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Bendigo retained a section of its former electric tramway network after its closure in 1972, and has run it as a tourist attraction and heritage tramway since then Here is 1917-built tram no 25 in Pall Mall and Charing Cross, Bendigo Exactly forty years ago today, October 5 1986 2 of 5

1917-built tram no 25 in Pall Mall, Bendigo

1917-built tram no 25 in Charing Cross, Bendigo

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A gorgeous day for a drive to Serpentine in Northern Vic for the Loddon Valley Arts Trail. Amanda Western’s “Red Bricks” - lithograph projections bringing to life the history of the East Loddon Woolshed a site-specific sound/ art installation - was beautifully done. #Art #Arts #Lithograph

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 02/10/2026

We all understand laws and regulations re: bushfire prevention but a bit of common sense needs to come into play here. That’s outrageous. Like you say, it’s bureaucracy gone mad.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is just marvellous! Check out the wonderful Debbie Harry taking pics at the iconic Chelsea Hotel! Photographer is Danielle Levitt. (Hopefully it’s not too fuzzy for this Bluesky incarnation) #Blondie #1980s #PopMusic #NewWave #NYC #ChelseaHotel

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bureaucracy gone mad? Trees gone without notice. At Elphinstone Primary School near Castlemaine: “They tried to pull out the kids' cabbages & strawberries from the kitchen garden.” At Carisbrook Primary: Among the trees removed was a Lone Pine seeded from Gallipoli. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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Parents outraged as trees chopped down at central Victorian schools

A Lone Pine tree and strawberry plants are among vegetation abruptly cleared from a central Victorian school as part of a state government tree removal program.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mass Ibis death at Lake Weeroona #Bendigo. I went to have a look just then. Some Ibis looking very lethargic, not moving. They’re usually so active. Way less Ibis than when I was there Wednesday. Don’t know if it’s H5N1 bird flu yet but whatever it is it’s distressing. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

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Bird flu tests underway after 59 ibises found dead in Bendigo

Authorities are working to determine whether the death of almost 60 birds at a popular lake in Bendigo is the result of H5N1 bird flu.

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Bird flu tests underway after 59 ibises found dead in Bendigo

Authorities are working to determine whether the death of almost 60 birds at a popular lake in Bendigo is the result of H5N1 bird flu.

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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026

Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.

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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport

Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.

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Rose❤️🇨🇦Part owner of Canada.🇨🇦❤️ @scotfreeme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Poland had some wise words, for Russia. They can puff out their chests all they like, they can keep killing... But this Polish Foreign Minister is 💯 correct. They will never win.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

TikTok trekkers are ignoring warnings not to walk on the fragile land formation of the Pink Cliffs at Heathcote, and are trampling all over them to get the perfect tiktok vid or insta pic. 😠 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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TikTok tourists blamed for visitor damage at Victoria's Pink Cliffs

The Pink Cliffs at Heathcote are a unique remnant of 1800s gold mining and have become a tourist hotspot as people seek the perfect photograph for social media.

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Swamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Scores in the 2026 Grand Final Before Wharfie Time FREM 12.17 (89) BRIS 10.12 (72) After Wharfie Time BRIS 4.0 (24) FREM 0.0 (0) #AFLGF #AFLFinals #AFLFreoLions #AFL

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 26/09/2026

How good is footy eh

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joesferatu @24fps.myatproto.social · 23/09/2026

chat, we did it, we finally found who's afraid of Virginia Woolf

mark Zuckerberg scared of feminism, presumably

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How’s this amazing tree in Maldon! Vote for it in the National Trust’s 2026 Victorian Tree of the Year competition. Voting opened this morning. There’s also a massive Indian Bean Tree in Castlemaine’s Botanical Gardens as one of the nine finalists. #Trees #Nature www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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'Messy but beautiful' tree among nine vying for Victoria's annual gong

One regional Victorian shire is home to two finalists in this year's Victorian Tree of the Year competition.

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Jason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Local story takes quite a swerve just before the page turn.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This young man is amazing👇👇 Not even his ongoing treatment for brain cancer could stop him running out with his side and kicking two goals in #Echuca seniors’ GF win yesterday. #AussieRules #LocalFooty #Footy www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...

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Country footballer wins premiership with Echuca despite brain cancer

Echuca footballer Aiden "AJ" Mills celebrates a premiership a year after being denied a permit to play finals while undergoing treatment for brain cancer.

