Justin Brash
@justinbrash.bsky.social
Witty repartee, snide remarks, dreadful dad jokes, lefty political commentary, cat & nature photos; Retired bartender & cat whisperer; GaF 🏳️🌈; living on Dharug land; all other socials = @just_brash; no DMs.
Throwback photo, 40 years ago, 1985, when I co-managed a trashy gay bar on Oxford Street, Sydney. Exchange Hotel (now closed) , a beardless Brash with the beautiful Ginger Benson, barmaid to the Stars, enjoying a couple of late night staffies. We might have been trashy but we also had style!
June 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Throwback photo, 40 years ago, 1985, when I co-managed a trashy gay bar on Oxford Street, Sydney. Exchange Hotel (now closed) , a beardless Brash with the beautiful Ginger Benson, barmaid to the Stars, enjoying a couple of late night staffies. We might have been trashy but we also had style!
Grey-headed fruit bat (flying fox) heading out on a feeding run at the golden hour, early evening with a red sunset, Surry Hills, Sydney. Looks surreal in this light. #NaturePhotography
May 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Grey-headed fruit bat (flying fox) heading out on a feeding run at the golden hour, early evening with a red sunset, Surry Hills, Sydney. Looks surreal in this light. #NaturePhotography
“This here’s the wattle,
the emblem of our land,
you can stick it in a bottle,
or you can hold it in your hand”
Wattle ‘puffs’ at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. #NaturePhotography
the emblem of our land,
you can stick it in a bottle,
or you can hold it in your hand”
Wattle ‘puffs’ at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. #NaturePhotography
May 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“This here’s the wattle,
the emblem of our land,
you can stick it in a bottle,
or you can hold it in your hand”
Wattle ‘puffs’ at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. #NaturePhotography
the emblem of our land,
you can stick it in a bottle,
or you can hold it in your hand”
Wattle ‘puffs’ at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens. #NaturePhotography
Dragonfly over water lilies caught mid flight. #NaturePhotography
April 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Dragonfly over water lilies caught mid flight. #NaturePhotography
We lost our darling BabyCat last night. She was sick for a couple of days but I didn’t realise how sick she was. Found her this morning & had a cry. Maude seemed unperturbed that her nemesis wasn’t moving. Such is life (& death). Having a wake tonight. Rest my little tigress.
April 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
We lost our darling BabyCat last night. She was sick for a couple of days but I didn’t realise how sick she was. Found her this morning & had a cry. Maude seemed unperturbed that her nemesis wasn’t moving. Such is life (& death). Having a wake tonight. Rest my little tigress.
Grey headed fruit bat (Flying Fox) supping on Melaleuca (paperbark) blossom. #NaturePhotography
March 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Grey headed fruit bat (Flying Fox) supping on Melaleuca (paperbark) blossom. #NaturePhotography
Throwback to when I ran trashy gay bars. Brash is the bloke on the right in glasses sans moustache. Guy on the left, was Chris Liston, my partner in crime, lover and co manager. We were a formidable hospitality team.
March 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Throwback to when I ran trashy gay bars. Brash is the bloke on the right in glasses sans moustache. Guy on the left, was Chris Liston, my partner in crime, lover and co manager. We were a formidable hospitality team.
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was a deliberately provocative action designed to poke the dragon. The USA is definitely the aggressor here. As for military bases in the region , the image speaks for itself.
March 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was a deliberately provocative action designed to poke the dragon. The USA is definitely the aggressor here. As for military bases in the region , the image speaks for itself.
At this next election, you have to ask yourself if you want Australia to be governed by a political party headed by a Doctor Who villain or a human?
“He’s not a monster … he’s just a Sontaran”
“He’s not a monster … he’s just a Sontaran”
March 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
At this next election, you have to ask yourself if you want Australia to be governed by a political party headed by a Doctor Who villain or a human?
“He’s not a monster … he’s just a Sontaran”
“He’s not a monster … he’s just a Sontaran”
That time (9 years ago) the State Theatre put my name up in lights. I was in hospital with legionnaire’s disease. Very sick, spent five days in ICU.
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
That time (9 years ago) the State Theatre put my name up in lights. I was in hospital with legionnaire’s disease. Very sick, spent five days in ICU.
A residential building in Surry Hills previously called Devon Court, turned into a rock & roll tribute.
March 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A residential building in Surry Hills previously called Devon Court, turned into a rock & roll tribute.
Koi, Chinese Gardens of Friendship, Darling Harbour, Sydney.
#NaturePhotography
#NaturePhotography
March 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Koi, Chinese Gardens of Friendship, Darling Harbour, Sydney.
#NaturePhotography
#NaturePhotography
These guys always remind me of little military helicopters. Dragonfly at rest. Unknown species.
#NaturePhotography #dragonfly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
#NaturePhotography #dragonfly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
March 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
These guys always remind me of little military helicopters. Dragonfly at rest. Unknown species.
#NaturePhotography #dragonfly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
#NaturePhotography #dragonfly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
My absolute favourite Mardi Gras photo of all time. Circa early 1980s. Trying to discover the photographer’s name, so far google hasn’t been helpful.
March 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
My absolute favourite Mardi Gras photo of all time. Circa early 1980s. Trying to discover the photographer’s name, so far google hasn’t been helpful.
Australian Navy declares war on Queensland by torpedoing Surfer’s Paradise beach.
February 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Australian Navy declares war on Queensland by torpedoing Surfer’s Paradise beach.
University students cannot criticise Israel anymore, a state often described as rogue, governed by war criminals (as determined by international law) with a brutal military often described as a terrorist organisation. So much for freedom of speech & political expression in academia.
February 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
University students cannot criticise Israel anymore, a state often described as rogue, governed by war criminals (as determined by international law) with a brutal military often described as a terrorist organisation. So much for freedom of speech & political expression in academia.
I love this little fly. He has white muttonchops.
#NaturePhotography #Fly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
#NaturePhotography #Fly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
February 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I love this little fly. He has white muttonchops.
#NaturePhotography #Fly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
#NaturePhotography #Fly #MacroPhotography #InsectPhotography
Bruce is claiming the vehicle consented.
February 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Bruce is claiming the vehicle consented.
I noticed Curley was in the news again today. There’s a reason he’s called Downer …
February 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I noticed Curley was in the news again today. There’s a reason he’s called Downer …
Of course, negotiations between One Nation & Joyce broke down when Hanson realised they probably couldn’t afford Barnaby’s bar tab.
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Of course, negotiations between One Nation & Joyce broke down when Hanson realised they probably couldn’t afford Barnaby’s bar tab.
Mulwala 1972. My first festival as a recently released 17 year old schoolboy. It was insane and changed the way I looked at life.
February 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Mulwala 1972. My first festival as a recently released 17 year old schoolboy. It was insane and changed the way I looked at life.
Whale motif, nice little detail on the wall brackets of the down pipes on an old warehouse in Hickson Road in the Rocks. Sydney.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Whale motif, nice little detail on the wall brackets of the down pipes on an old warehouse in Hickson Road in the Rocks. Sydney.
Tony’s supporters rally behind him.
February 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tony’s supporters rally behind him.