Nick🚲
@glenroynick.bsky.social
Cycling through it
📍Glenroy, Naarm/Melbourne, Aus
📍Glenroy, Naarm/Melbourne, Aus
This is what I saw this morning on my bike ride to the train station. These are 9 magpies on the nature strip.
February 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
This is what I saw this morning on my bike ride to the train station. These are 9 magpies on the nature strip.
I am a rare case where the Big Switch for the Melbourne train timetables is making my commute time worse because the only change on the Craigieburn line for 9-5 commuters is the 4:55pm from Southern Cross will no longer run, meaning you have to take the city loop, or change trains at north melb
February 1, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I am a rare case where the Big Switch for the Melbourne train timetables is making my commute time worse because the only change on the Craigieburn line for 9-5 commuters is the 4:55pm from Southern Cross will no longer run, meaning you have to take the city loop, or change trains at north melb
Australia should pay Taiwan many billions of dollars for them to build us more submarines. I am not a crackpot
Taiwan completes first undersea trial for domestically made submarine - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/taiwan-completes-first-undersea-trial-submarine-narwhal-5895301
Taiwan completes first undersea trial for domestically made submarine
TAIPEI: Taiwan completed the maiden underwater sea trial for its first domestically developed submarine on Thursday (Jan 29), a big milestone in a project aimed at strengthening deterrence against the Chinese navy and protecting vital sea lanes in the event of war.Taiwan, which China claims as its own territo
www.channelnewsasia.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Australia should pay Taiwan many billions of dollars for them to build us more submarines. I am not a crackpot
The total lack of interest the federal ALP has in resisting their urge to dive bomb the international rules based order is so galling
So maybe if the guy in Perth had signed the bomb before he threw it….
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese defends Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit as federal MP joins calls to rescind invitation
Independent MP Sophie Scamps joins Labor’s Friends of Palestine group and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in objecting to Israeli president’s visit
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM
The total lack of interest the federal ALP has in resisting their urge to dive bomb the international rules based order is so galling
This is a huge problem and reversing Scomo’s Stage 3 Tax Cuts wouldn’t even partially address it
'Australia has 48 billionaires who hold more wealth than the bottom 40 per cent of the population combined, a new report by Oxfam Australia has found.' [JAN 19]
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Calls to tax super-rich more as number of global billionaires hits record
Oxfam Australia is calling on the federal government to tax the super-rich to help tackle growing inequality, as billionaires grow their wealth by more than half a million a day on average.
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is a huge problem and reversing Scomo’s Stage 3 Tax Cuts wouldn’t even partially address it
Seeing ads for a new season of Australian Idol reminds of conversations around 20 years ago about how Australian Idol was a blood sport capitalising on chronic Australian government underfunding of the performing arts
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Seeing ads for a new season of Australian Idol reminds of conversations around 20 years ago about how Australian Idol was a blood sport capitalising on chronic Australian government underfunding of the performing arts
Today was a very good day for watching cats in front yards
December 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Today was a very good day for watching cats in front yards
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Just a friendly reminder that Channel 7's Sunrise helped resurrect Pauline Hanson's career. In 2016, Hanson was paid to appear on Sunrise at least 16 times. She then successfully re-entered politics in the federal election that year, resurrecting the One Nation party. Thanks Kochie and Sam!
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just a friendly reminder that Channel 7's Sunrise helped resurrect Pauline Hanson's career. In 2016, Hanson was paid to appear on Sunrise at least 16 times. She then successfully re-entered politics in the federal election that year, resurrecting the One Nation party. Thanks Kochie and Sam!
A warm day today! Watering the garden before work, then talking about the garden after work at the Merri-bek Gardens For Wildlife session!
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A warm day today! Watering the garden before work, then talking about the garden after work at the Merri-bek Gardens For Wildlife session!
