Augustus Brown 🌈Jun 19

🎧 Story of Barry McCluskey, the first nurse diagnosed with HIV in Australia and the prejudice he faced in regional Victoria.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/abc-rewind/abc-rewind-hiv-prejudice-nursing-/106699366

#History #Warrnambool #HIV

Blood, prejudice and nursing - ABC listen

It's the 1980s, and the first devastating decade of the AIDS pandemic. A young student nurse tests positive for the virus. and this information ends up on the front page of his local newspaper. A tale of fear and prejudice. but also of great courage, and love. 

ABC listen
AllQuakes - EMSCFeb 28
🔔#Earthquake M3.0 strikes 73 km S of #Warrnambool (#Australia) 12 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1952642
FrankDec 29

Victorian master builder transforms Warrnambool house into castle for his son

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-29/builder-transforms-warrnambool-home-into-castle-for-son/106176624

One for @weirdestate

#News #Housing #Castle #Builder #Medieval #Warrnambool

Victorian master builder transforms Warrnambool house into castle for his son

They say "a man's home is his castle," but one builder from south-west Victoria has taken that literally when creating a dream home for his son.

ABC News
Yvonne PerkinsOct 19, 2025

Over the last few days I have been sharing about the landscape of western Victoria which is covered with volcanos, some of which erupted comparatively recently, as little as 10,000 years ago. The Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland also has quite a few volcanos of a similar age.

The eruptions of both the western Victorian and Far North Queensland volcanos have been remembered by the Aboriginal peoples of the respective regions. They have carefully passed on this history in their oral storytelling traditions for thousands of years.

Today the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) has published some of these indigenous histories. Read these stories about the creation of landscape that includes the stories about the volcanos: https://www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/topic/landscape-change/

#volcanos #WesternDistrict #AthertonTablelands #TowerHill #Warrnambool #OzHist

Landscape Change: explore the epic history of the First Nations peoples of Australia by topic

From navigation and hunting to volcanic eruptions and the ice age, learn how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have lived, created and cared for Country for more than 65,000 years.

Deep Time - ABC News
Show threadYvonne PerkinsOct 19, 2025

There were emus. Unfortunately these emus are not afraid of cars. I saw them go right up to a car.

I am very wary of emus because they can be aggressive. These were OK, but I used the zoom to capture these photos.

#Warrnambool #TowerHill #Emu

Show threadYvonne PerkinsOct 19, 2025

I was disappointed the information centre was not open. The building was designed by Robin Boyd - a famous mid-twentieth century Australian architect. There was a sign proclaiming that it was being renovated and would re-open in 2023, but it was closed. Looking through the windows showed it was completely empty inside.

#Warrnambool #TowerHill

Show threadYvonne PerkinsOct 19, 2025

You should definitely try to visit Tower Hill if you are in the Warrnambool area. There is a short circuit drive that meant my elderly mother could enjoy the scenes.

#Warrnambool #TowerHill

Yvonne PerkinsOct 19, 2025

We visited Tower Hill, near Warrnambool for a drive this afternoon. It is the site of a volcano that last exploded about 35,000 years ago.

#Warrnambool #TowerHill

Show threadYvonne PerkinsOct 19, 2025

We visited the Warrnambool Art Gallery. It is small but has a good collection of Aboriginal artists, colonial artists and modern Australian artists like Joy Hester, Brett Whitely and John Olson.

#Warrnambool #ArtGallery

Show threadYvonne PerkinsOct 19, 2025

The Fletcher Jones markets have a lot of old vinyl records.

#Warrnambool #VinylRecords