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Found in the inside pocket of a jacket I thrifted (one of the jackets in the photo!)

Hey all,
For the past few years we’ve had parents of newly hatched magpies come for a little feed at times (cat biscuits, off cut of meat from dinner, meely worms & some sneaky cheese from time to time). We’ve had the usual mum & dad come down take a snack and they take back to the nest, this year is different.
Some of the magpies are still coming in for a feed, we’ve now have a juvenile magpie coming a couple times a day, butcher bird occasionally, 2 kookaburras (one started because he slammed into our pool fence- not once but he’s up to his 3rd time not the sharpest tool he’s called whack fuck) his mate is a bit on the derrrr side too, a couple of dumb & dumbers…. This morning a brush turkey chick flew in, I do like to think of myself as a “Snow White” kinda guy but this is weird.
My thoughts are, as we’ve only had just over 10mm of rain since August there’s not much food about. Is this the case?

Edit:

Yeah… I do feed the birds not a lot and I don’t feed them much human food at all. Raw meat (not mince) mealy worms, some high quality cat biscuits & odd bit of cheese. We have water in a low dish for drinks etc.
My question wasn’t about food, it was about the amount and variety of bird life wanting food at the moment. We have been interacting and doing a little feeding over the years but this year it’s next level.

A big thanks to all the wildlife warriors commenting about me feeding them. Oh yeah and thanks to the dude making comments on my poorly written post - spot on, my last line made zero sense even to me, I think I fixed it.

I wasn’t asking people if I should feed them. We don’t do it much and have done a bit for few years. Always water and few snacks here and there. No need for the attacks. No need for the arrogance or the posturing.
I’m purely asking others that do the same in Brisbane if they have noticed an increase. Like I initially said the parents fly down every few days grab a bit and take it back to the nest. Normally by now they’ve gone back to normal bird lives but this year they’re still coming and a larger variety. Something is different!
That’s all…

I love passing the Aquarium at Stones Corner and getting nasty side eye from their Giant Gourami 🙂

Stumbled across this beauty showcasing fish from Moggill Ck at UQ (think it was the biology building).

I'm wondering what other aquariums are around Brisbane that are publically accessible but not fish/aquarium shops. Hotel / corporate lobbies/ display homes/ other universities etc.

I seem to remember a marine aquarium at Toowong Village, but couldn't find it when I last visited.

A few weeks ago, an announcement was made about agreements being finally reached in the ongoing dispute, with "91% of services" supposedly restored by today (ABC Article).

However, there seems to be no improvement on the Ferny Grove líne this morning, that I noticed, and all the "Union protected industrial action" hogwash is still up on the screens.

Looking into it, there seemed to be a walk back of that at some point, but I can only see anything about it in the Courier Mail (Archive Link).

Does anyone have any further information about which lines are actually seeing restored services, or any additional info from other sources about what the deal is with the additional delays?

I know they’re an invasive species, but damn it, I love jacaranda season.

Hello r/Brisbane. The Brisbane Tramway Museum put Wait Here For Trams Parts 1 & 2 onto YouTube this week, a documentary of historical footage of the trams that used to run in our city. The footage is great I reckon. If you’re familiar with the areas it covers, it’s great seeing how much has or hasn’t changed. All up it’s about three hours of footage with commentary.

Wait Here For Trams - Part 1

Wait Here For Trams - Part 2

Enjoy this sleepy fella I found out on a stroll in Margate!