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@hookturn.bsky.social
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Writer and former oncology nurse living in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). Interests include: • Australian folklore, poetry and film • English language haiku • Gothic novels • Psychedelic music Formally “WeirdMelbs” clembyard.com

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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sausage rolls on a green pattern plate
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is Zuckerberg’s style:
Mark Zuckerberg avatar from Facebook’s failed virtual reality project
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the one in Kensington — not a great photo but I’ll try to take a better one when I’m at the pool next (presume I’ll have to get permission as it is actually in the main pool area)
Barge decorated as a short-finned eel used in an event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Naarm / Melbourne
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think that one is the Conger Eel (Source — Melbourne Playgrounds website)
A barge decorated with a conger eel that was part of an event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Naarm / Melbourne
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Moonlight Grevillea follow the path to the supermarket carpark moonlight grevillea #haiku #OzHaiku #Melbourne #Naarm
A pale yellow grevillea flower on a background of green leaves
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Does anybody remember a time when shandies were a regular order in Australian pubs? #Melbourne #Naarm #MixedDrinks #TheLadiesBar
A can of shandy (a mix of beer and lemonade but in this instance less than 1% alcohol)
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I’m an associate producer for a hot new act called Velvet Vanilli Please give us 1,000,000 streams on Spotify OK Thx
Two dudes who look a bit like Milli Vanilli standing on a beach at sunset
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
New dating profile pic Hit me up if you’re (very hard) up for a date* My DMs are open * Disclaimer, photo is not actually of me, it is of some weird-arse dude who was selling a top hate on Facebook Marketplace
Dude with a top hat and a ridiculous moustache
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Chrissy Amphlett
Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous Chrissy Amphlett a still from the film clip for I’m Jealous
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Lobsters Ate My Face 🦞 Just like @leopardsatemyface.bsky.social but with tasty seafood ~ #LobstersVsLeopards #LeopardsAteMyFace #LobstersAteMyFace
A lobster suit for a dogA leopard statue with a broken tooth
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Folks, you know I love a shop mannequin This one was made in Japan $400 pick up from #Brighton #Darling No, I don’t live in #Gardenvale I mean the map says I do, but the map is actually wrong I live in #EastBrighton I mean I don’t really care which suburb you live in But I live in Brighton
A purple shop mannequin of a teenage boy
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I’m the new fool in town
Humpty Hump from the Digital Underground
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Rule 1 Never ever stand behind one of these things Pick up #Richmond
A shooting target poster – a life-sized baddie pointing a pistol printed on cardboard
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Where are they now ~
Sensual Alf
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
You know I can’t resist stuff that is sold as being “perfect for the man cave” . . . . . . It’s always completely and utterly hideous Take this six foot tall inflatable Jim Beam bottle for instance . . . Stay classy #Essendon, stay classy #ManCave #SkipAmericanDrinks
Six foot tall inflatable Jim Beam bottle
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I’ll just leave this here . . . #WombatPoop
A commode painted bright greenA commode painted bright green with a minecraft logo on itA commode painted bright green with a minecraft logo on it
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
That, my dear Murder, is a bonafide Sawfish (with built in letter opener), sometimes known as a Carpenter Shark, but according to Wikipedia actually a type of Ray 😬 🪚🦈
A sawfish which looks a bit like a shark with a long serrated nose
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Generously described as a “Shark Letterbox Vintage Folk Art” $40 Pick up in #HamptonPark #LetterboxBitesPostie
A letterbox decorated like a sharkA letterbox decorated like a sharkA letterbox decorated like a sharkA letterbox decorated like a shark
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Black and white dog with a blue ear
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Barney Wearing #woad Fuck imperialists . . .
A black and white dog with blue dye on him
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Continuing my investigation into gardening ornaments in #Kensington Today we have a cast iron dragon with a fabric #Easter Bunny head stuck in top of it ~
Cast iron dragon with a fabric Easter bunny’s head stuck in topCast iron dragon with a fabric Easter bunny’s head stuck in top
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Spotted in someone’s front yard as I wandered aimlessly around the streets of #Kensington #LookMaNoHands
A stuffed pale pink one piece with a motorbike helmet for a head, lying on a banana lounge
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
If you’re in #Wodonga have we got a deal for you Thx to @asherwolf.bsky.social for the tip . . .!
