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caravonicapat.bsky.social
Pat of the Jackos
@caravonicapat.bsky.social
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Living in Elliston, South Australia on Wirangu, Nauo and Kokatha land. It’s coastal and the town is small.
History, archives and a bunch of other stuff.
I probably won’t follow you back if you follow me. I’m at my maximum following limit.
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Happy birthday beautiful BillyBoyBumbleButt, pussycat of awesomeness and giver and receiver of love ❤️.

A hug for you (and you can have one too, Maggie).
A light brown teddy bear with a paw hugging a toy black and white cat. They’re in a brown bookcase.
October 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Our new house in Elliston is just about ready. We move in mid October.

Loads of packing to do now!

#SouthAustralia #EyrePeninsula
A newly built how with slanted roof. Darker shade of blue on the bottom, lighter shade of blue at top. Water tank on the left for fighting fires. Builder’s sign to the right. Built by Stotty’s Building, based in Port Lincoln, South Australia.
September 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Dear Marie, good that you’re home. I hope your pain levels decrease and that you can make yourself as comfortable as a cat sleeping on folded up bath mats. ♥️
Moniquey the cat (ginger tabby with loads of white) perched on blue and green folded up bath mats
August 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Brenda, big hugs for you. You’re allowed to feel overwhelmed at times.
Two teddy bears sitting on a verandah railing watching the sunset at Waterloo Bay, Elliston, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
August 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Me too! Especially if it’s a rubbish bin of joy!

Genova Nervi. May 2023
A green rubbish bin with a moulded nose, big wide eyes and a big smiley mouth where you put your rubbish. It’s a rubbish bin that’s delighted to accept your rubbish.
August 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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For you, Moniquey the Magnificent being worshipped by some of her subjects. 🫂
Sitting atop a green lounge is a ginger and white tabby cat looking somewhat suspiciously at a toy camel, a toy warthog and a toy squirrel who are looking up at her.
August 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Here’s some role models for her!

Chateau Royale, Blois
Four stone gargoyles lined up in a row inside the chateau. They are in the form of people, who look as if they’ve drunk too much and/or had something bad to eat. Their mouths are wide open, uncomfortably so.
August 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Dear Sista, I hope things look up for you.
Please enjoy these happy bums from the Chateau Royale in Blois, France.
A happy sculpture. Two large statue/sculptures of people coming together for a kiss. They have no clothes on. They have big bums and only eyes and lips for each other.
July 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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We use a portable toilet roll holder and stand. Picked it up as a best buy from Coles, however Ikea has a similar item.

The Ikea one is called Krokfjorden. I’ve included an image of it below. $15.00.
Toilet roll stand and holder next to a toilet. There are three rolls of toilet paper on the stand and one in reach on the holder.
June 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Nature’s lacework.
Spider’s web covered in frost.
Harden-Murrumburrah, New South Wales. June 2025
#SpiderWeb #nature #frost
A spider’s web strung up from a wooden deck. It’s more triangular than a web strung up across tree branches. The intricate weaving is highlighted by crystals of frost.
June 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Oh Bec, I’m sorry that you’re feeling so down. Here’s something beautiful and rather odd for you to look at.

Mermaid door handles found on some impressive doors in Torino, Italy.
Mermaid door handles with pert breasts on large wooden doors. The tops of their breasts look like they’ve been delicately fondled by many folk over a century or two.
April 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Someone disturbed the silver gulls at the Fowlers Bay Jetty. #birds #SouthAustralia
A grey jetty leading into the sea, the last rays of sunlight are hitting the end of the jetty. There are seven gulls sitting on the boards, one on the side of the jetty and one has had enough and is flying away, off to the right. There are no people in this photo because Fowlers Bay is a very remote part of South Australia.
April 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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That’s because he’s busy.
A toy Basil Brush and a Care Flight nurse bear are getting to know each other on a home printer.
April 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Hugs, Maggie, hugs
Two golden teddy bears sitting on a green and yellow balustrade. They are looking at the sun setting over Waterloo Bay, Elliston, South Australia.
April 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Moniquey is unimpressed by the rugby league on the television but quite interested in the birds flying past the window.
In the foreground is a ginger and white cat’s head in profile. She has a pink nose and green eyes looking intently outside. She is sitting on a pink blanket. Behind her on the left there is a rugby league game on the television. To the right is a bookshelf and an old plaster lamp in the shape of a female Edwardian tennis player.
April 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Indeed they do. #pelican #Whyalla #SouthAustralia
Sitting on top of a very tall light pole is a white pelican. He’s surveying the scene at the Whyalla foreshore, checking out the sea and the blue sky.
March 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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For you and your sister.
A pink protea with thick hardy green leaves in front on Le Grand Trianon, Versailles. The pink of the flower echoes the pink of the walls.
February 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Sitting here in Adelaide with the air-con on as it’s 38 degrees Celsius.
Twelve days ago we were in Harden-Murrumburrah when a mega hailstorm hit at 6.30am.
Thankful that we were there to help Mum get through it.
A backyard primarily covered in white hailstones. There are a couple of paths free of hail. Hail is thick on the steps to the verandah. Looking down the street, the front yard is white with hail, the storm water drain is running fast with muddy brown water and the road has a lot of hail on it.
February 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Maybe this kefir spill I made in the kitchen will give you something to be comfortable (or uncomfortable with).
On a stone benchtop we have a white kefir spill which looks a bit like a cartoon penis with balls.
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Here’s a cat with ‘I know I’m gorgeous but leave me alone, I want to snooze’ vibes.
Moniquey, a ginger, white, grey, brown tabby cat on a bed. She’s got her right paw out and a judgey look on her face.
January 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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For you, part of the War Memorial at Nîmes, France. June 2023
Part of the gates to the World War 2 memorial at Nîmes. It features carvings of soldiers and civilians. A couple of French flags are to the right. There is part of a quotation by Victor Hugo beneath the sculptures which reads «Ceux qui pieusement sont morts pour la patrie, Ont droit qu’à leur cercueil la foule vienne et prie; ».
January 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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For you both. I’ve got absolutely no idea what these sculptures represent but they’re pretty cool - like you!
At the Living Desert State Park outside Broken Hill. 2022.
Two large abstract sculptures in a light yellow to reddish stone. Behind the sculptures you can see the desert and a cloudy sky. As it’s July in Australia, the desert is tinged with green from recent rains.
January 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Happy birthday Mum. The teddies are watching the sunset and thinking of you.
Two golden teddy bears sitting on a green railing overlooking a view of scrub and the sun setting over the sea at Waterloo Bay, South Australia.
December 31, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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Don’t listen to that bastard Claude! That tosser is full of shit.
I bloody saw him off and he ended up at the wildlife rescue centre.

Bastard was after Cleo but he got confused and thought I was her. Soon sorted him out!

I got the girl - until she told me to bugger off. Cleo’s like that.
Two male koalas in a gum tree, ready to have a fight over territory and a female koala. The koala at the bottom of the tree, Claude, was beaten in a fight by the koala, at the top of the tree (Kenny).
December 30, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Marie, you have a good one too. Here’s another image from the ornate decoration at Le Train Bleu restaurant at Le Gare De Lyon. This time it’s depicting the joys of visiting Orange in France, not Orange in NSW.
Ornate wall painting depicting rich women and men in late 19th century clothing. They’re busy milling around looking posh and showing off their finery. They could be at the horse races. In front of the painting to the right is a very fancy wooden and brass hat and coat rack.
December 24, 2024 at 11:43 PM