John Manners
@jmaus.bsky.social
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This was my favourite from last year’s competition plus the winner, the pictures were exhibited at the Sydney Maritime Museum
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This was my favourite from last year’s competition plus the winner, the pictures were exhibited at the Sydney Maritime Museum
Cirque du Soleil’s stunning Corteo production currently touring Australia - check it out and wonder at what an amazing spectacle trusting teams of acrobats can create #acrobats #circus #gymnastics
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Cirque du Soleil’s stunning Corteo production currently touring Australia - check it out and wonder at what an amazing spectacle trusting teams of acrobats can create #acrobats #circus #gymnastics
Plant nostalgia from the Singapore Botanical Garden. Founding Director HN Ridley imported 22 seeds of the rubber tree from Kew Gardens in 1877 and in 1905 perfected the herringbone method of tapping latex. By 1917, his team had provided >7 million seeds for the new Malayan industry #plantscience 🧪
May 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Plant nostalgia from the Singapore Botanical Garden. Founding Director HN Ridley imported 22 seeds of the rubber tree from Kew Gardens in 1877 and in 1905 perfected the herringbone method of tapping latex. By 1917, his team had provided >7 million seeds for the new Malayan industry #plantscience 🧪
A beautiful Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowwelli) soaking up the sun on the pool box this morning. Looks like it has eaten something big recently - checked the pets and it’s not one of ours. Hopefully it will move on once it has finished digesting #snakes 🧪
May 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A beautiful Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowwelli) soaking up the sun on the pool box this morning. Looks like it has eaten something big recently - checked the pets and it’s not one of ours. Hopefully it will move on once it has finished digesting #snakes 🧪
If it gets too hot for you in Cordoba I recommend you all head deep into the Mezquita
May 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If it gets too hot for you in Cordoba I recommend you all head deep into the Mezquita
Visiting the the 🇦🇺Gold Coast? Take the 30 min drive to Murwillumbah in NSW to the Tweed Regional Gallery. It has a stunning Margaret Olley collection and reconstruction of her Sydney home & btw also Monet’s Haystack😲. Views across the caldera to Wollumbin and riverside dining at The River House
May 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Visiting the the 🇦🇺Gold Coast? Take the 30 min drive to Murwillumbah in NSW to the Tweed Regional Gallery. It has a stunning Margaret Olley collection and reconstruction of her Sydney home & btw also Monet’s Haystack😲. Views across the caldera to Wollumbin and riverside dining at The River House
A stunning visual representation of global ocean and lower troposphere atmosphere warming over time. Plus the counterintuitive but expected reciprocal cooling effect in the upper stratosphere atmosphere - all explained in this recent AMS paper 🧪 #climatechange journals.ametsoc.org/configurable...
May 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A stunning visual representation of global ocean and lower troposphere atmosphere warming over time. Plus the counterintuitive but expected reciprocal cooling effect in the upper stratosphere atmosphere - all explained in this recent AMS paper 🧪 #climatechange journals.ametsoc.org/configurable...
Jackfruit! We are growing this large impressive fruit on our sub-tropical property. So far only one 10 kg fruit (pictured) harvested after three years of growth - we are looking forward to next year’s harvest after reading this article #plantscience 🧪 link here - www.croptrust.org/knowledge-hu...
April 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Jackfruit! We are growing this large impressive fruit on our sub-tropical property. So far only one 10 kg fruit (pictured) harvested after three years of growth - we are looking forward to next year’s harvest after reading this article #plantscience 🧪 link here - www.croptrust.org/knowledge-hu...
The link is to a LinkedIn post, looks like you may need a LinkedIn account to connect to it. Here is a screen shot of the post text that appeared when I clicked on the BlueSky post. Sorry for inconveniencing you.
April 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The link is to a LinkedIn post, looks like you may need a LinkedIn account to connect to it. Here is a screen shot of the post text that appeared when I clicked on the BlueSky post. Sorry for inconveniencing you.
A great example of the application of AI in agrifood innovation using chickpea as a subject #plantscience 🧪 link - doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... image- ars.els-cdn.com/content/imag...
April 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
A great example of the application of AI in agrifood innovation using chickpea as a subject #plantscience 🧪 link - doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... image- ars.els-cdn.com/content/imag...
