arghhhh... yet another weekend of screwed up #VLine services on the #ballarat line 🙄

https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/disruptions/disruptions-information/article/ballarat-ararat-and-maryborough-lines-coaches-replace-trains-for-part-of-the-journey-on-saturday-19-and-sunday-20-august-2023

On this day in 2014, tram 33 runs along the shore of Lake Wendouree on the Ballarat Tramway Museum's track.

The Ballarat Tramway Museum has 15 operational trams and 1.6km of active track along Wendouree Parade. Trams run on Weekends, public holidays and Tuesdays.

Tram 33 started life as an M Class tram in Melbourne in 1920, before being sold to the State Electricity Commision to operate in Ballarat from 1935 to 1971.

#tram #ballarat

Blog: transport to Sovereign Hill #Ballarat #transport https://danielbowen.com/2023/07/26/sovereign-hill-transport-options/

This is a beautiful gesture of #community - by Lexie Jeuniewic and Laura Mayers for #ABC #Ballarat - Artist Simon Laffey does A4 paintings of houses around the town.

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Ballarat resident Caitlin Honeyman said she was touched when she found the A4 painting signed by Simon Laffey tucked inside her letterbox on Tuesday morning.

"I thought, 'What on earth is this? I didn't commission a painting … have I forgotten something?'," Ms Honeyman said.

"It's such a wonderful gesture."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-13/ballarat-residents-simon-laffey-house-paintings-surprise-gift/102592872

Biodiversity loss?
Wildlife crimes have become a regular occurrence in Ballarat. Dog attacks, fishing line/hook entanglements or mutilation, cruelty, destruction of wildlife by humans.
“Four decapitated black swans, a possum with its tail cut off and a headless ibis are among harmed animals to have been found at the popular nature spot over the past few years.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-13/conservation-regulator-animal-cruelty-lake-wendouree-ballarat/102574490
#Wildlife #crimes #pets #Ballarat #Biodiversity

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Ballarat smashes century-old June rainfall record with 46mm falling in 24 hours #Ballarat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-08/ballarat-breaks-100-year-old-june-rainfall-record-46mm-in-day/102454154?

"Health experts warn of 'winter wave' as Ballarat COVID cases surge"

🔹Case numbers in Ballarat are the highest they have been since the end of last year with the 3,350 postcode recording 190 new cases last week alone - the second highest number of any postcode across the state.

#COVID19Vic #Ballarat
https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/8211802/covid-cases-surge-as-winter-wave-hits/

A garden bed of poppies at the Ballarat Botanic Garden next to the sculpture house/building/thing.

October 2016

#Photography #FlowerPhotography #Ballarat #florespondence

I've been in Ballarat since Monday. Not the best conditions for landscape photography and I've had a major relapse with my pneumonia.

Still, I managed to have a leisurely walk around the Botanical Gardens and Lake Wendouree yesterday.

Decided early yesterday I would sleep in this morning before heading back to Naarm and I'm glad I didn't try to shoot the lake due to this heavy fog.

#MobilePhotography #TLWVision #ballarat

BinBot is operational. Still got a lot of cleaning up to do with the code, and play around with the icons a bit, but it works. @Raspberry_Pi Pico + Waveshare e-paper hat + micropython… pulls the data from the #Ballarat council API and then finds your bin days based on the address you set in the config.

Next up I’ll design/print a little magnetic case so it can stick to the fridge.

Such an important tipping point in finally acknowledging the past, present and future of Australia and the many many nations of its makeup and fabric ... #FirstNations And amazing pride that that our Federation University Australia in our regions has done this.
#ulurustatementfromtheheart #ballarat

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But really I just popped in to show you a drawing I did. I’ve been meaning to do a series of these for ages and finally got around to it by popping in to FEAR art space in #ballarat to sit down and spend some focused time.

That's a pretty cool finding. Why are tigers orange, if they need to be camouflaged in green bushes? Well, they aren't necessarily orange. The tiger's prey are mostly #dichromat mammals - and they see the tiger as green. So is the #tiger orange or green?

I actually learned this fact at the keeper talk at #Ballarat #Wildlife Park. Pretty cool 👍. Paper from Camo Lab #UniBristol: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.0183

#Dichromat vs. #Trichromat

Is anyone I know going to see Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) and Rebecca Giblin talking about #ChokepointCapitalism at #ACMI in #Melbourne tomorrow night? Or want to meet up beforehand for food or whatever? If I’m coming down from #ballarat, might as well be social.

https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-conversation-cory-doctorow-rebecca-giblin-esther-anatolitis/

“As creative labour has been reclassified and flattened as 'content' and technology platforms have further controlled the flow of revenue in the creative industries, artists, creators, cultural institutions, policy makers and philanthropists have been playing catch up.

In this spicy in-person conversation, led by arts advocate Esther Anatolitis, Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin will take you on a journey through this 21st century creative landscape which has now been designed to separate creative laborers from the value they create at every possible point.”

This is a fascinating article on the increasing use of #subtitles, by Claudia Forsberg for ABC #Ballarat - the way that sound is designed for movies intended for cinema means that it doesn't play back optimally on mobile devices or streaming services - and this is one factor driving the adoption of #ClosedCaptioning or #Subtitles.

But, these #Subtitles are often inaccurate or mis-transcribed. They use #ASR technology - and this is another case for having good #voice #data #voicedata

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-12/subtitles-popular-among-general-population-change-tv-film/101956758

Appreciating the wildness of this garden by the creek #ballarat #GardeningAU #flaneur