Thousands of people have taken to #SouthAustralia's parliament to call for better pay for #teachers

#Australia #union #unions #strike #strikes #UnionStrong #exploitation #ClassWar

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-01/sa-public-schools-close-as-teachers-strike/102797716

The South Australian Company was formed in Britain in 1835 to populate the state of SA with free settlers.
The company’s ships landed at Kangaroo Island in July 1836, but the settlers found the land too harsh, so almost all moved on to Adelaide.
In 1920, the company sold my half-acre block in central Kingscote to the Northcott family of Nuriootpa.

#history #shipwrecks #KangarooIsland #SouthAustralia

The music choices for this government film on the Woomera rocket range are very odd. #Australia #SouthAustralia #Woomera #rockets #missiles

https://youtu.be/o9ObtDCUNCE?si=FRpmPmH_owO0BncU

Poor report card for Aussie children’s wellbeing

While COVID-19 has long slipped from the headlines, the stress and anxiety of the pandemic still lingers, especially among young Australians, according to health experts at the University of South Australia. #SouthAustralia

https://www.openforum.com.au/forums/poor-report-card-for-aussie-childrens-wellbeing/

Mindfulness, awareness and compassion practices for yourself in everyday life.
A monthly program on the first Saturday of the month that introduces you to meditation and discusses a topic of general interest.
 
https://rigpa.org.au/rigpa-adelaide/
#meditation #mindfulness #compassion #selfcare #selflove
#flourish #manifest
#spirituality #kindness #wellbeing #calm
#whatsonadelaide #adelaide #discoveradelaide#meditateinadelaide #theosophical 
#southterrace #southterraceadelaide #SouthAustralia

#Bottle people on the fedi? Hi

I find remains of old drinking camps in the bush so often that I rarely stop to investigate (I think I saw three yesterday). This one caught my eye.

They're in good condition, so I wouldn't think they'd be particularly old. The SA pickaxe trademark symbol and the '... remains property of victoria...' both make some sense as this is near the vic/sa border.

Edit: #Mosstodon #GlassBottles #SouthAustralia #Pickaxe

Rains at sunrise over Dulkaninna Station in the Far North of #SouthAustralia #photography #panorama #clouds

Can you help with translating this 1840s ?German? - "Schablu" or "Schables"?

The main figure in these pencil sketches is a wattle gum collector about 1845 South Australia - an image quite overlooked.

Wattle gum was an early export industry for South Australia and gummers collected the gum, often from public lands. In July 1845 the Legislative Council considered licensing the itinerant gummers and hawkers.

The caption below the sketch is "tranqant"? and "Schablu" or "Schables". These may be separate words or a phrase. "tranqant" = transient? I'm lost on "Schablu".

Image: manipulated caption.
Link to original: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138477113/view

#1840s #German #SouthAustralia #ArtHistoryAU

Tonight’s Birthday Tipple: The Murder

McLaren Vale Shiraz

#australia #southaustralia #wine #shiraz

Endangered glossy black #cockatoo being lured to #SouthAustralia mainland with 20,000 trees
#Conservationists hope to tempt the subspecies from #KangarooIsland by planting drooping sheoaks and #eucalypts #extinction #endageredspecies

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/14/endangered-glossy-black-cockatoo-being-lured-to-south-australian-mainland-with-20000-trees

Rigpa Adelaide had a blast at the Hutt St Centre’s Walk a Mile in My Boots campaigning to end homelessness in South Australia.
Please support them here:
https://www.huttstcentre.org.au/
#WalkAMile
#HuttStCentre #SouthAustralia #Adelaide

On this day in 2016, I went for a ride on the Pichi Richi Railway in South Australia.

This tourist railway operates between Port Augusta and Quorn in the Flinders Ranges, on the former 3'6" (1067mm) gauge Central Australian Railway.

The line was closed in the 1970s in favour of a Standard Gauge link on a flatter route and now operates as a tourist railway, with a variety of steam and diesel trains running on the 39km line which twists and turns through the Pichi Richi pass in the South Australian outback.

#train #steam #SouthAustralia #PortAugusta #Quorn

The day after my post ABC SouthEast SA had an article on Blue Lake with a view I hadn’t seen before. It seems an aerial view (not available to 1840s artists of course). I need to reevaluate my “scene” identification. Fresh evidence needs fresh analysis. #MountGambier #SouthAustralia #S_T_Gill

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/mount-gambier-blue-lake-bay-road-closure-proposal/102711874

@theconversationau Top of a stromatolite structure from the Flinders Ranges; a fortuitous find from a field trip 40 years ago. Always mind boggling that one can handle something that lived half a billion years ago #geology #FossilFriday #SouthAustralia

✊⛔ ☢️ #SouthAustralia has told the Federal Government it is not a dumping ground for #nuclear #nuclearwaste #Kimba
https://indaily.co/436203

#SouthAustralia will soon be the first ever gigawatt-scale grid powered by #renewables. Currently, the state is at about 80% from wind and solar—the highest anywhere in the world. By 2030 it's predicted to be 500%. #GoodClimateNews ☀️🍃

https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-grid-with-the-most-wind-and-solar-has-the-smallest-reliability-gap/

The next refugee from the overfull cellar is this incredible 2002 #Bordeaux blend from Rosemount Wines, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. It has aged magnificently, silky smooth with plenty of fruit left but all those delicious tertiary characteristics layered underneath. The fruit comes from both the McLaren Vale and Langhorne Creek wine regions of South Australia. Absolutely thrilled with this bottle!

#southaustralia #wine #cabernetsauvignon #merlot #petitverdot

@dbell2100 I feel a certain pride every time my state receives accolades like game-changing and cutting-edge 👏
#southaustralia #energy #renewable #EV

Failed waterbore casing in the Great Artesian Basin. Feeding an impromptu wetland on Dulkaninna Station off the Strezlecki Track. #SouthAustralia #hydrology #groundwater

Recently returned from Kangaroo Island. Insane amount of roadkill :(

Also, this tripadvisor review is accurate about the abundance of wildlife whooshing about on the roads.

#southaustralia #australia #KangarooIsland