Globally, renewable energy keeps rising and nuclear energy is in decline. Energy from fossil fuels also now declining, albeit slowly. #climatechange 🧪
April 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Globally, renewable energy keeps rising and nuclear energy is in decline. Energy from fossil fuels also now declining, albeit slowly. #climatechange 🧪
Rainstorm over Byron Bay
March 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Rainstorm over Byron Bay
Sea birds are beautiful subjects
March 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Sea birds are beautiful subjects
Autumn in the subtropics is red dragon fruit time. Hailing from Central America Hylocereus costaricensis grows as a climbing cactus. It flowers at night with its blooms dying by midday. Its fruits are a visual delight with a delightful perfumed taste and are highly nutritious. #plantscience #botany
March 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Autumn in the subtropics is red dragon fruit time. Hailing from Central America Hylocereus costaricensis grows as a climbing cactus. It flowers at night with its blooms dying by midday. Its fruits are a visual delight with a delightful perfumed taste and are highly nutritious. #plantscience #botany
Ice core data shows the following. Source is from an article by a NZ team niwa.co.nz/antarctica/g... 🧪
March 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ice core data shows the following. Source is from an article by a NZ team niwa.co.nz/antarctica/g... 🧪
Same relentless curve down under measured at the appropriately named Cape Grim station run by @csiro.bsky.social 🧪https://capegrim.csiro.au/
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Same relentless curve down under measured at the appropriately named Cape Grim station run by @csiro.bsky.social 🧪https://capegrim.csiro.au/
One cat to rule them all
March 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
One cat to rule them all
More plant nostalgia. The University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand was built in 1873. The original campus is now an arts centre with a hotel, where I am staying, part of which was the Botany Department. Sorry, just ‘Old Botany’ - I guess we are doing new botany these days #plantscience
February 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
More plant nostalgia. The University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand was built in 1873. The original campus is now an arts centre with a hotel, where I am staying, part of which was the Botany Department. Sorry, just ‘Old Botany’ - I guess we are doing new botany these days #plantscience
Its definitely heating up down under www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
February 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Its definitely heating up down under www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
The peace and tranquility you crave can be found at McLean’s Falls in the Catlins in New Zealand
February 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The peace and tranquility you crave can be found at McLean’s Falls in the Catlins in New Zealand
Congratulations to @alisonrbentley.bsky.social on her appointment as Deputy Director of CSIRO Agriculture and Food. I couldn’t think of a better choice 👏👏 🧪 #plantscience
February 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Congratulations to @alisonrbentley.bsky.social on her appointment as Deputy Director of CSIRO Agriculture and Food. I couldn’t think of a better choice 👏👏 🧪 #plantscience
Some plant nostalgia. On the Stewart Island coastline in New Zealand Muttonbird scrub (Brachyglottis rotundifolia) grows profusely. It’s large leaves are firm with a white papery undersurface. They were used as Stewart Island postcards accepted by NZ post offices until the early 1970s #plantscience
February 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Some plant nostalgia. On the Stewart Island coastline in New Zealand Muttonbird scrub (Brachyglottis rotundifolia) grows profusely. It’s large leaves are firm with a white papery undersurface. They were used as Stewart Island postcards accepted by NZ post offices until the early 1970s #plantscience
If you are wishing you were somewhere else with all that is going on. How about a trip to New Zealand’s third island Rakiura/Stewart Island. Yes, close to the end of the world but stunningly beautiful
February 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
If you are wishing you were somewhere else with all that is going on. How about a trip to New Zealand’s third island Rakiura/Stewart Island. Yes, close to the end of the world but stunningly beautiful
International food expert Jack Bobo says at EvokeAg that the impact that GLP-1 weight loss drugs will have on the food system will be greater than that of climate change in the coming years as their use spreads
February 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
International food expert Jack Bobo says at EvokeAg that the impact that GLP-1 weight loss drugs will have on the food system will be greater than that of climate change in the coming years as their use spreads
Australia’s annual big AgTech event EvokeAg kicks off in Brisbane. Theme is ‘Common Ground’ respecting diverse views and seeking new solutions for the Australian and global Ag and Food sectors by listening and working with all. Opened and welcomed by local indigenous Turrbal people
February 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Australia’s annual big AgTech event EvokeAg kicks off in Brisbane. Theme is ‘Common Ground’ respecting diverse views and seeking new solutions for the Australian and global Ag and Food sectors by listening and working with all. Opened and welcomed by local indigenous Turrbal people