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Emergency Kit
There has been a heap of rain lately, which has been very welcome, but it also brought an emergency warining. That had me thinking about setting up an emergency kit, and I am to if do this I really need to do it before the emergency.
Emergency Kit
Battery-operated AM/FM radio
with spare batteries – to keep [...]
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Further water restrictions
Looks like it will be a dry summer once again. Can’t wait for it to rain again.
Canberra faces further water restrictions.
From September 1, sprinklers will be banned and hand watering will be restricted.
Canberra’s dams are at an all time low of 44 per cent, after the region received only 106 millimetres of rain for the [...]
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Bikes on Buses
The ACT Government is looking to introduce bike racks on buses. After the Brisbane Mayor went to the U.S. and saw it in practice there the Brisbane City Council are now trialing Bike racks on buses. The ACT Government is now also looking to trial it and Pedal Power backs bikes on buses plan
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Do you need a good reason to study maths. Well at the Inquest into the bushfires that burnt part of Canberra last year it appears the initial estimate of the size was only 10% of the size due to a mistake in maths. Now I feel some credit need to be afforded to the person, [...]
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Birth Notices
A friend brought this birth notice to my attention during the week.
Rachelle and Darren have unleashed unto the world ‘The Twins’ Will Bradley Jake Thomas, born 24 March 2004 – ‘the baby boys’ to Callam and Ella. Our thanks to proud Nanna Laurel, Dr Mutton and staff at JJMH. The gob-smacked parents would like to [...]
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SMS used for bullying
Looks like for once the law is ahead of society. The local government is looking to prepare guidelines on how to punish students who use SMS for bullying.
ACT moves to prevent electronic bullying Source ABC News
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Increased Water Usage
It appears the relaxed water restrictions have allow our water usage to rise in Autum. When water restrictions were first relaxed the water usage jumped to over 250ML and now the daily consumption hovering around that number. So much for only using 150ML a day during summer. Previous story
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Water Restrictions eased
Well you can tell that March 1 was the first day of eased water restrictions. The daily consumption has been under 150ML. Well March 1 and the usage is over 250ML. The funny part is that March 2 was about 175ML. So either all the even numbered people watered on the odd day or all [...]
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Noisy at the office today
These things are noisy. They land on the oval outside my office and the desk vibrates when they do. But they do look impressive, so I have no complaints.
Noisy Chinooks to fly over city Source NEWS.com.au
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Today is the end of stage three and the beginning of stage two water restrictions for the ACT. But just because you can use a sprinkler every second day doesn’t mean you should use every second day. I’m setting my water computer to every fourth day until it starts looking a bit green then every [...]
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