I swear people see the way I dress and assume I won't throw down and deck a bitch.

I was in a supermarket this morning, and there was a family there who were juggling grocery shopping with young kids (in a supermarket filled with Easter stuff). So I was just standing to the side waiting for them because I'm not in a rush and suddenly one of the women yells right in my face "I'M NOT GOING TO SAY SORRY BECAUSE ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS SAY EXCUSE ME AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POLITE" - like she was RIGHT up in my face, maybe 10cm away.

I mean, I get that you're stressed. I can't think of much worse than grocery shopping on a Thursday morning with a trolley full of kids, and I get that you've probably had a lot of people making snarky comments at you about it.. but that wasn't me. I was happy to wait for you all.

Calm down and go have a cup of tea, because I'm not the person you're angry at.

[OWNERS FOUND - her name is Sweetie, she lives on a farm near there and chases rats in the stables. Her mum thinks she got carried away with the chase and went too far]

This is not my dog!

We just found this little girl wandering along the road in the rain. I pulled over and opened the door, and she absolutely raced to the car and jumped right in.

I've posted on the local Facebook groups and am now sitting in the car with her waiting to hear where she belongs... she's napping on the seat next to me.

"Delivery not available to your area"

Yeah, well jokes on you. I don't need your cheap shit anyway.

[...]

Totally needed that cheap shit.

I run a local singles group on Facebook and have been posting "conversation prompts" every few days to get people chatting.

This is how that's going...

That awful moment of living in Australia and waking up because you feel something crawl on you...

There's a speed camera set up on the Sydney road at Bathurst, near a hotel that has a pub. Someone has popped a witches hat over it.

Appreciate your work.

It's 11pm on a Thursday, so it's not fireworks.. so, what is it, Mastodon?

On tonight's episode of:

NAME THAT BANG

I'm at Bathurst Aldi, and there's a guy walking around the carpark with a macaw on his arm.

Just casually taking his parrot for an evening stroll.

Watching the local Facebook groups to see which businesses we won't be using this year as they all post "Australia day" bullshit.

Surveillance culture is out of fucking hand.

This is a real post.

I'm flying out on Monday. I'm going to the UK for 6 weeks to visit Greg, which feels long overdue because he wasn't able to come to Australia in June, so it's been a year since we saw each other.

Because I have to travel from Bathurst to Sydney before flying, I get a hotel room the night before. It means I get to shower and sleep in a bed after spending 4 hours on a bus, and before spending 24 hours on a plane.. and dealing with all the pain that brings.

Because I'm flying on the Monday, it means travelling to Sydney on Sunday - but there's no bus on a Sunday. So that means going down on Saturday and staying in the hotel for two nights.

I don't mind.. I quite like hotels. They lean into my appreciation for liminal spaces. I'm thinking of re-watching Severance over the two days, just because that feels like it fits in with hotels and airports.

Anyways, I'm looking forward to being with Greg again (and his wife, and their friends.. I miss all of them when I'm home). Also, for #FoxAndSquirrelWatch2025 - WATCH THIS (liminal) SPACE!!

[also, I have tentative plans to piss on Thatcher's grave.. so stay tuned!]

When will my husband be home from the war...?

It always amuses me when I get into discussions with Australian men about vaccination, and they accuse me of mindlessly following the government.

1. Bestie, I was an insurrectionalist illegalist anarchist before you were even a zygote.

2. My friend, the government doesn't want you to be covid careful. YOU are the one doing what they want.

Step away from your Ned Kelly profile pic, go sit on the naughty step and have a think about how silly you look right now.

I mean, I didn't do it.. promise.

I admin a local singles group on Facebook.

I just made a joke in the group chat about not having kids "because they'd distract me from my life full of sex, gaming, and fun! ", and holy shit I may as well have dropped a hand grenade.

Housemate picked up from Sydney airport.

On my drive there I saw 4 police stops, a snake as long as the car trying to cross the highway, and some sort of motorcy part fall off the motorcycle.

On our way back we saw goats.

We arrived home to Mia sitting on the front porch, having yet again escaped the backyard. This time I don't know how she got out.

She doesn't give a single fuck.

New years eve snacks..

It's just me and the pets, an episode of Below Deck Sailing Yacht, and a video call with Greg. I'm driving to Sydney tomorrow to pick my housemate up from the airport, she's flying in from spending 3 months in the US with her family.

So tonight I get to enjoy one last quiet night in the house on my own before chaos returns to its usual levels.

#newyear #nye #2025 #Food #Bathurst #BathurstNSW #RegionalAustralia #Australia

Measles confirmed case visited the following locations:

Monday December 16:

- - Byron Bay Beach, between 9.00am and 12.00pm
- - United Petroleum, 2910 Pacific Highway, Mullaway
- - Coffs Central Shopping Centre, Harbour Drive, Coffs Harbour
- - Woolworths, 7 Park Avenue, Coffs Harbour, between 4.40 and 5.15pm
- - Wingham Riverside Reserve camping site, from 5.30pm

Tuesday December 17:

- - Newcastle Bogey Hole pool
- - The Grand Hotel, 32 Church St, Newcastle
- - Woolworths, 23 Steel St, Newcastle West
- - McDonalds Liverpool Mega Centre, Orange Grove Rd, Liverpool
- - BP Truck stop, 155 Pennant Hills Rd, Normanhurst
- - Bungonia Campground, Bungonia Access Rd, Bungonia, from 5.00pm

Wednesday 18 December:

- - Coles Express, corner of Mount St and Middle St, Gundagai

#Medical #Measles #RegionalAustralia #NSW #Australia #NewCastle #Gundagai #Liverpool #Normanhurst #Mullaway #CoffsHarbour #Bungonia #Wingham

https://7news.com.au/news/health-alert-issued-on-christmas-eve-after-second-measles-case-visits-multiple-locations-across-nsw-c-17184457?fbclid=IwY2xjawHX_3VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTxXAuCg26xZEJgYXJwDJzfyHKbGH9-olKeBBgwNtsTXImihhnSenY2PeA_aem_7GVEeouAQiyxuSIWK5v5fw

People in the local Facebook group have started typing F in comments unironically.

There's a guy who walks around the local area and fishes cans out of rubbish bins to recycle for cash.

A couple of months ago he was along our street on bin day, fishing through the recycling bins in front of each house. I went out and chatted with him, he kept reassuring me that he wasn't making a mess and he didn't want to cause trouble.

I explained that if he wanted to I could just pop the cans into a plastic bag next to the bin so he could grab them easily. He was worried that other people might take them, so we've sorted out a system where I put them in a plastic bag INSIDE the recycling bin and tie the ends to the handle so not only can he just untie it to get the cans, but he can clearly see if there are cans in the bin to grab.

A lot of the time mutual aid isn't money.