An old lounge chair lying in its side
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Yo . . .! Anybody partying in the inner western suburbs of #Naarm tonight? ‘cause #ILikeMyOatmealLumpy
Humpy from the Digital Underground rap group, he’s wearing a white bearskin hat and a Groucho Marx mask
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This object is described as “a beautiful ornament brought from Taiwan over 30 years ago” 😒😳🫨 $35 bucks Pick up in #Vermont
An ornament with a bulb and a long stem
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
In the name of the father, the son, and the holy . . . ballerina 😒 These items cost $280 and you can pick them up in #StAlbans
Religious plaster statues in front of a picture of a ballerina
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Here’s the other Kryal Castle prop I posted some time last year (Do you think the fetishists would like this too?)
Puppet of a bearded king with a purple silver face
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Medieval time-line cleanse #Maribynong Price: 150 gold florins #StockUp #DontPilloryMe #StockingFillers
A medieval stock
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
What am I bid for these prime pieces of Australian kitsch? Do I hear $250 . . .? Pick up from #Werribee #koala #kangaroo #joey #GardenOrnaments #Australiana #concrete #kitschiness
Concrete koala and kangaroo garden ornaments Concrete koala garden ornamentConcrete kangaroo garden ornament
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Way out ahead of you Fred: The maximum security wing at Pentridge was unironically called Jika Jika (pictured) The “youth justice facility” in Parkville was called Turana There are others too . . . #AboriginalPlaceNames #AboriginalIncarceration #Australia #Melbourne #Naarm
Maximum security wing at Pentridge prison in Melbourne
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Pumpkin scones . . . Donald Trump’s skin . . . . . . the colour orange just gives me the ick ~ (Image via Channel 9)
A bright orange pumpkin scone
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Face off (. . . and loving it)
Face half Travolta and half Cage from the movie Face Off
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Yeah, a leopard is eating my head . . . What of it . . .? It’s exactly what I wanted to happen all along ~ 🐆 🧔‍♂️ @leopardsatemyface.bsky.social
A porcelain leopard
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Moving right along ~
A car driving past a literal fork in the road from The Muppet Movie
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
#DinnerTime Seller states – The spoons & forks are very fragile & bend easily. It does work. Missing one hand but you can buy a replacement kits online. Ideal for that kitsch kitchen or someone who works in hospitality as a normality gift. The battery is flat. #CompleteNormality #NarreWarrenSouth
A clock made out of spoons and forks
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Lotus $15 Pick up only (too heavy to post) #Bellfield
A lotus flower and seed capsules
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Join us at #Tasmania’s great new #GastroDestination “Geur van Zelm” Feast on our signature “salmon with bladderwrack & salmon-lipid foam, served on #BrunyIsland rocks” ~ “Incredible! You can really taste the environmental destruction! Highly recommended! 4/5 stars” Angus, #Bonbeach Victoria.
Salmon carcass on rocks
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Thought for the day: Someone should invent slow release alcohol ~ 50c per empty wine bottle Pick up in #Balwyn
Lots of empty wine bottles
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
? This guy ?
The Scarlett Pimpernel
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
when you’re being mean to me, this is who you’re being mean to
Staypuff Marshmellow Man from Ghostbusters
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only. #IWin #ItIsntEvenClose #BarryJones #DoctorWho #AusPol
Barry Jones, Australian Labor politician and polymath.
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Ever wanted to see an electric sex toy made out of a mollusc . . .? Here’s your big chance . . .! (If you’re feeling a bit prudish I’ve hidden the offending article behind a content warning) $50, pick up from #TurnersBeach #Tasmania Added bonus feature – it glows when you switch it on . . .!
A large pink conch with an electric wire coming out of itA glowing conch shell
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Wooden frame $200 Would suit a hobbit or maybe an admiral (retired) Pick up from #OceanGrove
Round timber wooden frame
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Time to bring back the terry towelling giggle hat ~ (I’m pretty sure this is Greg Chappell)
Greg Chappell (I think) wearing a white hat
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I didn’t make it (but I et it) Cinnamon scroll cake thingie from an SBS recipe
A cinnamon scroll cake
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New #SethCampbell emoji just dropped #Tiges #AFL #MCG #Tigerland
Upside down tiger emoji
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
How people get away with selling their fascist memorabilia on Facebook Marketplace I will never know . . . 150 deutschemarks for the pair Pick up in #Seaford
Two plaster poodles with bleach toothbrush moustaches
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HookTurn @hookturn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Cat saying “would”
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