Don Knowles
@dxk.bsky.social
SciFi fan, Amateur Photographer, Motorcyclist, Atheist, Republic for Australia! @DonXK on the blue bird site.
A photo of a small pale green moth on one of my t-shirts hanging on the line to dry. Taken with my phone. #photography
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A photo of a small pale green moth on one of my t-shirts hanging on the line to dry. Taken with my phone. #photography
More "politicus interruptus": Two turtles on a log in Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. I'm not sure if it was a standoff or if they were just saying Hi. #photography
September 16, 2025 at 7:45 AM
More "politicus interruptus": Two turtles on a log in Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. I'm not sure if it was a standoff or if they were just saying Hi. #photography
Another photo from Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. A pelican preening on a log, watched by a cormorant
September 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Another photo from Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. A pelican preening on a log, watched by a cormorant
I drove up Mt. Archer, with a polarising filter attached to the camera lens, thinking it could cut through the haze. Silly me! The smoke/haze I usually complain about has gone through the roof, the filter failed utterly. #photography #failedphotography
September 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I drove up Mt. Archer, with a polarising filter attached to the camera lens, thinking it could cut through the haze. Silly me! The smoke/haze I usually complain about has gone through the roof, the filter failed utterly. #photography #failedphotography
We've got bushfire burnoff in the Berserker Ranges. This is a phone photo from the north end of Kemp Beach near Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia, showing the smoke rising until flattened by the westerly wind. The plume extends beyond the Keppel Islands. ##photography
August 31, 2025 at 7:47 AM
We've got bushfire burnoff in the Berserker Ranges. This is a phone photo from the north end of Kemp Beach near Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia, showing the smoke rising until flattened by the westerly wind. The plume extends beyond the Keppel Islands. ##photography
In my continuing series of experiments with wide-angle photography: A water runnel in sand, plus rocks, shadowed by late afternoon sun. Let's play "spot the bare foot print"! #photography
August 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In my continuing series of experiments with wide-angle photography: A water runnel in sand, plus rocks, shadowed by late afternoon sun. Let's play "spot the bare foot print"! #photography
My fun day at the beach included some more experiments with the ultra-wide angle lens. This is a view of the harbour side cliff face showing the basalt columns of Double Head at Rosslyn Bay near Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia. #photography
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
My fun day at the beach included some more experiments with the ultra-wide angle lens. This is a view of the harbour side cliff face showing the basalt columns of Double Head at Rosslyn Bay near Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia. #photography
I've been experimenting with an ultra-wide lens for an older camera that I bought some time ago. I'm trying to work out how to best make use of it. Let me know what you think of my "signs of civilization". #photography
August 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I've been experimenting with an ultra-wide lens for an older camera that I bought some time ago. I'm trying to work out how to best make use of it. Let me know what you think of my "signs of civilization". #photography
Just for a change of pace, a photo from my phone of Venus and Jupiter (faintly) taken this morning #photography:
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Just for a change of pace, a photo from my phone of Venus and Jupiter (faintly) taken this morning #photography:
Another photo of a cormorant or darter, taken at Woolwash Lagoon, Rockhampton. It was on the near shore of the lagoon so I didn't even need my long lens! The sunshine is showing clearly the striped feathers near the base of it's wings. #photography #nativebird
August 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Another photo of a cormorant or darter, taken at Woolwash Lagoon, Rockhampton. It was on the near shore of the lagoon so I didn't even need my long lens! The sunshine is showing clearly the striped feathers near the base of it's wings. #photography #nativebird
Not a bird! I went hunting fog photos early, and got this shot of the Moon surrounded, not by a halo, but fuzzy with fog. #photography
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Not a bird! I went hunting fog photos early, and got this shot of the Moon surrounded, not by a halo, but fuzzy with fog. #photography
All Hail! The Cormorant, King of the Log, has arrived. Worship Me ... if you will. Another of the denizens of Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. #photography #nativebird
July 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
All Hail! The Cormorant, King of the Log, has arrived. Worship Me ... if you will. Another of the denizens of Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. #photography #nativebird
Reposted to hook it into my own profile: love the song!
July 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reposted to hook it into my own profile: love the song!
