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Last Notes npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas A tower of infamy. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Months after putting it on hold (it's popular!), I finally get to borrow Cory Doctorow's ( @npub1fdr…lvhs ) Enshittification from Parramatta Library. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Parramatta Square at night... npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The cutest things I saw in the arts & crafts pavilion at the Royal Easter Show this year. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Along with the big food expo hall, the Royal Easter Show also awards prizes for the best foods in a number of categories, like cakes, and cake decorating. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas This somewhat unconventional looking building Lebanese Maronite Cathedral in Parramatta. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Parramatta train station first opened in 1860, with the building on what's now platform fou. The first underpass at the station opened in 1887. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The flooding is less severe around Church St, but it's still higher water than usual with sections of the path underwater. (It may have subsided since this morning.) npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Parramatta Wharf is completely underwater right now... npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Hardware Lane, which is one of the pedestrianised café-lined laneways Melbourne is known for. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas And the shiny new State Library metro station in Melbourne. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Melbourne skyline at sunset, looking west along the Yarra River from Princes Bridge. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Melbourne's famous Queen Victoria Markets. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Possibly the most beautiful building in Australia, the State Library of Victoria. Part 1 of 4. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The State Parliament of Victoria in Melbourne. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Parramatta, circa 1870, as depicted by Albert Henry Fullwood. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Some more photos from the volunteer-run Brislington Medical and Nursing Museum in Parramatta: https://www.brislington.net/ npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Yesterday I posted the new Sydney fish markets. So just for comparison, here's the current markets. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The (in)famous new Sydney Fish Markets. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Think all shopping centres are ugly? npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The neon wonderland that is Burwood Chinatown (in Western Sydney), with its night markets and alleys. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Baludarri Wetlands, on the northern bank of the Parramatta River, just outside the Parra CBD. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas It's not an Apple 2, it's a Wombat! npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Hambledon Cottage, originally built as the guesthouse for Elizabeth Farm, is another historic colonial property in Parramatta that's now a museum. (Photos from inside tomorrow.) npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Inside Elizabeth Farm, which was the home of Rum Rebellion plotter John MacArthur and his wife Elizabeth. Today, it's a museum that's free to enter. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The outside of Australia's oldest surviving colonial homestead, Elizabeth Farm. It was originally built in 1793 on stolen Dharug land for John and Elizabeth Macarthur, it is today a museum. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Aside from Parramatta Square, the car park near the future Powerhouse Museum and surrounding streets. These have been closed if to cars and filled with food vendors and live music. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas If you're ever up around Sydney's Circular Quay, here's a free public exhibition that's worth checking out. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas A beautiful sunny weekend up here... npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The river runs through Parramatta Park, with the Parra CBD skyline just over the horizon. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas There are many cafés in Australia. But few let you sip a flat white while staring at an archaeological site. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas So this weekend I went along to the Greek festival in Parramatta. And to say it was crowded would be a bit of an understatement... npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas You've seen this building many times, but probably not from this angle. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Yolŋu power: The art of Yirrkala exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW ends on 6 October. It highlights traditional and contemporary works by artists from Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Many cities abandon their Olympic stadia pretty much as soon as the games end. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Here's another one I posted during Vivid, except during the day. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas An Australian Brushturkey (or "bush turkey" or Gweela). npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Below the dam wall at Parramatta Lake is Hunt's Creek. This beautiful green gully is filled with tree ferns and stepping stones over the creek. Before European colonisation, the area was inhabited for thousands of years by the Burramattagal–Dharug people. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Did you know Parramatta Lake was the first dam built in Australia? Completed in 1856, it provided water to the second British settlement in Australia (Parramatta). npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Just one person managed to guess the mystery location: Parramatta Lake. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas An exhibition at the Centraal Museum Utrecht focusing on the pioneering modernist industrial designer, artist, and architect Gerrit Rietveld. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Utrecht's Library is absolutely stunning. Words do no justice. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas People having their morning coffee in one of the main town squares in Utrecht. (The coloured lines are wayfinding for an underground bike parking lot.) npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The happy yellow trams of Utrecht... npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas US and Australian traffic engineers: How can we make crossings safer? npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, near Cathedral Square in Vilnius. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Happy ducks splashing in a pond, in a park in Vilnius. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas In Australia, many shopkeepers are concerned that if cars can't park in front of their shops, there won't be any customers. Yet it doesn't seem to be an issue in the old town of Vilnius... npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas A forest-themed train (miško traukinys) in Lithuania, with cute stuffed animal toys and faux grass on the luggage racks. It has forest images on the ceiling and tray tables, and QR codes to play the accompanying audio. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas I've heard so many times that it's not economical to have train services to some small towns in the US or Australia. Well, here's how they do it in Lithuania: A single carriage train. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Basketball is basically a national religion in Lithuania. Across the bridge at the end of S Daukanto gatvė, next to the park, is its shiny glass cathedral: The Žalgiris Euroleague basketball club's arena. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Quinten Massys, "The Ugly Dutchess", 1513. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Sunset over the Hawkesbury River, near Windsor NSW. npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas "Oh hello there human. I was just about to hijack the compooter to upload some more selfies to your Pixelfed account. There's been too many dusty old buildings lately, and not enough Miss Mimi! Also, the fishies on the screensaver look tasty." npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas There's currently an exhibition on colonial Australian fashion on display upstairs at Old Government House. Before synthetic fabrics, it was common to de-stitch dresses and then re-make them in the current style, with the fabrics often handed down over generations. #history #museum #australia #fashion #dress npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Want to know why there's a sculpture of a bus in the middle of Parramatta Square? npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas Meow! Hewwo fwiends, it's Mimi the cat here! Did woo know that if your Pixelfed account follows @npub1lne…xmlq, your cat photos will be visible on BlueSky too? #cat #cats #Catstodon #CatsOfPixelfed #CatsOfMastidon #Caturday #PixelCat #PixelCats npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas The MAMA art gallery in Albury–Wodonga currently has an exhibition titled "Hold the world to its word". It's a timely look at what happens when promises, especially from authorities, aren't kept. #art #travel #albury #nsw npub1eerzwdt5ca8cejremgz2kmde4wgwc258xtdj3t62g6v08tlclc3sg9gagn AJ Sadauskas A good reason to visit Albury–Wodonga by rail is you get to see this beautiful heritage gem of a station. (Additional photos on Pixelfed—link below.) #train #rail #railways #urbanism #travel
