Gavin Gatenby
@gavingatenby.bsky.social
Retired NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service officer. My videos, mostly about Australian wildlife, can be seen on Werrong Lane: http://www.YouTube.com/user/possm1. Check it out!
I stand with Ukraine! 🇦🇺🇺🇦
I block bullshit accounts.
I stand with Ukraine! 🇦🇺🇺🇦
I block bullshit accounts.
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Anthony Loewenstein response is well worth watching and sharing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: My Comments on the Bondi Attack
YouTube video by Antony Loewenstein
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Anthony Loewenstein response is well worth watching and sharing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXQ4...
This is quite a coup by Ukraine. A Russian missile submarine at the dock, in a secure harbour, has been crippled by a submarine suicide drone, and there wasn’t even a ripple on the surface to warn that it was about to happen. Slava Ukraini!
As if leaving me with another submarine that now can't sink, to go with all the ships that now don't float, the Ukrainians even hacked our surveillance cameras so we filmed their attack for them.
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is quite a coup by Ukraine. A Russian missile submarine at the dock, in a secure harbour, has been crippled by a submarine suicide drone, and there wasn’t even a ripple on the surface to warn that it was about to happen. Slava Ukraini!
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1/2 The Sydney Jewish community and Australia have experienced the horror of terrorist violence.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
1/2 The Sydney Jewish community and Australia have experienced the horror of terrorist violence.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.
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Almost hidden on the far side of the local lake, a pair of Australasian Grebes are nesting. 4 or 5 pale blue eggs are laid in a nest which is a floating mound of vegetation attached to a submerged branch or reed.
#birds #birdwatching #birding #waterbird #grebe
#birds #birdwatching #birding #waterbird #grebe
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Almost hidden on the far side of the local lake, a pair of Australasian Grebes are nesting. 4 or 5 pale blue eggs are laid in a nest which is a floating mound of vegetation attached to a submerged branch or reed.
#birds #birdwatching #birding #waterbird #grebe
#birds #birdwatching #birding #waterbird #grebe
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Ukrainian Security Service hit a Russian submarine in Novorossiysk
‼️For the first time in history,SubSea Baby drones have blown up a Russian Varshavianka 636.3 submarine.It was critically damaged
4 Kalibr launchers were located on the submarine.The submarine was worth about $400 million
Glory!
‼️For the first time in history,SubSea Baby drones have blown up a Russian Varshavianka 636.3 submarine.It was critically damaged
4 Kalibr launchers were located on the submarine.The submarine was worth about $400 million
Glory!
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ukrainian Security Service hit a Russian submarine in Novorossiysk
‼️For the first time in history,SubSea Baby drones have blown up a Russian Varshavianka 636.3 submarine.It was critically damaged
4 Kalibr launchers were located on the submarine.The submarine was worth about $400 million
Glory!
‼️For the first time in history,SubSea Baby drones have blown up a Russian Varshavianka 636.3 submarine.It was critically damaged
4 Kalibr launchers were located on the submarine.The submarine was worth about $400 million
Glory!
Well done Ukraine!
🔥🌊Drones “Sub Sea Baby” blew up Russian submarine in Novorossiysk, 😎SBS hit Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant and 💥Kamensky Plant in Rostov, 🦅BAVOVNA in Moscow region!
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December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well done Ukraine!
I thought this Trump post was a satirical fake when I first saw it, but it’s real. At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, the man is a deranged sicko.
Not that it's not appalling enough, but this is an official US Government post, paid for by our federal tax dollars.
December 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I thought this Trump post was a satirical fake when I first saw it, but it’s real. At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, the man is a deranged sicko.
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"The power of one man in a white T-shirt coming between a terrorist and his victims is being shown around the world as an example of how Australia...conducts itself in the face of terror."
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
This is who we are. A man in a white T-shirt. Not a terrorist with a gun.
www.mamamia.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"The power of one man in a white T-shirt coming between a terrorist and his victims is being shown around the world as an example of how Australia...conducts itself in the face of terror."
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
Yet Jillian Segal failed to mention this man's courage.
Or his name.
www.mamamia.com.au/ahmed-el-ahm...