More of the native bird life on Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. This one is a cormorant or possibly a (similar) darter, resting on a stump in the middle of the lagoon and enjoying some afternoon sun. #photography #nativebird
July 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
More of the native bird life on Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. This one is a cormorant or possibly a (similar) darter, resting on a stump in the middle of the lagoon and enjoying some afternoon sun. #photography #nativebird
3 native ducks all in a row on Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. I didn't have to bribe them or anything! #photography #nativebirds
July 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
3 native ducks all in a row on Yeppen Lagoon, Rockhampton, Australia. I didn't have to bribe them or anything! #photography #nativebirds
This photo was taken across the Woolwash (lagoon) on Port Curtis Road (the old highway) just out of Rockhampton. I think it's a wedgetail eagle, perched in a lookout tree popular with local birds. #photography #bird
July 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This photo was taken across the Woolwash (lagoon) on Port Curtis Road (the old highway) just out of Rockhampton. I think it's a wedgetail eagle, perched in a lookout tree popular with local birds. #photography #bird
A giant moth has taken up the residence in my home. It is itself slightly moth-eaten. #photography
June 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A giant moth has taken up the residence in my home. It is itself slightly moth-eaten. #photography
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Reposting this for the next 24 hours.
Happy Barack Obama Day!
Happy Barack Obama Day!
Happy Barack Obama Day! (it’s June 14 in Australia)
#BarackObamaDay
#BarackObamaDay
June 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Reposting this for the next 24 hours.
Happy Barack Obama Day!
Happy Barack Obama Day!
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"Aukus will be shown for what it always has been: a deal hurriedly scribbled on the back of an envelope by Scott Morrison, along with the vacuous British blowhard Boris Johnson and the confused President Joe Biden."
Paul Keating
Via BBC News
Yet our inane Labor government is all in.
#AusPol
Paul Keating
Via BBC News
Yet our inane Labor government is all in.
#AusPol
June 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"Aukus will be shown for what it always has been: a deal hurriedly scribbled on the back of an envelope by Scott Morrison, along with the vacuous British blowhard Boris Johnson and the confused President Joe Biden."
Paul Keating
Via BBC News
Yet our inane Labor government is all in.
#AusPol
Paul Keating
Via BBC News
Yet our inane Labor government is all in.
#AusPol
I couldn't see any strawberries, but then my phone is a bit fuzzy at 100x zoom! #photography #fullmoon
June 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I couldn't see any strawberries, but then my phone is a bit fuzzy at 100x zoom! #photography #fullmoon
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Four graphs that help explain Labor's landslide victory as well as the continuing decline in major party support. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-four...
FED2025 – Four Graphs on Labor’s Landslide Victory
The ‘L’ word hasn’t featured much in post-election coverage, but it’s time to be clear about the result. The re-election of the Albanese government has been a landslide vict…
antonygreen.com.au
May 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Four graphs that help explain Labor's landslide victory as well as the continuing decline in major party support. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-four...
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If you updated to Android Galaxy One UI 7 and found that your battery is draining at an alarming rate, it's because of the Gemini AI.
Here's how to disable it. It's pretty easy, but there's a few steps.
Oh, and please share this post. I haven't seen any instructions for this...
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Here's how to disable it. It's pretty easy, but there's a few steps.
Oh, and please share this post. I haven't seen any instructions for this...
1/4
May 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If you updated to Android Galaxy One UI 7 and found that your battery is draining at an alarming rate, it's because of the Gemini AI.
Here's how to disable it. It's pretty easy, but there's a few steps.
Oh, and please share this post. I haven't seen any instructions for this...
1/4
Here's how to disable it. It's pretty easy, but there's a few steps.
Oh, and please share this post. I haven't seen any instructions for this...
1/4
Sunset from Mt. Archer, Rockhampton yesterday. For a little more "breakup of politics". #photography
May 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Sunset from Mt. Archer, Rockhampton yesterday. For a little more "breakup of politics". #photography
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There's no such thing as a safe seat anymore.
And that's a good thing!
As more and more Australians vote for candidates outside the major parties, the idea of a 'safe' seat is increasingly a thing of the past.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
And that's a good thing!
As more and more Australians vote for candidates outside the major parties, the idea of a 'safe' seat is increasingly a thing of the past.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
April 29, 2025 at 5:12 AM
There's no such thing as a safe seat anymore.
And that's a good thing!
As more and more Australians vote for candidates outside the major parties, the idea of a 'safe' seat is increasingly a thing of the past.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
And that's a good thing!
As more and more Australians vote for candidates outside the major parties, the idea of a 'safe' seat is increasingly a thing of the past.
@joshuablackjb.bsky.social #auspol
Saturday Sunset from Mt.Archer, to interrupt the flow of politics again. #photography
April 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Saturday Sunset from Mt.Archer, to interrupt the flow of politics again. #photography