We got drizzle at best. Another Higgins Fizzer.

Our yard was wet, briefly.

You weren't buying lotto tickets in Sydney recently were you? I hear someone won 60M is all.... Remember you promised me a sneaky mill when you win.

@trk@aussie.zone

Thanks for missing me yesterday. I took a couple of days off as annual leave. I must say heading into a three day week feels half decent. Well yesterday you were hoping for a storm, did you get one ? Is your garden a swimming pool ?

Where's old mate Desiree Minties gone? Too much truck driving, not enough posting photos of toilets on ferries.

I was looking forward to a storm this afternoon but now Higgins has stuck his bib in and decided its a superthell and tornados and end of the world is coming so that obviously means nothing is going to happen. Dammit. I was looking forward to something a bit exciting.

Not all of the various agreements are released yet (some have already been finalised, others are only in principle agreements), but they'll be here when they are: https://www.fwc.gov.au/document-search?search-ui=agreements

Blame the government, in cases where workers are on strike, I'm willing to bet 95% of the time, it's the employers being shitty.

Don't blame your fellow workers, blame those in power.

Striking (even the very limited times were allowed to under laws brought in by the Labor party in the 80s) is one of the few ways working people can exercise power to get a fairer deal under capitalism.

Some context, but not very detailed: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-18/queensland-rail-reaches-deal-with-train-controllers/107051822

Crikey lads, she's fair toasty today.

Currently a balmy 31C 🫠

Aaaah thanks mate.

I hate the noise of hydraulic equipment operating. The neighbour is currently (and since 7ish) running a digger in the yard and the constant vrroooo...VROOOOOO...vrro...vrroovrroovrroovrroooooooooooooVRRROOOOO...vroo is really grating.

Normally I wake up on a weekend to the sounds of dozen or birds which is much nicer. Even if it's Koels at 4am 😐

It's one of the winning lotto numbers, you just need to come up with the rest now

Yesterday driving my way home I wrote 16 on my hand to remind me to look into something.

I bloody can't remember what !

Does anybody else know please ?

Heyyyyy they're not Victorian, CHEAT !

Who's going with them. And wow I didn't know they could drive.

They're going to Melbourne for the 12th Beagle National 2026!

As you can tell by the very professional website it is a spectacular affair with much pomp and ceremony, big prizes, ribbons and trophies, fireworks, etc.

They'll probably come home with a new car to be honest. Such is the high stakes of a beagle show.

Ok I'll bite. What's happnin

Our puppies have decided to go on a holiday. They've left us to look after the house while they're gone as long as we promise not to throw any wild parties.

Bye puppies, have a lovely trip!

Is it Friday yet ? I'm tired.

Yesterday at work we demolished lots and lots of office furniture. I'd say there was $20,000 worth at least. ( Possibly double that I don't know ) Really solid great quality stuff. Another department from the wider company are moving in. It broke my heart mildly to be a part of it. I could not grab anything as the boss said it needed to go yesterday and that's that. It filled a decent sized skip.

I mean taking a large hammer to stuff and actually smashing it up wasn't a bad thing, quite fun really. Just the sheer waste.

Well to clarify, Weds is payslip day, it goes in at midnight.

Damn see I'm not getting my facts right....

I'll have a look into that movie, although it might be disturbing.

how the hell did I then think it was Tuesday still ? Is this early onset dementia ? Or just normal timeframe onset dementia, is this how it starts. Kinda not even joking although I’m fairly sure it isn’t.

The cool(?) part about dementia is would you even know if you had dementia? If you're aware enough to know that you're forgetting things does that rule out dementia do you think?

If you want an absolute mindfuck, check out The Father (2020). It is how I picture dementia now. It's goddamn terrifying.

Well Wednesday is payday, woohoo

Oh man, I gotta wait until Thursday before I get that cheese :(

Ok I thought it was Tuesday even though I had tickets in last night's ( Tuesday of course ) Lotto and just won $16 from 2 tickets that cost almost $100.

Apart from that disappointment, how the hell did I then think it was Tuesday still ? Is this early onset dementia ? Or just normal timeframe onset dementia, is this how it starts. Kinda not even joking although I'm fairly sure it isn't.

Well anyway the inconvenience of the 24 hours blood pressure monitor went well, as in the results are nothing to worry about. Looking at my record of previous tests done at the docs shows that it's quite high often, but the 24 hours test shows that it's fine thank goodness.

Well Wednesday is payday, woohoo. Have a good one.

Every morning the first half a K is dodge the Plovers and the Curlews. One Curlew just stopped in its tracks and stared into my headlights. It was like a stand-off. I was fully stopped at this point by the way.

Well I'm hooked up to a blood pressure monitor for 24 hours. The thing pumps up every half an hour, I it's damn tight I can tell you. I managed to get a decent sleep thankfully.

Oh and Jesus was it bloody sticky at work yesterday ! I was struggling that's for sure.

Not in the slightest!

Have you managed to keep the hounds clean ?

Lovely piece of land there. Yes, I’d have one of those if I had something like that, or a ride on.

Done, with the help of family which I am very grateful for. It’s starting to warm up here in the Mary Valley.

Acquire robot mower, enjoy infinite free time!

(Disclaimer: the amount of time you spent fiddling and fixing the robot mower may or may not exceed the amount of time you would have otherwise spent mowing)

TRK"s garden has now been watered sufficiently.

Our yard has gone from arid wasteland to boggy marsh. Thinking about planting lilies and reeds next.