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Gordon Duncan
@gordunc44.bsky.social
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Books, music and nature photography. Can’t be @rsed talking about politics. Member of Friends of Morwell National Park and Entomological Society of Victoria. Reside on unceded Gunaikurnai Lands.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 8h
Moving it up the TBR pile.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 12h
Oops. 'Where does it rate...'
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 14h
Where do rate it against the previous Darkland Tales?
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 1d
Visiting Paperback on a trip to Melbourne is as important as going for coffee in my mind.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 1d
I've been let loose in @paperbackbookshop.bsky.social again.
Covers of Arsenic Flower by Dakota Feirer and Geordie Williamson on Alexis Wright. Covers of Kontra by Eunice Andrada and Plastic Budgie by Olivia De Zilva.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 1d
General Knowledge crossword clue in The Age today.

"Who is the pessimistic farmer in John O'Brien's 1919 bush poem who constantly fears ruin?"

That miserable prick Hanrahan was a longer answer than they required.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 2d
Snogging.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 2d
Not claiming that King reads my posts, but fuck that sounds familiar. bsky.app/profile/gord...
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · Apr 13
Gayle Kennedy’s Me, Antman and Fleabag is an astonishing collection of short stories. Told with deceptively dry wit the stories have you laughing and then grab you by the shoulders and ask,”do you see what you’re chuckling at?”, the stories with the most impact don’t let you off with a laugh.
Cover of Me, Antman and Fleabag by Gayle Kennedy.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 3d
If the alternation continues then I think Can Xue is more likely next year.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 3d
Pint? A pot is more likely.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 3d
Still hoping for Alexis Wright.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 4d
One Crowded Hour by Augie March. Heard in the supermarket today. youtu.be/LejMbZjZUvk?...
Augie March - One Crowded Hour (Official Video)
YouTube video by augiemarchVEVO
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Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 4d
🦋 #BogongMoth — Agrotis infusa 🌌

Observed by Matt Campbell in Jeeralang Junction, Victoria, during the #GSB2024 this remarkable migrator travels to the Australian Alps each summer to escape the heat, now Endangered due to drought and climate change. 🌿

#GSB2025 #CitizenScience #Biodiversity
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 6d
New additions.
Cover of Benbecula by Graeme Macrae Burnet. Covers of All Rage Blaze Light by Anna Jacobson and Silence is my Habitat by Jessica White.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 6d
Just picked up my copy of Benbecula from the post office.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 8d
True neutral with a lean towards lawful neutral at the moment because one of the library ebook apps I'm currently using forgets my place.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 8d
Patrick White is the only Australian to be awarded the prize.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 9d
"Why land a punch when you can land a punchline? Or, even better, a dad joke..."

Ouch.
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Magabala Books @magabalabooks.bsky.social · 10d
You may know Skye Cusack as the mastermind behind Magabala's incredible social media channels, but today we are thrilled to announce that she is becoming a Magabala creator, as Magabala has acquired Skye's debut novel.

Read the full announcement here: bit.ly/48bZ1GS
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 11d
“It had turned into a nice spring morning: bright and warm on the sunny side of the street, but in the shade there was a head cold waiting for anyone who thought it was an early summer and went out hatless.”

Leonard and Hungry Paul - Rónán Hession.

I’ve waited far too long to read this gem.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 12d
Pardalotes are known for that. Anything that resembles a small tunnel and they’re in.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 12d
We had planned to put a new succulent in the pot. Have abandoned that plan for the moment.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 12d
Not surprised. Does remind me of the time our cat was sleeping on the couch and my partner decided to listen to medieval choral music. At the moment the soprano hit a loud sustained high note the cat's head popped with a look that said "what the fuck is that?" and stormed out of the room.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 12d
Apologies for the image being a little shaky. This is one of a pair of Striated Pardalotes which are nesting in the water well of a hanging basket on the outside of our verandah.
Image showing a Striated Pardalote exiting the water well of a hanging pot. The Pardalote is mainly a buff colour with a white and yellow streak above its eye, a black and white streaked crown, a yellow chin, and a small faint red patch adjacent to its leg. They are usually around 95 to 115 millimetres in size. An out of focus kumquat tree is in the background.
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Gordon Duncan @gordunc44.bsky.social · 12d
Do they make ear-defenders for dogs?
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