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Disgraceful of Jillian Segal to use the Bondi attack to demand “acceleration” of her abhorrent recommendations & already point fingers w/out even waiting for police to uncover any details, esp when she failed to ever stand up against the worst antisemites around, the Neo Nazis.
December 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Disgraceful of Jillian Segal to use the Bondi attack to demand “acceleration” of her abhorrent recommendations & already point fingers w/out even waiting for police to uncover any details, esp when she failed to ever stand up against the worst antisemites around, the Neo Nazis.
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I see war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu lying on global TV. He says that the person who stopped a Bondi Beach shooter, Ahmed al Ahmed, was a Jewish man. The hero is in fact, a 43-year-old muslim fruit shop owner from Sydney - and this has been multiple source confirmed.
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I see war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu lying on global TV. He says that the person who stopped a Bondi Beach shooter, Ahmed al Ahmed, was a Jewish man. The hero is in fact, a 43-year-old muslim fruit shop owner from Sydney - and this has been multiple source confirmed.
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Reminder: During the #BondiJunction stabbing event 13Apr2024:
• Ahmadi Muslim refugee Faraz Tahir was killed defending women.
• Frenchman Damien Guerot and Ukrainian Silas Despreaux stopped the suspect reaching a children's play area.
• Multi-ethnic Australia.
#BondiBeachShooting
• Ahmadi Muslim refugee Faraz Tahir was killed defending women.
• Frenchman Damien Guerot and Ukrainian Silas Despreaux stopped the suspect reaching a children's play area.
• Multi-ethnic Australia.
#BondiBeachShooting
December 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reminder: During the #BondiJunction stabbing event 13Apr2024:
• Ahmadi Muslim refugee Faraz Tahir was killed defending women.
• Frenchman Damien Guerot and Ukrainian Silas Despreaux stopped the suspect reaching a children's play area.
• Multi-ethnic Australia.
#BondiBeachShooting
• Ahmadi Muslim refugee Faraz Tahir was killed defending women.
• Frenchman Damien Guerot and Ukrainian Silas Despreaux stopped the suspect reaching a children's play area.
• Multi-ethnic Australia.
#BondiBeachShooting
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Many of the accounts on X that are now opportunistically spreading anti-immigration content in the wake of the Bondi attack are *not even located in Australia*
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Many of the accounts on X that are now opportunistically spreading anti-immigration content in the wake of the Bondi attack are *not even located in Australia*
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Ahmed the Fruiterer being the everyday hero that saved multiple lives of mostly Jewish people today is the only politics worth a pinch of shit in this act of terrorism
December 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Ahmed the Fruiterer being the everyday hero that saved multiple lives of mostly Jewish people today is the only politics worth a pinch of shit in this act of terrorism
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Caladenia cairnsiana - the Zebra Orchid
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Caladenia cairnsiana - the Zebra Orchid
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
For heaven’s sake, when will Ukraine’s European allies send air defence troops and fighter jets to protect Ukraine’s cities and critical infrastructure? They have every right to defend Ukraine from Russian aggression and Putin has created the precedent by using N Korean troops.
The situation in Odesa remains critical following a massive Russian strike. Power, water, and heating have yet to be restored, and it’s unclear when services will resume. Over 400 resilience centers and numerous water distribution points are operating across the city.
December 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For heaven’s sake, when will Ukraine’s European allies send air defence troops and fighter jets to protect Ukraine’s cities and critical infrastructure? They have every right to defend Ukraine from Russian aggression and Putin has created the precedent by using N Korean troops.
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The Australian designed and manufactured MQ-28A Ghost Bat has achieved another major milestone, becoming one of the first collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) to successfully engage an aerial target with an air-to-air missile.
Official RAAF video #RAAF #ADF
youtu.be/mq6ifMZqvis
Official RAAF video #RAAF #ADF
youtu.be/mq6ifMZqvis
Major Milestones | MQ-28A Ghost Bat
YouTube video by Royal Australian Air Force
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The Australian designed and manufactured MQ-28A Ghost Bat has achieved another major milestone, becoming one of the first collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) to successfully engage an aerial target with an air-to-air missile.
