#straya tag

[leotanaka]

to any aussies...

with the weather heating up, just a reminder to:

drink plenty of water

put water outside for any stray animals and wildlife (make sure the water is fresh and clean everyday)

wear sunscreen and a hat if you go out into the sun (and don't forget to reapply sunscreen if you are going to be out all day and it's required)

try and stay out of direct heat

make sure your phone and any other necessary devices are fully charged

if your state has an emergency app, download it or check it's up to date

have a bag packed and ready to go in case you need to leave quickly in the event of a nearby fire or bushfire

edit: a few more things...

don't overexert yourself and if you can, keep any activity to a minimum especially when you are outside

be mindful of the symptoms of heat stroke & heat exhaustion

read up on the fire danger warnings and look at what specifically you are not allowed to do outdoors (aka no bbq or using power tools etc.)

don't leave anyone in the car (that goes for children, elderly, pets etc.)

be careful taking your dog for a walk as the pavement could cause burns

be careful of how hot the roads will be

turn off any appliances and power points that you are not using

another edit

wear sunglasses

[shesnake]

it's 2026 we cannot keep thinking of melbourne as the quirky artsy hipster city

[nathanhaley]

EVERYONE IS DOING GREAT, SEASON 1 EPISODE 2

[gins-potter]

Not to be a jock on main but is there anything better than watching the NSW team beat the absolute shit out of the QLD team?

[thereluctantinquisitor]

So we were on fire last year, and we are flooding this year. Even the spiders are fleeing to high ground. In the thousands.

So... welcome to Australia! (pics below the cut for those of you who are not squeamish about our eight-legged overlords)

[shesnake]

[thereluctantinquisitor]

Another 40+ degree day hahahaurgh

[thereluctantinquisitor]

My new favorite thing I learned about my baby cousin is that she thinks Emu's are the cutest birds in the world and I had flashbacks to the explanation of "The Emu Wars"

“The enemy is the tough, prolific, gangling marauder of the sand plains whose species, ever since the beginning of agriculture in the State, has invaded, in a frenzy of hunger, some of the finest fields at the time of ripening of the harvest to shear off crops with voracious beaks and to trample with great webbed feet 100 plants into the earth for each one eaten.” - The Sunday Herald, 5 July, 1953

                                Never forgive.

“The machine-gunners' dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated. The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month.” - ornithologist D.L. Serventy.

“If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds it would face any army in the world ... They can face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks.”  -  Major Meredith, The Sunday Herald, 5 July, 1953

                                                Never forget.