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  • Thomas Street Situation Update

    We have some news. Not exactly good news. Our landlords have responded. They have responded by sending us a copy of their application to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). They are seeking to have us re-instate the front and back yards to their original condition within 14 days of the tribunal date (of…

  • WWF, you suck!

    ONE of the nation’s largest environment groups, WWF Australia, has accepted the federal Government’s push to expand uranium mining and exports. WWF chief executive Greg Bourne, former boss of BP Australasia, told The Australian yesterday the nation was “destined under all governments to be mining uranium and exporting it to a growing world market”. “We…

  • Hatching the other morning

    We’re being interviewed by 3CR in the morning and i should be sleeping, but i’ve been meaning to get this photo on the web. caught some of the hatching on video too which i might upload sometime. All happened on the new moon. 

  • Duck Duck happy and well

    I visited Gil & Meredith at Tarnuk Bushfoods on the weekend, who had adopted one of our ducks. He now enjoys a huge dam and commands a flock of 25 gold campines and sends his love. 

  • Cute! Another of the 4(!) new chicks

     

  • One of the new chicks

     

  • Thomas Street Open Garden Day is All Go!

    THOMAS STREET OPEN GARDEN DAY AND FUNDRAISER Come and Celebrate Suburban Food Gardening! After two years developing an extensive edible garden our landlords have given us 14 days to either remove the garden or pay them $2,100. As part of trying to turn this into a positive thing, we want to celebrate our time here…

  • Save Thomas Street!

    It seems that Thomas st as we know it is under threat of destruction by our lawn loving landlords and their gardener who wishes to “relevel” and “spray” the place in an attempt to reconvert our bountiful garden to the weedy lawnscape which we arrived to. We stand accused of “intensive permaculture with associated ponds…

  • the melbourne graffiti games

    the melbourne graffiti games: “Join the 2006 Graffiti Games! A recent report commissioned by the City of Melbourne acknowledged street art as a legitimate art form and called for the setting up of “maximum tolerance zones” where artists could work on their pieces undisturbed by either police or council security. Despite the report gaining support…

  • Happy Kyoto Day!

    Today marks a year since the Kyoto Protocal came into force. Feel free to nag our political leaders and tell them how you feel about Australia not ratifying. Or you could just switch to 100% Green Power Accredited renewable energy for your home – just give me a call & I’ll sort you out with…