Discussion Thread 🍜 Sunday 14 June 2026

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Victorians: this truly majestic creature needs a foster home!

#melbourne #victoria

Braved the overwhelm of Chadstone shopping centre on a weekend to experience the new RONE exhibition “home” and it was so worth it. It continues the theme in his past work of recreating lost domestic worlds as though the occupants disappeared leaving everything frozen in time. This one evolves from previous exhibitions by making much less use of centrepiece portraits painted on walls and by portraying outdoor scenes. Whereas previous exhibitions have been mostly in spaces with retro vibes, this one is in a shop space requiring every detail being created from scratch. The world he and his team have created is so detailed and immersive you forget where you are, it feels hard to believe you’re 10 metres from a cosmetics store.

The exhibition runs to 12 July. Entry is free, bookings are encouraged but you might be able to get walk up entry

https://www.chadstone.com.au/light-to-night/home-exhibition-by-rone

#melbourne #art

I think I'm at the right place to buy a Boards of Canada rekkid.

https://www.captainstomp.com/

#BoardsOfCanada
#Boc
#melbourne

Protesters clash outside One Nation fundraiser while Labor says opposition parties will ‘give us chaos’
By Kelly Burke and Lisa Cox

Pauline Hanson claimed fundraiser was moved from original location due to ‘too many bookings’, not because of expected protests

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/13/protesters-clash-outside-one-nation-fundraiser-while-labor-says-opposition-parties-will-give-us-chaos-ntwnfb

#OneNation #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Laborparty #Melbourne #Viacom #KellyBurke #LisaCox

Some temperate zone gardening tips that can save money and add some extra to your cooking:
1. Don't throw out the ends of your spring onions. Plant them in a pot or in the ground. The spring onions will regrow. Just cut what you need and they will grow back again.
2. Get a root cutting of common mint from someone who already grows it. They just need a spade to cut off a bit with a few roots attached. Plant this in a pot and keep it watered until established. Once it is established it should not need extra water as it is quite hardy.
3. Save a branch of Vietnamese mint next time you have Pho. Plant it in a pot9 and keep it well watered. Just cut off what you need for salads or stir fries. This prefers warmth and moisture. I would imagine it is not frost tolerant.

Common mint can take over a garden in Melbourne so keep it in a pot if you don't want it to spread much.
#GardeningAU #Melbourne

I am taking the weekend off to care for myself and prepare for an important work meeting on Monday. Grandchildren have been organised to visit their grandmother in hospital. Our daughter is refreshed after all the time we spent looking after her children and big chores last long weekend and yesterday. I am sitting on the couch having a delightful time sharing on Mastodon about those aspects of my life that I choose to share.

Our lemon tree is full of large fruit which we are starting to pick. Its form looks rather inelegant as we are in the midst of a multi-year pruning schedule to correct poor pruning practices of the previous owner. They only pruned it away from the fence so it developed a terrible lean. We nearly lost it about three years ago because it was so unbalanced that it was in danger of falling over. We had to shove a heavy outdoor table under it to stablise it. At least it can stand up by itself now.

A few weeks ago our grandchildren presented us with bean seeds they had been given at a neighbourhood Baha'i children's programme they attend each Saturday. They had also planted a couple of seeds in a paper cup. I put the paper cup outside and the seeds sprouted. I planted these in a planter a few days ago (pictured) and yesterday shoved a few out-of-date sugar snap pea seeds in the planter as well. I will plant the rest of the out-of-date seeds with the grandchildren at our daughter's place. We have nothing to lose by seeing if they will grow.

Given the unseasonally warm weather, I have kept the capsicum and chilli plants outside, but moved them into the sunniest position of our very shady backyard in front of the planter with the bean seedlings. For the last week or so, the temperatures have ranged between 17 and 19 degrees - ridiculous for Melbourne at the start of winter. Next week we are expecting similar temperatures!

Office Kitty is keeping a close eye on my work with the planter. I have shoved a heap of home-grown bamboo stakes in the planter not only to provide something for the vines to grow up, but to deter our cat from digging the seedlings up, sitting in the box and doing unmentionables!

By the way, did you know cats don't like citrus trees? Our cat loves climbing trees. When we moved here a few years ago we wanted to restrict her from escaping out of our place and had seen comments online that cats don't like citrus trees. We were sceptical, but our expert climber has not shown any interest in climbing our citrus trees.
#GardeningAU #OfficeKitty #Melbourne #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats #MastoCats

A related question to that recently posed by @philip

Which is the ❄️ coldest ❄️ railway station in Melbourne?

I vote for Richmond. It's elevated, exposed and has minimal cover. I've also spent a lot of time there waiting for a transfer train

#Melbourne #Narrm #PublicTransport #Trains #MelbourneWeather