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via Twitter a video of Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas breaking down her Hit Record 'Bad Guy' talking about walking in sydney. After winning the Grammy Awards for song of the year, best new artist and album of the year, Billie Eilish completed the sweep of the Big Four with the final award of the evening, winning record of the year for “Bad Guy.... https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8549284/billie-eilish-bad-guy-grammys-record-of-the-year

lots of learning this weekend starting with #utsthinkbig forum  rethinking nationism  with  Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt (UTS) – Moderator Alison Whittaker (UTS) Associate Professor Pauline Clague (UTS) Patricia Cornelius (Anthem) Professor Susan Page (UTS) – Facilitator Procession from Town Hall to Barangaroo Eora Nation Truck Marshalls guide walkers around camouflaged trip hazard installed in the middle of a pedestrian crossing at Curtain Place on George Street. Procession through the Rocks Barangaroo After a short slow tram ride, joined the procession down George Street from Town Hall to Barangaroo - at the tail end with the Eora Nation Fire Truck Watched opening of show but didn't stay for the vigil.       Buruwan Park Tyres, Buruwan Pk After  a morning of Bushcare weeding at Cadigal Reserve (with bonus bush turkey s...

The Return and Earn machines in NSW is going gang busters. Though it only takes  Cans (e.g. soft drinks) Bottles ( e.g. beer bottles) Cartons (e.g. milk cartons) Juice boxes or poppers Most containers between 150ml and 3 litres are accepted and can get you a refund. However, they must… Be in good condition (not be crushed or broken) Be empty Have the label attached  These items aren’t accepted, but can still go into household recycling. They’re often used at home. Any milk containers that are 1 litre or more ...

This was on the verge for most of January 2020. First dumped outside the North Annandale, then migrating to the Annandale Shops. On 23 January, I finally succumbed and took it home.  Puzzled by what it was, I sought the help of the facebook group StreetbountyInnerWest The group came up with four leads. Part of a Beehive Washing Board Roof Vent (eg in a Gable) Mining Sleuce With these leads this object would appear to be a Mining Sleuce Box with Riffles to strain the gold. "After the soil of a hillside was turned into a slurry with water, it waschannelled down the hill into sluice boxes, where minerals were caught on “riffles” in the boxes."... https://maas.museum/changing-landscapes-mining-and-rural-infrastructure/ More at: Riffles are the timber battons across the base of the box https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riffle Placer Mining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placer_mining How to use a Sleuce https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/how-t...

The Rev. Leonard Mervyn Williams and his wife Dilys came to the Hunter Baillie in 1956. The church was in decline and the threat of falling masonry had made it impossible to obtain public liability insurance. (p39, Hunter Baillie ) Dilys conducted alternate services at Leichhardt and Hunter Baillie Presbyterian churches with her husband and was inducted, in 1969, as the first woman Elder in NSW. (p41, Hunter Baillie ). Ferguson Library Archivist mentioned in her talk at the church on 4 September 2010, that Dilys Williams in the 1930s had applied to the Presbyterian Church of Australia General Assembly to be Accepted as a candidate for the Ministry. Her application was "laid on the table" and was never dealt with. The stained glass window on the northern side of the church was restored in memory of the Williams' time at the church. "Back in the 1950's after first attending Sunday School in the morning the older children were then taken into the chu...

State Records NSW: NRS 17420, State Rail Authority Archives Photographic Reference Print Collection, items; 623-626, specifically 623/25 Lifting road on Glebe Island to Glebe Island Bridge. State Records NSW: NRS 17420, State Rail Authority Archives Photographic Reference Print Collection, items; 623-626, specifically 623/25 Lifting road on Glebe Island to Glebe Island Bridge. State Records NSW: NRS 17420, State Rail Authority Archives Photographic Reference Print Collection, items; 623-626, specifically 623/25 Lifting road on Glebe Island to Glebe Island Bridge. "The Glebe Island Bridge, across Johnstons Bay, is of state significance as it demonstrates one of the earliest examples of an electric-powered swing bridge in Australia" .... Glebe Island Bridge Heritage Listing https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5051118 "With regard to the Glebe Island Causeway - This work, which was commenced in Apriol 1898,...

White's Creek Lane Annandale, 9 Sep 2019 Used online instructions for harvesting and processing coffee ready for roasting,  but still not sure whether Berries should be picked when red and fleshy or black and more dry. Picked the coffee beans on the afternoon of Saturday 7 December 2019. Extracted the beans Skins  Washed of as much of fleshy material as I could Soaked  the beans -  to ferment them. This was for about 48 hours. Some were starting to grow mould. 9 December started to dry them On 16 December, I noticed that the beans were popping out of another shell. They are quite dry. Benefiting from the hot dry conditions in Sydney! Green Beans waiting for Roasting New Crop Flowers, 2 Jan 2020