panels, wind power and streaming services are great though

Omg it's boiling down here in the Huon Valley. I'm sweating. I had to turn the heaters off. 13C

This is Spring where I live ❄️ Tasmania

I just popped two Panadol gold Lucky I can't get pregnant

My husband saw a young platypus playing in the Huon River near our home this morning. By the bank. Very clearly for about the minutes! 😊 There's no platypus emoji

Well it's already tomorrow here in Australia and no rapture to be seen or heard..I can hear my Christian neighbour's damn mower

If any of you Australians wonder why there is a lack of medicare approved therapist for your doctor to refer you to for timely therapy the reason is that the application for approval is a huge process and 3600+ hours of therapy work are required over a set time. Impossible for many great applicants

Australian government has not got concerns about paracetamol in relation autism.

I built myself up to get a covid & fluvax at the same time. I need a nurse appointment as I need to lie down. Booked online ages ago. Had medication to help me through it (I get a BP reaction with vaxes). Arrived. Then told there was no appointment! Stupid online booking, I didn't click on "confirm"

"vaccination is much more than temporal protection against infection, more than protection against a specific disease, it will protect you against the secondary consequences of inflammatory responses as well! So take the vaccines, and extent your healthy life-span!"

Much as I really do love and appreciate alot of people here I'm thinking of trialling a month no social media. Not now. Sometimes in the next year. Just to focus on what life feels like without news etc filling my head. I mean no Bluesky, FB, Instagram, X, all of it. Have any of you tried it?

Just caught this beauty enjoying our camelia nectar in the rain

Apparently America is "the hottest"

Kitchen view photo from today. Cherry blossoms

I'm Australian and neither a Royalist or a republican. I thought King Charles' speech at the dinner with Twump showed both military and economic strategic but also, at the end, an appeal to Twump's conscience about the environment and conditions of the people. Problem is he has no conscience.

Just had my first ever long conversation with someone I know about covid, how it's transmitted, how it stays in the air and that hand sanitizer won't stop infection. He had no idea and was curious but I know he and his family won't change how they're living. He asked good questions

If ruler of USA visited Australia there would be protests. I bet Albo knows there's tons of anti T sentiment here. Aussies can be pretty direct but also relaxed in our protesting. Due to location, pain and pandemic I haven't attended any protests in years but that would be fun

Originally from SA and after a decade in Tasmania it still feels weird to be mid Spring and have this cold as normal!

Americans, you might like to read some of our Australian responses to your "leader's" reaction to questions from one of our REAL journalists www.facebook.com/100064452229...

Feeling nervous. Husband has two dental appointments. The last two times he had anything done he ended up in an ambulance. Noone has called me yet which is good but on the other hand I can't get through to him on his phone and he should be between appointments

Should I cut my hair? It's natural grey and white now. Very thick. When I let it down it's wild lady hair. My husband loves it. I don't know, it's just my hair. I used to have it quite long, I could sweep it around one side and it would hang languidly down over my chest. But it makes me feel warm

My friend is in ED now with her severely autistic son waiting for a CT scan. During his first COVID infection he started having seizures. They continued and now he keeps suddenly collapsing and needs a wheelchair. They don't know if it's seizures or something else but it's terrible.

Photos from today in Hobart. These are all around Salamanca Place

I've been in Hobart, Tasmania for one hour. I've seen seven masked people, five with N95's. Most I've ever seen. Not sure if they're sick or protecting themselves but 👍👍

Guess which one is missing and you win! It escaped into my tummy

When the insurance companies know & want you to pay them for life insurance in case you get Long Covid, wouldn’t it just be cheaper to wear a well fitted KN95 or better? wecovr.com/guides/long-...

Photos from my day. Huon Valley, Tasmania

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Todays fun on Bluesky. I muted the following words (you can mute under “moderation” in your settings) Bullet Bullets Gun Guns Epstein Kirk

Paxlovid from 27 minutes. Have it!

“It is important Tasmanians continue to take steps to reduce the risk of catching & spreading respiratory infections. These include staying home if you are unwell, regularly washing or sanitising your hands, & covering your coughs & sneezes" Misinformation www.health.tas.gov.au/news/media-r...

I knew it

Our view while we ate lunch today. Beautiful Huon Valley Tasmania

❤️ Thankyou to all of you who were so kind to me here over the months of my dad's stroke then cancer returning & death a few weeks ago. I'm doing ok considering. There is grief but also relief because he suffered so much and I felt like I was always worrying and fighting for appropriate care for him.

FB coviding groups seem to be filling with people who've cut back on mask wearing and try elaborately rationalising how they're keeping themselves and their often vulnerable family members safe regardless (impossible)

My brain is a bit mushy ATM, probably from layers of stress and grief. I guess it's early days since dad died. There are a few things I am enjoying though. Lying by the fire playing with my cute naughty Burmese cat. Cooking. Lasagna tomorrow again. Thinking about what I'll have for breakfast.

My favourite high protein breakfast smoothie 🥤 made at home. Poached apple. Recipe: Large half cup of poached apple Pinch of cinnamon Heaped dessertspoon of ground almond Heaped dessertspoon of powdered milk Two dessertspoons of rolled oats Cup of lite milk

If I was an American I would truly feel I was living in a dystopian nightmare. Glad more than half my husband's American relatives are emigrating here to Australia in a month.

After only five hours sleep I managed to cook a leg of lamb roast, vegan sausages, cheese sauce, roast pumpkin, potato and mushrooms, steamed broccoli, brussel sprouts and zucchini. Tomorrow lasagna and vegan gnocchi. Then it's D's turn for a few days. I always do enough for two meals too 🥦

Their methods remind me so much of the Stasi of the old fashioned way Germany

Tomorrow is my first Father's Day without my dad who died a month ago and the first father's day for my eldest son who has a 6 month old baby. Life...ebbs and flows, moves along Loving brings joy and sadness Don't forget to remember, value, forgive, treasure the dads in your life ❤️

Today I made bolognese sauce to make lasagna, sausage rolls, sorted some office stuff, sorted some furniture to sell or dump. I'm super tired atm so that's enough. Didn't get to walk because too tired now. Should prioritize that because I need the exercise, need to look after the body.

My son has both high covid risk health issues and severe mh. He could benefit from some inpatient time to rejig his medications to help him right now but NO ONE CARES IF HE GETS COVID AND HOW THAT WOULD WORSEN HIS HEALTH. sorry for screaming. Noone cares. They don't. He and we suffer for that

I'm at the point where on the one hand I don't care anymore what people think but on the other hand I feel especially self conscious and anxious when the three of us are out masked because we look so striking to others they stare. On my own there's less stares. This whole situation is a mind f**k.