Sick of tourists, Japan town blocks view of Mt Fuji Good story by ⁦AFP News Agency⁩ - the screen erected today.
The impact of ‘entitled tourism’ was evident in several Japanese cities, which is why we headed for the more remote non-tourist places in the north uk.news.yahoo.com/sick-tourists-…

In a world of high-tech, stat-drowning, and shouty sport coverage … Melbourne Vixens have something that’s simple, pure and fun! 3AW Melbourne 9News Melbourne The Age

Irrespective of your politics, ⁦Sky News Australia⁩ the program tag is a little disrespectful. Would be more appropriate and balanced for the ID tag to read ‘Opposition Reply’.

Goes to the concept of respectful debate which it sadly seems is a dying concept these days.

Pics by our cfa_updates Brigade member Nic Hanna in #Kyneton last night. Central VIC has t’riffic starry skies - this was certainly next level! 3AW Melbourne 9News Melbourne The Age

Reckon this has potential for the 2028 Olympics! Just a part of the fun when Kyneton cfa_updates opened their doors to the community. The 100% volunteer Brigade raises funds for its vehicles, firefighting & rescue equipment Midland Express

⁦Melbourne Airport⁩ the Uber disaster- drivers shouting & arguing, blocking ⁦SkyBus⁩ ⁦Qantas⁩ staff bus - pax cant walk along the front of the terminal- Ubers real & fake and touts everywhere and even parking across PED crossings. Did deal for airport pax!

In a day of sad news, this story is great!

Unbelievably naive and insecure decision & not the hallmark of democracy. Similarly those calling to ban Israel’s media/tweets/reports etc in response are forgetting that it’s audiences who decide the truth, not PR spinners or wayward pollies who believe they can control the

Impressive wayfinding backed by 10 station staff getting a full Shinkansen load of passengers off one train on the upper level & onto the connecting service on a lower platform 300m away in under 4 and a half minutes! JREast【Shinkansen】info (official) love Japan’s high speed rail!

Heated bathing barrels, cold plunge dump bucket & wonderful body treatments at ⁦Ellenis Day Spa⁩ in the Macedon Ranges. Great corporate shots by @journeybylight_photography

Stunning pre-sunrise sky at Matsushima this morning - (pic taken from the edge of the bed). Japan’s cities are great, but the regions especially the north east are pure magic!

Tech & IT workers rallied at Tokyo’s Shibuya Crossing calling for a boycott of Amazon & Microsoft who allegedly are working on AI weaponry for the Israeli Defence Force.The crowd quickly grew to several thousand before Authorities moved in ⁦3AW Melbourne⁩ ⁦9News Australia⁩

Tokyo tech is great, but I’m not convinced this is the future of security first responders.

I’ll be inflight & will miss #Anzac Day - but honouring all especially my Dad’s 161 Recce Squadron (Callsign Possum). They were on the fringe doing their own thing between the AUS Army, Air Force & the US Bases but were quiet achievers that did amazing things in the air (& did

T’riffic stuff - the problem solving genius of NASA’s team is amazing as Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voy…

Broken Hill's union-run newspaper closes after 130 years - Irrespective of your politics, the stories are yarns and their loss locally means a loss to us all.

In a world dominated by tragedy scandal & sadness, we need the ‘brain food’ stories of regions abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

Large quakes in a number of locations including Tonga, & Japan while Ruang in Sulawesi spectacularly erupting … the Pacific Ring of Fire flexing its certainly flexing its tectonic muscles today .. 3AW Melbourne

NASA to Hoist Its Sail: The really interesting part of this is that the rocket is launched from the NE tip of New Zealand by ⁦Rocket Lab⁩ - gotta love cool science & stuff that flies ⁦3AW Melbourne⁩ ⁦The Age⁩ nasa.gov/image-article/…

Does anybody know what the Victorian Post-Sentence Authority does? Why does the state need another arms-length statutory authority when we have several departments including the mega Dept of Justice.

Why did Minister Erdogan sign off on Authority’s Chair receiving a massive