Kate Upsidebackwards

I'll be under the bed if you need me. ⛈️ #Canberra

⚠️ For those people in Canberra, this popped up on the Canberra Pollen app. Can't yet find anything elsewhere "High pollen levels, windy conditions and forecasted storms on Sunday 25 October has increased the risk of thunderstorm asthma across the ACT and surrounding region today." #asthma

We have a noisy fruit bat (or a few) in or near our backyard. Somehow I didn't expect this when I moved to Canberra.

Excited (and nervous) to be sharing BLACK SHEEPS with our first NZ audiences tonight! Premiere screening, followed by actual paying customers for the opening of TERROR-FI Film Fest. We’re so proud of this bonkers film and can’t wait for people to see it! Opens NZ nationwide November 12.

Pals in-and-around the Wellington region! I am running some festive #needlefelting classes at Village Beads Petone in Nov/Dec. Suitable for beginners❤️ Baubles ($70) Sun 29th Nov, 9:30am - 12pm Wed 9th Dec, 5pm - 7:30pm Mini wreaths ($60) Sun 6th Dec, 5pm - 7pm www.villagebeads.co.nz/store/classes

For Canberra cooks who like to use their oven, but hate cleaning it- just had an outstanding clean done by a newish small business. Sparkly Clean Oven. And mine certainly is.

I would never have guessed how much fun speed jigsaw puzzling could be #AJPA #ACTChampionships

At the beach. No fish & chips within 30km. Australia, there's something wrong with you.

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Canberra Airport proposes all-event stadium in city centre despite government already ruling out location

It’s this time of year again …

The koels are back #Spring #Canberra

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 2 October 2026 From 25 September to 1 October 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 14 (-41.6%) 🔹Influenza: 223 (-30.5%) 🔹RSV: 40 (-38.4%) Source: act.gov.au/open/respira...

"Everything you need to know about COVID-19 vaccine changes in Australia" From Oct 1, free COVID vaccines remain available for: 🔸75+ (2 doses/year) 🔸65–74 (1 dose/year) 🔸Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people 50–74 (1 dose/year) 🔸Severely immunocompromised adults 18–64 (1 dose/year)

“People often assume it means being a human calculator. But #mathematics is vast, a language, a science, and an art. More people should know this.” - Gervy Marie Angeles ➡️ hermathsstory.eu/gervy-marie-... #DifferentialEquations #RoleModels #WomenInMaths #HerMathsStory

Breadtop have Moomins!

I've been spreading the word amongst my colleagues

ArtScarves are back! NZ only. www.helenbeech.com/helenbeechar...

Get stuck into some physics research this summer, under the guidance of our distinguished researchers. And get some pocket money while you're at it! physics.anu.edu.au/study/summer... @scienceanu.bsky.social

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 25 September 2026 From 18 September to 24 September 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 24 (-35.1%) 🔹Influenza: 321 (-1.5%) 🔹RSV: 65 (-4.4%) Source: act.gov.au/open/respira...

Here it is! The BLACK SHEEPS poster – featuring our spectacular star, Tabatha Killick, the incredible Joe Witkowski and the mighty (honorary) Dane Nathan Meister! Opens mid-November in NZ!

Commonwealth Park is definitely worth a visit at this time of the year for FLoriade.

Four weeks into Spring and there are 296 fire warnings in Australia right now. This is not what we want. #ClimateCrisis

I just completed a (mandatory) online course at work which has awarded me a certificate of AI proficiency. In the assessment I had to build an AI Agent. I couldn’t do it but asked AI to write a plausible looking paper on how I had built an agent. I can’t decide whether this was cheating or not.

Knitting and crochet can be 'deceptively good' for the brain, neuroscientist says

⚠️ Canberra. Take note. #CovidIsNotOver

www.maptap.gg September 17 97🔥 100🎯 98🎯 100🎯 98🎯 Final score: 987 Pretty happy with that

Should have tagged this for @orchids.bsky.social

Saw these & thought of @tikorangi.bsky.social 😍

The echidnas on Black Mountain seem to eat well.

Pink finger orchids and blue fairy orchids (I'm pretty sure); Black Mountain Canberra

Kōwhai in Canberra (conspicuous absence of tūī)

Sound on for some Tūī-in-a-Kōwhai magic this sunny Spring(ish) morning #nz

Notwithstanding the ethical issue discussed here, the conclusion shouldn’t be that solving maths problems is pointless.

For my Australian maths teacher friends out there. Applications for the Márta Svéd scholarship close this coming Monday 14th Sep. If you have any girls (or nonbinary young people) thinking about studying maths at Uni, let them know ASAP! adelaide.edu.au/study/schola...

ACT government scraps plans for long-awaited Tuggeranong ice sports facility

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 4 September 2026 🔹WA: ⬆️ (+11.1%) 42/day in hospital 🔹VIC: ➡️(STABLE) 🔸TAS: ⬇️(-47.0%) 🔸NSW: ⬇️(-20.0%) 🔸ACT: ⬇️ (-12.1%) 🔸QLD: ⬇️(-10.0%) 45 in hospital 🔹SA: Report delayed due to a data duplication issue 🔹Aged Care: The government ended weekly reporting

Amazing. Australia marks Flag Day by flying New Zealand's flag www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...

#VoteTīeke #BirdOfTheYear Bird of the Year ‹ Forest & Bird share.google/QmII0fLRcgxW...

Holy moly

Does anyone I know happen to be somewhere near Auckland Showgrounds and have access to a printer? All my IT issues last week had some consequences… and I need a few docs printed, but I’m here alone. Am happy to pay if someone can pick up a USB, print them for me, and deliver back. 🙏