I'll be at the Clunes Book Town Festival this weekend selling my books! If you're in the region of #Ballarat or #Bendigo come along and say hi!

#ClunesBookTown #books #reading @bookstodon #Clunes #Festival

Six train lines shut over one of the busiest weekends of the year http://dlvr.it/TRM8r1 #Formula1 #RailNews #VLine #Bendigo
Six train lines shut over one of the busiest weekends of the year http://dlvr.it/TRM8j9 #Formula1 #RailNews #VLine #Bendigo
Six train lines shut over one of the busiest weekends of the year http://dlvr.it/TRM8Zm #Formula1 #RailNews #VLine #Bendigo
From IT boardrooms to 10 million bricks: The Brickman's unlikely empire

How Ryan 'Brickman' McNaught left a corporate IT career to build a 38-person global LEGO business, with a new Bendigo exhibition opening now.

The Daily Perspective
Echuca included in statewide train service expansions http://dlvr.it/TQzLnj #RailNews #VLine #Bendigo #Echuca
Echuca included in statewide train service expansions http://dlvr.it/TQzLhW #RailNews #VLine #Bendigo #Echuca
Echuca included in statewide train service expansions http://dlvr.it/TQzLhS #RailNews #VLine #Bendigo #Echuca

Here's a twist in the Santana story I didn't see coming. The ODT headline reads:

"Santana chairman ‘clearly a cooker’

They're not wrong. Peter Cook (no relation) is a first class climate denier who believes CO2 is ‘‘the gas of life’’. Yep. That bad. There's more in the story.

Prof James Renwick demolishes Cook's arguments. Special brownie points to Green MP Scott Willis for providing that memorable headline and solid quotes.

‘‘If any company wants to be taken seriously, they’ve got to get rid of the conspiracy theorists and the people who are unable to talk sensibly and respectfully with the community.

‘‘If they employ people like this, they show that they have no care and no respect for the community.’

Amen.

https://archive.ph/LLhqI#selection-1181.0-1181.35

#Santana #Bendigo #Mining #NZ

Remember those dystopian movies where they sucked the water out of dead people?
When we have drinking water shortages, it's time to rethink:
- sewage eg: why flush toilets at all? Why can't we just compost?
- laundry: how can we recycle/reuse that water?
Admit to being a fan of taking a bath to water the plants...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-24/vic-water-supply-regional-town-population-growth-bendigo/106008756

#bendigo #victoria #australia #water #sustainability

Regional Victorian cities face drinking water shortfall as populations grow

One regional city is 15 years from a shortfall of drinking water and some experts are calling for a trial to recycle wastewater into something drinkable.