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DeJenerate🎻🐨📚 @dejenerate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I had a visitor who was amazed by what they thought was thriving potted coriander. If only. It was just flat leaf parsley, nice enough in its own way but ...

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Super happy with how my mint has come back, and the thyme never left. Plus the curly leaf and flat leaf parsley. Got some basil and new Vietnamese mint in as they completely died off (as per the norm). Bring on Thai Beef Salad and Outdoor Pizza Oven Season! #gardening #herbs

Beautiful full mint in a pot with flat leaf parsley and other herbs in the background.

Lucious thyme in a pot with small seedlings of basil.

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Inko Gneto @inkogneto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Not only raised me as a Saturday morning show but, I worked in the production team for the Saturday evening show for many years

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TheChef @thechef-52.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There has to be a Dr Who in everybody's life. 😃

Photo is a composite of various featuring Daleks from Dr Who.

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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 19/09/2026

Incredible game of football.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Share a television show that raised you

A book showing a pic of Johnny Young from Young Talent Time, and a YTT cap

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Standing by my first quarter assessment A decent game #AFLFinals #AFLHawksLions

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Already a decent game… Worth giving up one’s Saturday evening for. Am going for Hawthorn coz of my dad being a Hawks tragic plus Ginnivan went to my sons’ school in #Bendigo (he’s from Castlemaine) and I promised my dad I’d get him a witch’s hat if they make the granny. #AFLHawksLions #AFLFinals

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

THE REPLIES👇👇 ! 😂 (My family one is The von Trapp Family Singers)

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

RIP Blanche D’Alpuget. Was privileged to interview and meet her at the 2014 #Bendigo Writers Festival (back when it was good… and on..) I recall she wished to talk about her historical fiction but all anyone else wanted to talk about was Bob Hawke. She was lovely.

Blanche D’Alpuget and Fiona Parker at the Bendigo Writers Festival opening night 2014.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’d be more concerned about this: Phillips “said in a podcast he’d like to punch “that b*tch” in the mouth, referring to former President Joe Biden who’d just left office. “He deserves to die.” In another podcast, Phillips said migrants were coming to kill Americans while warning people to be armed”

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Coucho Marx @couchomarx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thanks for everything Libba. Entertaining, inspiring, adorable. We love you so much.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Well geez it was quite the day for a game of Under 14’s soccer! Mate. I’m nearly as soaked as my son… and I was standing under awnings… but the rain was coming in sideways.

Rain pelts down on a soggy soccer pitch as one parent bravely stands in the rain to watch the soaked players.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Well this is quite the first half for the Hawks! Some excellent snatches, excellent set shots, ruthless play. And #Bendigo ‘s own / #Castlemaine ‘s own Jack Ginnivan, home town boy fab out there with passes etc. (Pies loss saying farewell to him but that’s their problem) #AFLFreoHawks #AFLFinals

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PeculiarAmelia @theartfulldodger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I come to pray at my church

The beautiful stained glass ceiling of the national gallery of Victoria

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Excellent reporting from Jane Bardon. Marine Scientist Rachel Groom says #Dugongs are “long-lived animals… slow to breed and reach maturity, so that decline in the population we're looking at years to recover… In the last couple of weeks we've had 11 dugongs wash up dead in the gulf…” #SeaLife

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Niall @niallau.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Watched it last night - was a great insight. I feel really sorry for her - would have been a horrible situation to be in & people were so cruel. I hope a lot of people watch it, particularly those who spent months tormenting her.

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just watched the #Raygun doco on #Netflix. Most insightful, especially being taken behind the scenes in the lead-up to that infamous, meme-inducing Olympic breaking comp routine. Worth a watch if all you remember and know is the kangaroo pose and the sprinkler. #Breaking #Bgirls

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Fiona Parker @fionaparker1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Only 6 hours ‘til donations close for the 2026 Lifeline Loddon Mallee Dog of the Year! My pooch Coco is currently 4th. Was 2nd but dropped back due to a black lab, rescued greyhound & cute corgi. Vote by donation; doesn’t matter which dog* #DogsOfBluesky lifeline-dog-of-the-year-2026.raiselysite.com

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Lifeline Dog of the year 2026

Lifeline Dog of the year : Make a donation today to support Lifeline Dog of the year

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Gigz @andrewgigacz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is very much a 50-50 contest. #AFLFinals #AFLDeesBlues

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