Brisbane

Putting the Calture in Caboolture.

Thought it looked nice enough to post here.

Former homeless woman Debbie Bobeldyk said she had not left her camp willingly, nor had she consented to the council throwing out her personal belongings. 

She said the council threw away an urn containing her daughter's ashes, her fridge, portable air conditioner and several fences.

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Found basically in the middle of bushland in suburban Brisbane. To get here requires walking through overrun dirt paths that pretty clearly haven't been visited in a long while.

So, we make landfall in about 18 days. We’re effectively starting fresh.

I absolutely will need at the minimum a basic coffee maker to assist me in remaining human. We’ll also need a ton of usb wall adapters.

We’re planning on taking it easy the day we land, but we’ll hit the ground running hopefully the day after.

Initially we’re staying in Stones Corner, but we’re also open to exploring.

Where do you recommend for picking up basic home goods to get up and running?

Fallen scaffolding in the daytime

Apparently a woman and her child were injured when it fell and were taken to hospital, but they have largely recovered. They got lucky that the scaffolding mostly fell on the lightpost nearby.

One of the staff on duty watching it got a bit mad at me taking photos. Said "they don't want a media release". I just told him "I'm not media" and he seemed ok with that. (Never mind that if I *were* media, there's even less chance I'd be listening to that instruction, since there's no lawful basis on which to make it.)

(Lemmy users: click through to Pixelfed to view the second attached image.)

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Heavy wind today knocked over scaffolding
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