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Leon Mika

Software Developer and occasional writer of music. Based in Melbourne, Australia.

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    Day 9: language #mbsept

    A sign that reads 'Protected Native Vegetation' in English, Greek, Macedonian, Italian, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Arabic
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    Day 8: yonder

    I’ll let the arrow do the pointing. #mbsept

    A road in a car park with an arrow pointing to a light-house behind some shrubs
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    Day 6: well

    Taken from the Churchill Island homestead. I’m trusting the sign here to be correct in it’s assertion that there used to be a well here. #mbsept

    A sign in a garden that says 'the old well', in front of a tan building with a tin roof.
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    Day 5: forest

    I consider myself extremely lucky to live near a forest reserve. I walk through it several times a week. This forest, however, is absolutely nowhere near me. #mbsept

    A European forest in afternoon sunlight with pine and what I think is oak trees
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    Day 4: orange

    Taken near the day 2 photo. You certainly can’t miss these. #mbsept

    A group of orange traffic cylinders, sort of like cones but about waste high, on the side of a road with a black car in the background
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    Day 3: precious

    A photo of the Hope Diamond, taken while touring the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, in Washington, DC. #mbsept

    The Hope Diamond, a small diamond in a pendent under a glass cabinet
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    Day 2: buildup

    New shed being built nearby to house the spoil from a new road tunnel. It’s quite large. I guess they’re expecting quite a large build-up of dirt. #mbsept

    Frame of a large concrete shed, with exposed metal rafters, and a concrete back wall
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    Day 1: abstract

    Photo of an abstract(ish) sculpture of Bunjil, an eagle regarded as the spirit creator of the Kulin nations. #mbsept

    A white, abstract sculpture of an eagle surrounded by buildings
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    Missed the train this morning, but grabbed a photo of it travelling back to Newport this evening. 🚂

    Steam train travelling through station in the evening.
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    Currawong close-up (okay, not really, but any closer and it’ll fly away).

    Currawong in profile on a branch
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    While passing this sign on the way to work, I always wonder if they ever considered the name Catstruction.

    A business sign painted on the side of a glass building that reads: Construction Software Pty Ltd
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    Sat down on a park bench to reply to someone and this magpie came running up to me. Stayed for a minute then moved on after he realised I had no food for him.

    An Australian white-backed magpie standing in profile.
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    Oof, took me an extra hour to get into work due to train issues. At least I got a walk out of it. I feel for these poor souls, stuck on the train until the problem gets fixed.

    People on a stationary train on a bridge.
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    The local Woolworths has rolled out what I believe to be E Ink price tags. I was hoping to start seeing E Ink used for things like this. The technology is perfect for this use case.

    An E Ink display for tomato juice. A colour E Ink display, with a yellow background, for tonic water.
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    Any day I get to spend time with Ivy and Archie is a good day.

    Giving a head scratch to Ivy, a white cockatiel, who's perched on a cage.Archie, a yellow cockatiel, perched on an opened cage door.

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    One last trip-related photo: the pseudo souvenir mug I bought. It’s a “pseudo souvenir” in that I didn’t get it overseas1. I saw mugs like this while I was in Venice, found myself wanting one after I left, so I got one from Red Bubble. It arrived at my house this Monday… but let’s pretend I bought it home myself. 🤫

    A mug with the Veneto flag, showing the handle and part of the flag tails, on a bench. The front of the mug with the Veneto flag, showing part of the winged lion, on a bench.

    1. Well, I did buy it while I was overseas, and it probably originated from overseas, but I didn’t bring it home with me. ↩︎

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    A load of foraging lorikeets.

    A group of fourteen rainbow lorikeets foraging amongst a few bushes.
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    Nerding out at the Swiss Transport Museum, in Luzern. Super interesting! Can definitely recommend.

    A collection of stem locomotives in an exhibition centre. Tail of a Swiss Air aeroplane Cross-section of the Gotthard Base Tunnel outside exhibit.
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    Mark one more off the bucket list: travelling through the Gotthard Base Tunnel.

    A picture of a monitor inside a train carriage with some logos below it. The monitor has the following message: World Record! We are now travelling through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which will take around 20 minutes. At 57 kilometres, this is the world's longest railway tunnel.
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    Hired a car and spent my last full day in Italy exploring a bit of the wider Veneto region. Visited the town my grandparents grew up in and also went on a small bush-walk up at Cansiglio Forest. The landscape was absolutely breathtaking. The photos I took do it no justice (and I took a lot of them).

    An alpine forest track, with a paddock with a small building on the left side, and a pine forrest on the right and middle distance. In the background are some mountains, with bare peaks that have a little bit of snow.
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