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Neil Capey
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Birder and horse, goat and dog owner. Living on Wadawurrung land.
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My Tawny Frogmouths haven't roosted in their usual trees since April, but it's good to know they're still around (and moulting).
December 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Callistemon are a riot of colour right now
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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4am…
Cartoon of a bed in the corner of a room with a bedside table. The small head of duck pokes out from the cover and rests on the pillow. A text box at the top says ‘4am…’. The duck is thinking “But what if I AM a duck?”.
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Willie Young: 1951 – 2025
Former Gunner Willie Young passed away this week. Jon Spurling remembers his time in red and white. — In an Arsenal team which was often dubbed the ‘London Irish’ – due to the fact that the Gunners side of the late ‘70s was managed by Ulsterman Terry Neill and included 4 Republic of Ireland internationals […] The post Willie Young: 1951 – 2025 appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Australia’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners passed in Victoria
Australia’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners passed in Victoria
Step towards reconciliation hailed as ‘a historic moment’ with premier Jacinta Allan saying it gives Aboriginal Australians the power to shape policies that affect their lives The Australian state of Victoria has taken a historic step towards reconciliation, passing the nation’s first formal treaty with Indigenous traditional owners. After two days of debate, the upper house of Victoria’s parliament passed the statewide treaty bill without amendment by 21 votes to 16, just before 9pm on Thursday. Continue reading...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Nominative determinism?
Picture of a book written by Brigadier Officer
October 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Here's another Acacia sp in flower. Google Lens can't quite decide what species but is sure it's a Wattle, possibly Golden Wattle, possibly Coastal Wattle, possibly Gossamer Wattle.
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Trying to learn the species of the trees in my garden. I'm pretty sure this one is an Australian Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon). When it's in flower, I get the worst hay fever: I'm allergic to my own home. Oh well.
Yellow Acacia flowers in full bloom Australian Blackwood tree in foreground, and in background. Multiple trunks of a single Blackwood tree showing the bark pattern
September 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Nobody messes with Neil
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Neil the Seal waiting for his fish and chips (hold the chips) from the Seven Mile Beach Servo/Takeaway/General Store/Post Office, only minutes from the Hobart airport.
August 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Here's me. 'What would Grace Tame do?'
What would Grace Tame do? - The Shot
Grace Tame wore our Fuck Murdoch T-shirt to meet the Prime Minister. Let's just acknowledge how much that rocks.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Callistemon are all in flower. This is the best they've looked for a few years; they must've enjoyed the dry winter and spring. They are loud with bees and White-naped Honeyeaters.
November 22, 2024 at 12:13 PM
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A snake is just a long gorilla

- Charles Darwin
November 17, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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Little Eagle, Mt Beckworth, Victoria, Australia. I saw a large bird land in a tree near a dam and squeezed through a very tight gap between a bush and an electric fence to get an ID. When I saw what it was, I went back to the car to get my camera and was happy to find it still there.
A fierce looking sandy-coloured raptor sitting in a Eucalyptus tree. It has erect feathers on the back of its head, forming a crest typical of the species. The barred tail and dark colouring around the eyes also distinguish it from the similar Whistling Kite.
January 28, 2024 at 6:54 AM
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I have some beautiful trees on my property, very few of which I can identify. This one, I'm reliably informed, is a Southern Mahogany (Eucalyptus botryoides). It's currently flowering and full of New Holland Honeyeaters, Brown Thornbills and Grey Fantails.
A picture of a Eucalyptus tree on the edge of a lawn. Eucalyptus flowers in bloom Clusters of eucalyptus fruit from last year's flowering The tree divides into four trunks very close to the ground and the bark peels off everything above about a metre.
January 13, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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I'm not very good at photographing birds in flight, but I'm quite pleased with these Whiskered Terns, taken at the Western Treatment Plant, Werribee last month. #ausbirds
Whiskered Tern in non-breeding plumage with faded black cap flying left to right. Whiskered Tern in full breeding plumage: dark grey body and a black cap. And another Whiskered Tern in breeding plumage flying into the wind. The typical tern pose, bill pointing downwards, wings in a sharp V.
December 23, 2023 at 9:19 AM