This is my assessment of a Hungry Jacks in Glenroy:
❌ HJs is on the BDS list
❌ a drivethru across a bi-directional bike path
❌ a single story building 250m from a Zone 1 train station
❌ HJs is on the BDS list
❌ a drivethru across a bi-directional bike path
❌ a single story building 250m from a Zone 1 train station
October 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is my assessment of a Hungry Jacks in Glenroy:
❌ HJs is on the BDS list
❌ a drivethru across a bi-directional bike path
❌ a single story building 250m from a Zone 1 train station
❌ HJs is on the BDS list
❌ a drivethru across a bi-directional bike path
❌ a single story building 250m from a Zone 1 train station
Listening to people on the train complain about the Ascot Vale reception backhole. As valid as ever - doesn't matter on your carrier, and yes even when you're above ground, it's simply not good enough @ptua.org.au
June 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Listening to people on the train complain about the Ascot Vale reception backhole. As valid as ever - doesn't matter on your carrier, and yes even when you're above ground, it's simply not good enough @ptua.org.au
Interesting to see SLQ learned nothing from SLV's Teen Writing Camp screw up in early 2024
www.deepcutnews.com/p/first-nati...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/first-nati...
First Nations author vows to 'keep speaking up' for Palestine after Queensland grant revoked
The State Library of Queensland pulled the $15K award over pro-Palestine advocacy. Now, K.A. Ren Wyld tells Deepcut why they’re not backing down.
www.deepcutnews.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Interesting to see SLQ learned nothing from SLV's Teen Writing Camp screw up in early 2024
www.deepcutnews.com/p/first-nati...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/first-nati...
It’d be great if Australia had some of these guidelines in place
It’s also because bloated American SUVs/pickups often flunk European safety rules that protect pedestrians.
This is completely wrong. I've lived in Europe. They don't want our cars because:
1. Too big for roads and parking spaces
2. Too fuel inefficient in countries where gas is $6/gallon
3. Considered low quality for the cost
1. Too big for roads and parking spaces
2. Too fuel inefficient in countries where gas is $6/gallon
3. Considered low quality for the cost
May 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’d be great if Australia had some of these guidelines in place
May 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Charging for or allocating rights to scarce public space is one of core policy tools available to local councils to manage congestion. That so many of Melbourne’s councils refuse to charge for parking shows an abject lack of respect for the public they serve.
Full article below.
Full article below.
May 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Charging for or allocating rights to scarce public space is one of core policy tools available to local councils to manage congestion. That so many of Melbourne’s councils refuse to charge for parking shows an abject lack of respect for the public they serve.
Full article below.
Full article below.
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Anybody claiming #Melbourne CBD is dead doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Commuting has changed but it’s busier than ever on weekends. What hasn’t changed is the public transport timetables, despite huge demand.
May 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Anybody claiming #Melbourne CBD is dead doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Commuting has changed but it’s busier than ever on weekends. What hasn’t changed is the public transport timetables, despite huge demand.
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What does Mum *really* want for Mother's Day? Maybe it’s a place in one of Council's Bike Maintenance Workshops with Bike it Better? And if Mum doesn’t want to do the workshop maybe she wants YOU to do it and pledge a year’s free maintenance? www.eventbrite.com.au/cc/bike-main...?
Bike maintenance workshops
Learn how to maintain your bike with Cazz Clarke from Bike it Better. Bring your own bike and toolkit (if you have one)
www.eventbrite.com.au
May 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
What does Mum *really* want for Mother's Day? Maybe it’s a place in one of Council's Bike Maintenance Workshops with Bike it Better? And if Mum doesn’t want to do the workshop maybe she wants YOU to do it and pledge a year’s free maintenance? www.eventbrite.com.au/cc/bike-main...?
Should Australia really be buying submarines from these people?
DIDN'T TAKE LONG. This is what you call "committing to the bit."
May 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Should Australia really be buying submarines from these people?
Twice 🙄
@ptua.org.au
@ptua.org.au
Another day in the office, another day experiencing the Moonee Ponds to Ascot Vale mobile network deadzone
May 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Twice 🙄
@ptua.org.au
@ptua.org.au
Another day in the office, another day experiencing the Moonee Ponds to Ascot Vale mobile network deadzone
May 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Another day in the office, another day experiencing the Moonee Ponds to Ascot Vale mobile network deadzone
I used one today and got that good brain buzz feeling
New Myki readers now in use at some stations. A step towards bank card fare payments next year. #Melbourne #PublicTransport
May 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I used one today and got that good brain buzz feeling
Feels ridiculous to be driving into the CBD today, but the trains are so infrequent it’s not worth the wait
May 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Feels ridiculous to be driving into the CBD today, but the trains are so infrequent it’s not worth the wait
I very much want to see what the triangle looks like for this election
May 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I very much want to see what the triangle looks like for this election