Lowlandsbeach
@lowlandsbeach.bsky.social
Storyminding, Biodiversity Blissfinding, Respect for Aboriginal culture. Western Australia https://lowlandsbeach.medium.com/happy-halloween-breakfast-with-a-view-e4f80617be47
At a very boring community meeting. I'm on the side of the lizards and the gum trees. Distracting myself with this morning s photos from rare trip north of the river
February 4, 2026 at 11:18 AM
At a very boring community meeting. I'm on the side of the lizards and the gum trees. Distracting myself with this morning s photos from rare trip north of the river
It's Trains! Gotta love out Perth trains, so clean, so uncrowded, so affordable. $2.80 to the airport www.instagram.com/reel/DUQ5xB8...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 AM
It's Trains! Gotta love out Perth trains, so clean, so uncrowded, so affordable. $2.80 to the airport www.instagram.com/reel/DUQ5xB8...
Travels on the 532. Swamp hen in a tree at Manning Lake. Turtle nests preyed upon 😢. Crested pigeon
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Travels on the 532. Swamp hen in a tree at Manning Lake. Turtle nests preyed upon 😢. Crested pigeon
Travels on the 532. Swamp hen in a tree at Manning Lake. Turtle nests preyed upon 😢. Crested pigeon
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Travels on the 532. Swamp hen in a tree at Manning Lake. Turtle nests preyed upon 😢. Crested pigeon
Mushrooms can be used as processors and memory chips for computers. More energy efficient than silicon
"In this study, we explored shiitake...* scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
"In this study, we explored shiitake...* scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Mushrooms can be used as processors and memory chips for computers. More energy efficient than silicon
"In this study, we explored shiitake...* scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
"In this study, we explored shiitake...* scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
More travels on the 532. This time to Bathers Beach. Beware of submerged objects. Seems the seahorse marine littering project is now over as litter container padlocked
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 AM
More travels on the 532. This time to Bathers Beach. Beware of submerged objects. Seems the seahorse marine littering project is now over as litter container padlocked
The South West Native Title Settlement (Australia's 1st treaty, does the settlement mean that sovereignty was ceded in 2021?) extinguished Native Title, but Nannup Shire website doesn't reflect this: instead of acknowledging Traditional Owners, they acknowledge Native Title Holders. Confused?
January 31, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The South West Native Title Settlement (Australia's 1st treaty, does the settlement mean that sovereignty was ceded in 2021?) extinguished Native Title, but Nannup Shire website doesn't reflect this: instead of acknowledging Traditional Owners, they acknowledge Native Title Holders. Confused?
Travels on the 532. Lots of deposits of rocks and shells at North end of south beach. Lots of little corellas up in the trees and yogis under the trees. Sometimes there are yellow crested cockatoos (not doing yoga tho) . Unloved by Ag dept.
January 31, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Travels on the 532. Lots of deposits of rocks and shells at North end of south beach. Lots of little corellas up in the trees and yogis under the trees. Sometimes there are yellow crested cockatoos (not doing yoga tho) . Unloved by Ag dept.
Volunteering helping watering the Clontarf hill reveg. We have 3 kinds of gum tree in the reveg: tuarts, E. decipiens and E. foecunda.
January 30, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Volunteering helping watering the Clontarf hill reveg. We have 3 kinds of gum tree in the reveg: tuarts, E. decipiens and E. foecunda.
Grasshopper today while weeding the remnant urban bushland
October 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Grasshopper today while weeding the remnant urban bushland
Question of balance? Removing fumitory in urban fragment reveg bushland (weed paradise) to save reveg native seedlings, or preserve weedy understorey as bobtail habitat? Mosaic a bit of both perhaps?
October 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Question of balance? Removing fumitory in urban fragment reveg bushland (weed paradise) to save reveg native seedlings, or preserve weedy understorey as bobtail habitat? Mosaic a bit of both perhaps?
"The overpowering pain that someone is feeling when they take their own life doesn’t go away when they die. It just gets passed on to the people who love them."
An important and very well-written piece.
Obvious trigger warning, discussion of suicide
Obvious trigger warning, discussion of suicide
Dad was extraordinarily selfless, disciplined and stoic. Until it all got too much
I’ll always wonder if things might have turned out differently if he’d had just one understanding mate or a crew where he wasn’t in the role of dad or husband.
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"The overpowering pain that someone is feeling when they take their own life doesn’t go away when they die. It just gets passed on to the people who love them."
"conservationists have dedicated decades to protecting cool temperate rainforests in the north west of the state in an area where research demonstrates that, pre invasion, these forests largely didn’t exist"
'The forest conservation movement is not equipped to respond meaningfully to First Nation aspirations because it has not accepted that forested lands were never a wilderness. There is no shared space that allows a starting point in discussing what next'.
themountainjournal.com/2025/09/10/l...
themountainjournal.com/2025/09/10/l...
