Anyone who hasn't yet seen the #Emergency Kit #Checklist, this may be helpful. Some of this probably more pertinent if you are in a house. But, still generally good advice!

I"ve just been advised that our lifts might be turned off too. I'm not aware of any of my neighbours that have a #disability on my floor. However, please check in on your #elderly neighbours or those with #mobility issues, in case they need assistance!

#BePrepared #Cyclone #Alfred #SouthEastQueensland #Brisbane #Meanjin

Queensland government to trial 50 cent public transport fares to ease cost of living, congestion as state election looms

Bus, train, ferry and light rail fares will be dramatically reduced as the Queensland government hopes to "give people a reason to get back to public transport".

ABC News

If you know what this is you're a real one

#brisbane #southeastqueensland

Sunshine Coast,
You are ignoring history if your aim is ‘Not to become like the Gold Coast’.

Gold Coast was designed to be a car-centric city and strongly resisted public transport and light rail.
(Literally ripping up tram and train rails.)
The light rail was one of the best things to occur for commuters and tourists, minimising road congestion.

‘Trackless’ public transport would not work, due to the lack of ‘right of way’. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-20/public-transport-rapid-bus-over-light-rail-sunshine-coast/103247084
#QldPol #SouthEastQueensland

Regional cities with transit systems 'designed around utes' destined to die, transport expert warns

Regional cities with transit systems "designed around utes" are destined to die, warns a leading Australian sustainability expert.

ABC News

A surprise when watering the garden today. A Dog Vomit Slime Mould had popped up.

I've seen photos online but never had one in my own garden. It was quite hot today, 28.8°C (in winter!), so not sure if that contributed.

It's been moved off the poor suffocating lettuce sprouts now.

#Gardening #GardeningAU #DogVomitSlimeMould #SlimeMould #SouthEastQueensland

Sewists in #brisbane, #logan and #southeastqueensland need to go to Tradways at Stapleton. They are basically a liquidation retailer and they have a bunch of craft fabrics (or quilting fabric) and some fashion fabrics that aren't terribly trendy but the basics are good. They also have a habby section that is basically my life saver. I went there today to pick up more woven fusible interfacing - for a nice midweight it's $6.50/m compared to $14-20/m at Spotlight.

Buttons come in traditional tubes and you buy them per button - ones I bought today were 15c each! They have trims that start at 60c/m!! Zips from $1.50 - even metal teeth and long ones!

They also have cheap curtains - a huge wall of them are premade, and then another section of cut and sew curtaining. Upholstery! Vinyl! Also workwear, tools and other completely random shit!

This has been #frugalsewing corner.
#sewing #brisbanesewing #queensland

I might live in #southeastqueensland but that doesn't mean we're not subjected to the occasional alien invasion

#DoctorWhoَ

A Hawaiian Cuckoo hanging around the past few days. Looking for a nest to lay her eggs I’m guessing. An abandoned nest of a Wattle bird in one of my hanging pot plants, so I’ve planted a fake egg hoping the cuckoo may lay her egg here. #HawaiianCuckoo #WattleBird #Birds #Nest #Bundaberg #SouthEastQueensland