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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“Alpine ski resorts in New South Wales and Victoria saw climate records shattered at the weekend with maximum temperatures up to 12C above average.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Australian ski resorts smash July climate records with temperatures 12C above average

Resorts in New South Wales and Victoria face a warm and dry start to the season with only sporadic falls of natural snow in many alpine areas

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

My quote for the press: “Railway expert here! This isn’t funny. Trains only do this when they are VERY distressed!”

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A great story from Geoff Law about his 51 day walk along the Australian Alps Walking Track. ‘This landscape has been battered by fires, roads, logging & intrusive tourism developments. But the mountains & valleys endure. The ecosystem as a whole survives.’ themountainjournal.com/2026/06/06/t...

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‘The mountains and valleys endure’. A crossing of the AAWT.

The Australian Alps Walking Track (AAWT) is one of the premier long distance walking trails in Australia. While the distance (around 650 kilometres) is impressive, it is the fact that it passes thr…

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Two trains in 20 minutes is nice for Run for the Kids (visible on our new PID) but it seems to have created a 70 (!) minute gap between services afterwards. It's usually 40 minutes, which is the worst on the network and worse than 15 minutes in Sydney!

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Love a relevant notification from PTV! The closure is 18 months old and I am getting the notification because I occasionally use one of the stations on the same line, at least 10km away.

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Neither Transport Victoria nor Metro Trains are on here, but this map of how to get to the replacement bus stop at Merri Station is very unhelpful as it is placed on the wrong (eastern) platform, providing no instructions for crossing the tracks.

A map of Merri Station in Melbourne, showing directions to the bus stop from the wrong platform

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Good on the guy in the middle! Looks like Yimby Melbourne aren't on here, but they should be!

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I get that Melbourne Airport is building a new pickup/dropoff system but this one doesn't work at all. There is a zone for people to wait that no one uses, then everyone waits for 10 minutes or more in the 1 minute pickup zone. Those that do the right thing are punished by the traffic this causes!

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Just a reminder that the Federal Government could have funded remote firefighting as recommended after 2016 but refused. A travesty.

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A reminder that we really need that federal remote area firefighting team which was proposed after the inquiry into the 2016 Tasmania fires...

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

New Orleans has had more snow than Anchorage this year. Usually a cold outbreak away from the equator corresponds to extremely warm conditions elsewhere thanks to 1.5 degrees of warming

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The fire burnt the Mt William plateau, a precious bit of high country in Western vic, with a subspecies of snow gum. It must have been nasty up there, the comms tower was burnt. Likely terrible damage to the snow gum woodlands.

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YouStorm @youstorm.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Big shift in winds and smoke plume from the large #Grampians #bushfire 🔥 has now dragged smoke fully over #Melbourne . Clearly seen by #Himawari-9 🛰️today with heat signatures in reds/yellows #Melbourneweather

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Basically climate change is going to look like a series of regular hot fires that slowly but surely cause our forests to collapse in a patchwork across the landscape, before we realise (around now) there is hardly any healthy forest left.

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

On the topic of City of Yarra good deeds, the native flower meadow planted earlier this year at Rushall Reserve is looking great! My own nature strip (in Darebin) for comparison.

An Australian mulched native flower meadow next to a bike path

An Australian mulched native flower meadow next to a bike path with Merri Creek visible in background

A narrow shaded nature strip planted with Australian grasses and shrubs

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kate wehwalt @katewagner.wehwalt.net · 28/11/2024

the power broker is the ring cycle for straight men

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Nice to see some more incremental improvements to City of Yarra's bike network. This avoids a perilous weave across Rushall Crescent. @streetsaliveyarra.bsky.social

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Nick Montgomery @nickmontgomery.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I love how we always end up at dense walkable neighbourhoods!

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