Letting go of the wilderness. Holding on to the Wild
As the process of a Treaty between First Peoples and the state of Victoria gets closer to agreement, I keep wondering about what it will all mean for the lands that we love. With an end to native f…
themountainjournal.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"conservationists have dedicated decades to protecting cool temperate rainforests in the north west of the state in an area where research demonstrates that, pre invasion, these forests largely didn’t exist"
Yummy quick soup for cold wet day. I just ate 2 servings! I added a dash of milk & a squeeze of lemon to my bowl instead of to the pot as I'm going to freeze the leftovers www.kyleecooks.com/white-bean-p...
October 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Yummy quick soup for cold wet day. I just ate 2 servings! I added a dash of milk & a squeeze of lemon to my bowl instead of to the pot as I'm going to freeze the leftovers www.kyleecooks.com/white-bean-p...
Being educated. So far I've learnt that "There are no randomised controlled trials of parachutes"
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Being educated. So far I've learnt that "There are no randomised controlled trials of parachutes"
I think this might be ricinocarpos wedding bush. Seven petalled flowers and grooved fruit in Mueller Park Subiaco Western Australia. Wondering if 7 petals are unusual?
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I think this might be ricinocarpos wedding bush. Seven petalled flowers and grooved fruit in Mueller Park Subiaco Western Australia. Wondering if 7 petals are unusual?
Settlement of native title in Western Australia described as 'Australia's First Treaty'. Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016. Noongar Boodja Trust receiving yearly instalments of $50 million for 12 years static1.squarespace.com/static/56cac...
September 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Settlement of native title in Western Australia described as 'Australia's First Treaty'. Noongar (Koorah, Nitja, Boordahwan) (Past, Present, Future) Recognition Act 2016. Noongar Boodja Trust receiving yearly instalments of $50 million for 12 years static1.squarespace.com/static/56cac...
"Conservationists have dedicated decades to protecting cool temperate rainforests in the north west of the state in an area where research demonstrates that, pre invasion, these forests largely didn’t exist at scale" themountainjournal.com/2025/09/10/l...
September 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Conservationists have dedicated decades to protecting cool temperate rainforests in the north west of the state in an area where research demonstrates that, pre invasion, these forests largely didn’t exist at scale" themountainjournal.com/2025/09/10/l...
India Day parade in Freo today. Scottish bagpipes and Indian bagpipes
August 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
India Day parade in Freo today. Scottish bagpipes and Indian bagpipes
Love this vid of wind turbines rising
If you old enough, you've seen these
If you've not seen these, you're now old enough
It is time to move on
Thanks @ecotricity.bsky.social
Coal towers exiting, wind on the rise
(More in the reply)
If you've not seen these, you're now old enough
It is time to move on
Thanks @ecotricity.bsky.social
Coal towers exiting, wind on the rise
(More in the reply)
August 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Love this vid of wind turbines rising
Choice of sites for windfarms, there may be some no go areas. Well positioned windfarms are needed to replace ageing coal plants and cut greenhouse gas emissions. I don't know enough about this to comment www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Which way will the wind blow? Decision day looms for planned windfarm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island
Bird lovers and business leaders await verdict on a long-fought proposal to build up to 100 turbines
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Choice of sites for windfarms, there may be some no go areas. Well positioned windfarms are needed to replace ageing coal plants and cut greenhouse gas emissions. I don't know enough about this to comment www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Make your submission now to protect the Northern Jarrah forests
1.3 billion tonnes of GHG emissions and critical risks to Perth’s water security and the Northern Jarrah forests. There’s a few more days to make a submission on Alcoa’s plan to expand mining in Perth hills.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Perth council rejects Alcoa bauxite drilling over water, forest concerns
US aluminium giant Alcoa's proposed expansions to its mining operations near Perth could lead to the release of three years' worth of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions — in Australia and downstream...
www.abc.net.au
August 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Make your submission now to protect the Northern Jarrah forests
You can make a submission. Terms of reference include how misinformation & disinformation related to climate change & energy is financed, produced & disseminated, including, the origins, growth & prevalence of ‘astroturfing’ and its impact on public policy & debate www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
August 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
You can make a submission. Terms of reference include how misinformation & disinformation related to climate change & energy is financed, produced & disseminated, including, the origins, growth & prevalence of ‘astroturfing’ and its impact on public policy & debate www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
You have until 21 August to make your submission to EPA to protect the Northern Jarrah forest. Your to do list for the weekend starts here wafa.org.au/alcoa/
August 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
You have until 21 August to make your submission to EPA to protect the Northern Jarrah forest. Your to do list for the weekend starts here wafa.org.au/alcoa/