sometimes when youre a dog and theres a big storm you just need your mum to pile soft things in top of you

#Dog #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #RegionalAustralia #storm #weather #WeatherWarning #Bathurst #BathurstNSW

If you've spent time in regional Australia, you know there's a particular kind of musical talent that accumulates quietly outside the capital cities - nurtured in local scenes, passed between towns, occasionally breaking through and more often not.

Our government has largely decided that regional Australia is a touring problem to be solved, not a creative community to be invested in. Fewer gigs, less press, no budget. Invisibility.

The Pack's geofenced discovery is designed to address this directly - giving listeners the ability to find artists from regional and rural communities, and giving those artists an audience that has never had a structural reason to find them before.

Help us build it: https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#RegionalAustralia #ThePackMusic #LocalMusic #AustralianArtists

There's a particular pleasure in discovering that the person who made the music you've had on repeat lives three suburbs away.

This kind of discovery is almost impossible on major streaming platforms - and it isn't a scale problem that will solve itself. It's a design choice.

Music Australia's 2025 research shows that 71% of Australians feel pride hearing Australian music. 66% want to hear more. Only 31% actively seek it out - not because the desire isn't there, but because the infrastructure doesn't support it.

The Pack's geofenced discovery is being designed to let you surface artists from your suburb, your city, your region. When a regional artist is discovered by someone in their own community, it has different consequences than being added to a global playlist.

You can help us build this. Our crowdfunding campaign is live. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#LocalMusic #MusicDiscovery #RegionalAustralia #FirstNationsMusic

Oh, you're also studying a 2nd year politics subject at uni?

I bet your uni doesn't set homework to design a new Australian flag..

"LEARNING ACTIVITY 2
The Australian national flag is a visual representation of Australian national identity, and the chances are that you know this symbol well!"

"Now you will develop a visual representation which can either be your own flag or something else."

kill me.

#uni #academia #politics #RegionalAustralia

Central West NSW towns are now listed as High Risk LGAs for mosquito-borne Japanese Encephalitis.

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The Japanese encephalitis vaccine is safe and effective for people aged 2 months and older. Vaccination is recommended for those at the highest risk of catching Japanese encephalitis.​

Once fully vaccinated, it can take between 2 to 4 weeks for your body to develop a protective immune response to the disease, so if you’re eligible, you should get vaccinated as soon as possible.

#health #Medical #Australia #NSW #RegionalAustralia #CentralWest #vaccines #NSWHealth #JapaneseEncephalitis

https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/jev/Pages/vaccination.aspx?fbclid=IwYW9zYgQr-gNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR78u2bzSdijngiIjLeVCv51jCBW8DHOOiBYZsgYeBA6ICiZXJ73cXdCCPCamQ_aem_1aepUbzT_DbmmXLa4CLenQ

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) vaccination

Vaccination is recommended for those at highest risk. Once fully vaccinated, it can take between 2 to 4 weeks for your body to develop a protective immune response to the disease, so if you’re eligible, you should get vaccinated as soon as possible.

I just had someone on Facebook unfriend me because I pointed out that Chuck Norris was a MAGA supporter.

I don't really care tbh. Me adding them a week ago *felt wrong*, because I have a carefully curated friend list of like 60 people who I actually have friendships with.. it was a practice in widening my friend circles.

The thing that did amuse me was his screed about how I apparently "have a cry" when someone doesn't agree with me while he's the one who is deleting people he disagrees with..

Ok babe.

#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #Australia #ChuckNorris #eyeroll

A tranquil expanse where the iron bridge meets the golden shore of the Murray.

Albury, New South Wales, Australia.

© All Rights Reserved by Kev Peirce.

#Photo #Photography #Australia #NSW #LakeHume #AlburyWodonga #MurrayRiver #AustralianLandscape #BethangaBridge #SummerVibes #WaterfrontViews #RegionalAustralia

It's unusual to see a real estate website focus on arts and cultural infrastructure in regional centres. Sure, it is ultimately about property prices, but it does provide a good overview of recent and current regional art gallery redevelopments.

#RegionalAustralia #RegionalArts #VisualArts
https://www.domain.com.au/news/regional-renaissance-how-art-galleries-are-driving-property-booms-in-country-towns-1491221/

Petrol at the station near us:

05.03 4pm - 176.9
07.03 9pm - 179.9
09.03 9am - 185.9
10.03 9am - 199.9
10.03 3pm - 208.9
11.03 9am - 209.9
11.03 5pm - 210.9
11.03 10pm - 213.9
12.03 5pm - 215.9
13.03 5pm - 217.9
14.03 7pm - 227.9

#Bathurst #BathurstNSW #RegionalAustralia #Australia #fuel #FuelPrices