Official RAAF video #RAAF #ADF
youtu.be/mq6ifMZqvis
Official RAAF video #RAAF #ADF
youtu.be/mq6ifMZqvis
Spot-on Cathy! Putin’s fortunes are tied to those of his asset, Trump, and Trump’s regime is in real trouble. If Trump falls, Putin is political roadkill.
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Spot-on Cathy! Putin’s fortunes are tied to those of his asset, Trump, and Trump’s regime is in real trouble. If Trump falls, Putin is political roadkill.
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Bad Lorikeets! Here's what can happen if you leave a window open in Sydney. After helping themselves to some honey I had put out for my mum, they perched on my iMac for the morning no doubt waiting for seconds . . . cheeky buggers. #birds #birding #nature #badlorikeets
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Bad Lorikeets! Here's what can happen if you leave a window open in Sydney. After helping themselves to some honey I had put out for my mum, they perched on my iMac for the morning no doubt waiting for seconds . . . cheeky buggers. #birds #birding #nature #badlorikeets
Excellent, professional, 16 min explanation of the war of attrition in Ukraine's Donbas region that's grinding down Russia's army, society, and economy.
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Excellent, professional, 16 min explanation of the war of attrition in Ukraine's Donbas region that's grinding down Russia's army, society, and economy.
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💥 SBU Sea Baby naval drones hit the Russian shadow fleet tanker Dashan in the Black Sea.
The vessel, flying the flag of the Comoros Islands, was moving in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine towards the Novorossiysk port terminal.
The vessel, flying the flag of the Comoros Islands, was moving in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine towards the Novorossiysk port terminal.
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
💥 SBU Sea Baby naval drones hit the Russian shadow fleet tanker Dashan in the Black Sea.
The vessel, flying the flag of the Comoros Islands, was moving in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine towards the Novorossiysk port terminal.
The vessel, flying the flag of the Comoros Islands, was moving in the exclusive economic zone of Ukraine towards the Novorossiysk port terminal.
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While Putin’s propaganda talks about "aggressive" Europe,the children of officials@military officers seem perfectly comfortable enjoying that very same Europe⤵️
📹The daughter of Russian General Tokarev travels,flaunts her wealthy lifestyle,all while her dad promises Putin to destroy every "Nazi"
📹The daughter of Russian General Tokarev travels,flaunts her wealthy lifestyle,all while her dad promises Putin to destroy every "Nazi"
December 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
While Putin’s propaganda talks about "aggressive" Europe,the children of officials@military officers seem perfectly comfortable enjoying that very same Europe⤵️
📹The daughter of Russian General Tokarev travels,flaunts her wealthy lifestyle,all while her dad promises Putin to destroy every "Nazi"
📹The daughter of Russian General Tokarev travels,flaunts her wealthy lifestyle,all while her dad promises Putin to destroy every "Nazi"
This is an illuminating analogy, considering so many would have reflexively talked of Putin’s forces advancing only at a “snail’s pace”!
Ukraine’s Defense Forces made Russia’s advance slower than a snail.
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is an illuminating analogy, considering so many would have reflexively talked of Putin’s forces advancing only at a “snail’s pace”!
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The origins of fake news: “The Nazi information machine ran on a steady diet of Lügenpresse — literally “lying press.” The term wasn’t invented by them, but they revived it and hurled it at any media that challenged their narrative.”
December 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The origins of fake news: “The Nazi information machine ran on a steady diet of Lügenpresse — literally “lying press.” The term wasn’t invented by them, but they revived it and hurled it at any media that challenged their narrative.”
Australasian Grebes are small waterbirds common on fresh water lakes and rivers in Aust, NZ and on nearby Pacific islands. At 25–27 cm in length, they are one of the smallest members of the grebe family. Eat small fish, water insect, and their own feathers! #WildOz #birds #birdwatching
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Australasian Grebes are small waterbirds common on fresh water lakes and rivers in Aust, NZ and on nearby Pacific islands. At 25–27 cm in length, they are one of the smallest members of the grebe family. Eat small fish, water insect, and their own feathers! #WildOz #birds #birdwatching