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22.01.2022 Wizard World Virtual Experiences is bringing POWER RANGER VILLAINS to the virtual screen on Saturday, November 14th! Join Vernon Wells (Power Rangers Time Force..., Power Rangers Wild Force), Ilia Volok (Power Rangers Wild Force), Diane Salinger (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue), and Melody Perkins (Power Rangers in Space, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy) for an interactive event that includes a FREE, live-moderated video Q&A, plus one-on-one video chats, recorded videos, virtual photo-ops & autographs! This event starts at 1pm PT / 4pm ET. Fans can attend sessions virtually on their computers and mobile devices. As part of the event, FANS ACROSS THE GLOBE can: Submit questions via chat during the FREE 45-minute panel, featuring our celebrity guests (open to everyone; no entry fee to watch or submit). Participate in a personal, exclusive two-minute live video chat with each participating celebrity (paid). Purchase a recording of your live chat. (*NEW*) Purchase a recorded video from the participating guests (specifying the message if desired). Purchase a virtual photo-op from the participating guests. (*NEW*) Purchase an autograph on an 8x10 photo. Post Panel Add-Ons: + Vernon Wells: Live Chats, Virtual Photo Ops, Recorded Messages & Autographs + Ilia Volok: Live Chats, Virtual Photo Ops, Recorded Messages & Autographs + Diane Salinger: Live Chats, Virtual Photo Ops, Recorded Messages & Autographs + Melody Perkins: Live Chats, Virtual Photo Ops, Recorded Messages & Autographs GET YOUR TICKETS NOW: wizardworldvirtual.com November 14- 21 2020 #WizardWorld #WizardWorldVirtualExperiences #RANGERSVirtualExperiences #PowerRangers

22.01.2022 Despite this, a growing cohort of locals struggling to get work and the farmworkers’ union have told The New Daily that growers’ preference is to employ cheap, easily exploitable foreign workers over locals, and the industry needs to be ‘cleaned up’.

18.01.2022 Efforts to paint Australians as too lazy to take fruit-picking jobs have been blown apart by an experienced fruit-picker who has revealed he was lured to a Queensland farm on the promise of making more than $3,000-a-week only to be paid less than the minimum wage.

14.01.2022 Seems the same over the ditch.

10.01.2022 "Hi Jerry, Walking towards Hell’s Gates in Noosa today, we came upon this plant. Can you tell me anything about this plant? Is it a weed? Is the red colouration... of the leaves associated with flowering? Thanks, Craig L., Sunshine Coast." Reply: Hi Craig, Euphorbia cyathophora is an invasive weed. It seeds prolifically and has explosive seed pods to fling seed far and wide. The red bracts are nectar guides and, just like its cousin the poinsettia, the true flowers are very small and rounded. The seed remain viable in the soil for many years. It wasn't present in my garden when I moved here in 2003, but every time I dig soil over in the front garden, a few germinate to this day. Since they spread so fast, I try to diligently remove them before they flower, but be very careful of the sap. Sap is caustic - like oven cleaner - it burns skin as badly as a lighted cigarette. The greatest risk is to eyesight. When gardeners work with plants producing caustic sap in warm weather, there is a risk they may get sap on skin or eyes when wiping off sweat. Most people experience painful and long lasting burns to skin from this plant and other Euphorbia species. I now routinely pull them out before they can flower. Always wear gloves even when handling small seedlings. Euphorbia cyathophora, see: https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/painted-spurge Queensland Poisons Information Centre, see: https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au//queensland-poiso/ Jerry

09.01.2022 This has happened in Melb, too.

09.01.2022 South Australia goes into full lockdown for six days, from midnight. EVERYTHING is closed.

08.01.2022 As we approach remembrance day it’s important to remember the sacrifices made. An often forgotten part of the World War One is the involvement of the light rail...way. During the First World War, motor transport was still in its infancy. Roads didn’t exist, particularly that close to the front. Railways played a vital role in transporting supplies, personnel and wounded. Before the start of the First World War, the British Military plans for a major conflict anticipated a war of movement, where a small mobile expeditionary force on the European continent could be supported by road transport. By contrast, The Germans and French had anticipated the possibility of fighting to defend their own soil. Part of their strategy was to build up fixed defensive positions and amass large stocks of 600mm (narrow gauge) light railway equipment which could be used to supply them. At the outbreak it was apparent that the front lines in Flanders and northern France had ground to a halt, with both sides becoming entrenched. This required the concentration of supplies to maintain defences, as a minimum. As the war progressed mass armies and the fearsome artillery was brought to bear. In this environment, the mainline railways could not get any closer than four or five miles from the front, as they were prime targets for artillery and were very expensive to both install and maintain. The Germans and French forces saw the potential to redirect their stocks of light railway equipment to serve the vital connection between the mainline and front line. This became an advantage for both the Germans and French, as they now had a way to move mass supplies with a somewhat reliable mode of transport. This advantage became quickly apparent to the British War department, who were struggling to ensure that supplies made it to the front. The Hunslet Steam locomotive is one of a class of 155 built during the First World War to the order of the British War department; for use by the British, Canadian and ANZAC forces. They were used to fill a vital supply role in the fields of the Western Front in France and Belgium by bridging the gap between the main line railways and the front. This role was critical, transporting huge quantities of soldiers, casualties, shells, rations, fodder, trenching supplies and other supplies over a vast network. By the end of the First World War this network was over six thousand kilometres of track in the Commonwealth sector alone. The locomotives were designed for a brief and brutal life. In service they had an average life expectancy of three weeks, becoming easy targets for artillery. It is estimated that less than a third of the ordered 155 survived the war, of that third 20 were spares that never saw service. The use of the light railway virtually turned the tide for the allies, by 1917 an average of 165,530 tons of war materials was moved per week on allied light railways. The peak reached 210,808 tons by October 1917. The advantages became quickly apparent, the ability to lay light rail over virtually any ground, with minimal earth works & engineering, with speed and the ability to push forward and bring a constant and consistent amount of supplies for the effort. One of these AIF locomotives survives at Woodford, still baring many of its battle scars to this day. After surviving the war it was brought to Queensland to haul sugar cane working in Mackay. Hopefully one day we might meet a politician that will help us obtain funding to restore it back to glory. Whilst no one alive today remains to tell the stories of the suffering, endurance, and seeming chaos of the battle zone of the Western Front, this locomotive has its own story to tell of those days. We will remember them.