There is a push to try and build a greyhound racing track in Orange, NSW.

Please sign and share this petition widely!
https://communitybeforegreyhoundtracks.nationbuilder.com/petition

(also, today is Poppy's Gotcha Day—we've had her for two years. It'd be a great Gotcha Gift!)

#Dog #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #Greyhound #GreyhoundRescue #DogsOfFedi #GreyhoundAdoption #MastodonHelp #PleaseShare #PleaseHelp #Petition #Bathurst #BathurstNSW #RegionalAustralia #Australia #Orange #OrangeNSW

Just in case you are missing them, the beautiful Diamond, Gimbir and Girri, in that order.

Pics by Cilla, the PF researcher

#PeregrineFalcons #OrangeNSW .

Tucked away in the heart of Orange, NSW, this classic Aussie chicken schnitzel from the local club hit all the right notes — golden, crispy, and full of flavour! 😍 Whether you're travelling through regional Australia or just love hearty pub meals, this one's for you. Would you give it a go?

#travelphototime #australiafoodie #countryaustralia #chickenschnitzel #orangeNSW #foodshorts #travelblogger #clubfood #travelphotography

This is appalling.

#auspol #healthcare #abortion #women #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensRights #nswhealth #nswpol #nsw #orangensw

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/orange-hospital-directs-staff-to-stop-providing-some-abortions/104537862

I'm a big fan of Eggs Benedict and like to try the dish whenever we stop for breakfast. We just went shopping at Woolworths on the Northern Distributor that runs north of Orange, NSW and had brekky at a small café in the same centre. Naturally, I had to try their Eggs Benny.

I'm here to tell ya, it was the best Eggs Benny I have ever had the pleasure to eat, and I've eaten a LOT of versions. Bloody beautiful.

"Fabrew", 9 Telopea Way, Orange NSW.

Made sure that I took the time to stop and congratulate the server, cook, and manager (much to their surprise).

#Food #GoodFood #EatOut #Australia #NewSouthWales #OrangeNSW #EggsBenny

We'll probably be attending the council meeting on Tuesday, please come along and help show Orange Council that queer rights are human rights, and that queerphobia isn't acceptable.

You don't have to live in Orange to attend and support - we don't.

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Taken from the Facebook post of David Mallard - Green's Councillor for Orange, NSW:

"Friends, I’m disgusted that Councillor Kevin Duffy is moving to cancel the upcoming Orange Rainbow Festival.

His bringing this motion and the ensuing public debate will cause harm within the local LGBTQIA+ community, and it will also damage Orange’s public reputation and perception by potential visitors. This motion is politically opportunistic and follows a coordinated campaign of misinformation and hate that has targeted Orange City Councillors during the past few months.

We need to meet the misinformation and fear with positivity, pride and allyship. The opponents of the Orange Rainbow Festival are trying to turn reality on its head and misrepresent this event as one based on ideology, when it’s actually about providing the inclusion, acceptance and affirmation that we know is needed to prevent the homophobia and transphobia that leads to discrimination, stigmatisation, harassment, bullying and other harms to LGBTQIA+ people.

To defeat this awful motion, we need the community to come together and show our support for the Rainbow Festival and for an inclusive community.

We need as many supporters and allies as possible to come to Tuesday evening’s Council meeting, which starts at 6:30pm on Tuesday, 5th March in the Council chamber on Byng Street.

We need you to bring positivity, pride, a rainbow of colours, and most of all love for our entire community. Unfortunately it likely there will be opponents of the festival and of the wellbeing of the LGBTQIA+ community in attendance as well. Come ready to withstand their hostility and intolerance, and prepared to overwhelm that with our pride, acceptance and love.

Please share this news and the opportunity to lend support to the LGBTQIA+ community with anyone who might be willing to support our efforts. Get in touch if you have any questions or thoughts.

Orange is better than this, and we can begin to make that clear as we respond to Councillor Duffy’s motion in the coming days."

#AusPol #Australia #OrangeNSW #CentralWestNSW #RegionalAustralia #queerphobia #homophobia #transphobia #queer #trans #anarchism #pride #activism #PleaseShare

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/pz1M1R6EMMxUZrkT/?mibextid=oFDknk

Yesterday I ran in the Orange Running Festival 2023 and completed my first ever Half-Marathon! Ran with 344 other people. I did it in 2:00:41 - just a smidge over 2 hours! I'm a bit annoyed because I thought I'd finished strong enough to get under 2 hours, but my Samsung Health and Strava distances didn't match the course markers, so while I thought I'd done enough, officially I hadn't.

But that's just a minor blip, I did the thing!

#Running #OrangeRunningFestival #OrangeNSW