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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

When the duck has a sinus infection, the obvious thing to do (apparently) is give it a warm bath 🙃

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Unreal! I have 3 recent science grads (1x Vet, 2x Ag) in the house atm. Not one of them has ever heard of a pivot table. WTF??

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Snap!! (Repairing damage from termite grazing, in prep for 6m x 6m extension)

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A few lightening strikes last night caused some fires to deal with today. This huey is dropping 4000l (2.5 trucks' worth) every 3 mins

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"Look Dad! I found a ball of needles"

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A more realistic impression... (they are v flighty!)

Mistltoebird (tiny) perched in a Blackwood outside bedroom window in NE Vic

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Some salad tongs for my nephew & partner's wedding present. Acacia implexa (Lightwood)

Hand-crafted salad tongs, made from a local timber - acacia implexa

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Bugger the $5m NY fireworks palaver. Take a step outside and check out the #southernaurora From NE Vic, Aus

View of the night sky showing vibrant red hues of the southern aurora

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I'd like to submit for consideration this (owner-concreter?) job from Belgian Gardens #footpathsofTownsville

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Come see me at #ESAus2024 poster session (Stand # 96) & let me tell you about #MoiraGrass response to grazing. And if you ask a nice easy question, I might even give you a drinks ticket! No horsin' around

Horses in a national park standing in floodwater separated from protected vegetation by a fence

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Anyone in SE Aust noticed anything about the pop'n status of (Eastern) Yellow Robin. Plentiful around here for the > decade, then vamoosh, nada in 2024. No notable change in other spp. #itsamystery #wildoz #ozbirds

Close-up of (Eastern) Yellow Robin, a smallish, very friendly bird of SE Aust perched on a Wisteria branch outside our kitchen window. Concerned about its apparent sudden disappearance from our area

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

River Red Gum (E camaldulensis) standing in water w an understorey of Spiny Mud-grass (P spinescens). Barmah Forest NP, Aust #wetlands

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Some haustorial art for you @drdave.bsky.social by a local artisan on display at the VT museum. Quite brilliant pieces IMHO. And here's a bird that may have played a role in dispersal of aforementioned plants. He / she has become our 5.30am alarm (phone pic taken through window) #WildOz

Mistletoes sculpture - interwoven mistletoe haustoria and stems

A "mistletoe harp" - made of mistletoe stems and haustoria

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Watched this (?)Sand Goanna get harassed by Apostlebirds (known locally in NW NSW as Lousy Jacks) and Magpie-larks / Pee-wees for a good 20 mins. Imagine the mayhem when it charged through a pool party of 20+ kids. Here's a short clip of it making good its escape! #WildOz

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Fairly chuffed w the new magnetic knife-block, crafted from some Lightwood (A. implexa) offcuts #woodwork #AusTimber

Magnetic knife block crafted from native Aus timber

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

So the newly orphaned lambs lasted abt 2 hrs outside. Now getting their toilet done inside by dog & humums

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Ok winter, come at me (or us)

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

If I was manager for the Psychedelic Furs, I would insist they use this veg map for their next album cover (yeah - could be a while coming). youtu.be/LGD9i718kBU

Vegetation patterns are complex: the colour ramp used here produces a very psychedelic image

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

Approx 3l tomato relish (my Gran’s recipe) - tick

Image of 9 jars (abt 3 l) of home-made tomato relish - yum

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

Came across this in the bush today (Barmah NP, SE Aust). I can only guess how this came about: maybe the trunk (rough-barked) on the right snapped and fell into fork of (smooth-barked) trunk on left. Branch retained cambium contact w trunk, and eventually fused with the smooth-barked tree. 1/2

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

Greetings from Thredbo, NSW. Hope you had a nice xmas and looking fwd to a better 2024. And that people stop this tribal killing of each other

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

A mate sent me a series of pocket texts like this. To Siri’s credit, she read every one out, without a hitch, to me whilst I was driving. I think the last one was summarised as “wtf” 😜

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

Somewhere in amongst that Scarlet Callistemon is a bunch of (v hard to photograph!) Scarlet Honeyeaters. Very unusual for these parts #WildOz

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

Laksa tonight (from scratch) 😎

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Anyone fancy making a call on how old this little fella is? #WildOz

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

We spoke about that - I’m not aware of any, but if there is @farmerrenee.baky.social will know😊

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

And I'll up your Swifty w a Superb ☺️

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

ot all tenant - landlord relationships are toxic, just saying. Received this msg today 🥹 #reapwhatyousow #quidproquo

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

And there's a feast of concrete-strength hardwood timber "to do something with". History commands that it not be burnt (in the next 12 mths!!). I need a good timber-rack...

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

The house was cobbled together from at least 3 other dwellings, brought on-site by traction engine: original 4 room cottage ultimately 8 rooms (us 5 boys slept in the covered-in verandah!). Walls were originally 12mm x 250mm oregon slats, covered w hessian, and later gyp-rocked.

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

The lignin in the ironbark & grey box studs has been replaced by white-ant secretion. Sparrows provide the insulation material for the walls

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

End of an era for 'Corydon' - the old family homestead. The white ants in the floors and walls, and sparrows in every cavity finally won. My sis and her beau are going the full reno, discovering lots of history

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Tim Barlow @timbarlow.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

So some deadshit has driven into this wetland reserve, 20km from nearest town, dug a hole, emptied 10l sump oil into it, and refilled the hole. He could leave used oil on at local tip for free. Go figure….

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