Mike Funnell
@mikefunnell.bsky.social
Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. — @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of).
Sydney, Australia.
Sydney, Australia.
It won’t cover you for the full period, but this might help (🤭):
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It won’t cover you for the full period, but this might help (🤭):
I can hear it approaching .. ⚡️ ⛈️ 💥
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I can hear it approaching .. ⚡️ ⛈️ 💥
It really is 👍
Coffee on my last morning:
Coffee on my last morning:
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It really is 👍
Coffee on my last morning:
Coffee on my last morning:
BTW: the holiday was tough (😂) - but somebody had to do it:
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
BTW: the holiday was tough (😂) - but somebody had to do it:
“A [US] federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“A [US] federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A milestone (kilometre-stone 🤔) of sorts: 9,000km on the odometer of my e-bike (in five years). Not bad when mostly I’m taking short local trips of <5km.
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A milestone (kilometre-stone 🤔) of sorts: 9,000km on the odometer of my e-bike (in five years). Not bad when mostly I’m taking short local trips of <5km.
It’s a choose your own vomit exercise:
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It’s a choose your own vomit exercise:
Well: this seems like it popped up from almost nowhere. The flashes and bangs are awfully close-together.
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Well: this seems like it popped up from almost nowhere. The flashes and bangs are awfully close-together.
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
On my return (as it were) from Lord Howe Island, I’ve had to go back to work.
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
On my return (as it were) from Lord Howe Island, I’ve had to go back to work.
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
Very sad - our aircraft has arrived, to take us away..
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Very sad - our aircraft has arrived, to take us away..
What amazes me is how such a large-seeming bird can disappear down such a small hole.
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What amazes me is how such a large-seeming bird can disappear down such a small hole.
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
Muttonbirds swirl around of an evening, over the dunes by the lagoon, looking for their chick in a burrow.
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Muttonbirds swirl around of an evening, over the dunes by the lagoon, looking for their chick in a burrow.
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
This one is the Lord Howe Island Woodhen - saved from extinction by elimination of feral pests from the island (goats and pigs, then cats, then rodents - mostly rats).
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This one is the Lord Howe Island Woodhen - saved from extinction by elimination of feral pests from the island (goats and pigs, then cats, then rodents - mostly rats).
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
Photographing a different bird today, landing then taking off:
October 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Photographing a different bird today, landing then taking off:
It’s a Green-Blocked Wrasse (I think).
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
October 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s a Green-Blocked Wrasse (I think).
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
They sure are! Here’s another, from the other side of the island at Ned’s Beach:
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They sure are! Here’s another, from the other side of the island at Ned’s Beach:
It’s not all bird life and scenery at Lord Howe Island: sometimes things get a bit fishy..
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It’s not all bird life and scenery at Lord Howe Island: sometimes things get a bit fishy..
I’d not been able to get close enough to a little White Eye (a close cousin to the mainland Silvereye) - until yesterday..
October 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I’d not been able to get close enough to a little White Eye (a close cousin to the mainland Silvereye) - until yesterday..
Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower, later in the day:
October 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower, later in the day:
A Sacred Kingfisher was enjoying the view, too, from a branch nearby:
October 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A Sacred Kingfisher was enjoying the view, too, from a branch nearby:
Even when it’s raining, Lord Howe Island can’t help looking great:
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Even when it’s raining, Lord Howe Island can’t help looking great:
And a photo of a male Golden Whistler (the Lord Howe island sub-species):
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
And a photo of a male Golden Whistler (the Lord Howe island sub-species):
I’m still taking way more photos than I’ve had a chance to look at.
Dad and I took a trip out to Ball’s Pyramid yesterday:
Dad and I took a trip out to Ball’s Pyramid yesterday:
October 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’m still taking way more photos than I’ve had a chance to look at.
Dad and I took a trip out to Ball’s Pyramid yesterday:
Dad and I took a trip out to Ball’s Pyramid yesterday:
I’ve been taking lots of photos - but haven’t had time to even really look at them yet (that’s a *good* thing 😃).
Here’s a photo of a Sacred Kingfisher I took yesterday, though:
Here’s a photo of a Sacred Kingfisher I took yesterday, though:
October 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I’ve been taking lots of photos - but haven’t had time to even really look at them yet (that’s a *good* thing 😃).
Here’s a photo of a Sacred Kingfisher I took yesterday, though:
Here’s a photo of a Sacred Kingfisher I took yesterday, though:
Finally made it (phew!) - in the Anchorage Cafe, having coffee and sorting out internet access (pretty much only available here).
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Finally made it (phew!) - in the Anchorage Cafe, having coffee and sorting out internet access (pretty much only available here).