We're on the final leg from Mildura back to Melbourne via Slow Rail Journeys' train. Lunch today was at the beautiful Clyde Estate winery at Bannockburn (a place name I know will interest @simonvarwell). I can recommend the chocolate olive cake!

#train #trains

Another Melbourne suburb I've barely heard of. Sounds nice though. And another Scottish name in the northern suburbs - there are quite a few of those.

"Aberfeldie got its name from a chap called James Robertson, who bought Crown land in 1845 and named his property Aberfeldie, after the town of […]

An apology shall not be forthcoming.

Haha! Can't believe it worked!

#photography #edinburgh #concrete #carpark #redarrows

Feliĉan novjaron al ĉiuj!
Happy new year to all!

Ok so I’m now on the Blue place. @simonvarwell.sky.social. Not at all abandoning Mastodon, but willing to see what Bsky can add. See you there?

This feels well put. https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauskas/113481339274221382

In 2012, Zakia Mohammadi and Zahra Hussaini met at 18 years old in Bamyan, Afghanistan, and became fast friends — bonding over bicycling, which was a taboo sport for women. In the years that followed, with the Taliban in hiding, they began teaching other girls how to cycle, entered races and […]

I always appreciate disaster and apocalypse movies that get it right; you're* probably going to ride out the disaster stuck in traffic because cars are stupid and we've built everything around them.

* well, maybe not YOU in particular, if you follow me for bike nerd stuff; but most everyone else.

Argh, I’ve fallen into a town square water feature.

Quick, call Fountain Rescue!

So Justin Welby as the next Match of the Day presenter?

So lots of people talking about Bluesky, including very recent Twitter exiles. Anyone on there? What’s it like?