Lmst

6am kookaburras: good morning!

me: ugh; pee then back to bed, sleep in.

8am cockatoos; yeah, nah!

Cookbook browsing today....

Greenfeast - Autumn, Winter, by Nigel Slater

I always adore Nige's* books, and even tho the weather is still late-Summer/early-Autumn weather, I feel like I should dive into his Autumn-Winter book. His recipes are always simple, and feel like he's just gone out into the garden and picked the ingredients. My type of book indeed.

*We always shorten people's names in #Straya #Australia

#CookbookBrowsing #Cookbooks #Food #NigelSlater #Greenfeast

An orange cover with a gold painted flash across the orange. Golden yellow border on the bottom with black and white text.

Only on Mastchef Australia would you hear "I'm looking forward to seeing the cuisson on his chook"
#straya #masterchefau

One of the most quintessentially Strayan traits / practices / characteristics, IMO, is the simple

g'day

I don't mean the sentiment of it, or similes of it, coz most countries would have that, ofc. I mean specifically the way we pronounce it, hence spell it.

Earlier this morn our lovely @AnnonBudgie made a toot commencing with that, & it put a big dopey grin on my weird dopey face.

#Straya

Well, #Albo's victory speech was a decent bit of oratory - and, most importantly, delivered in full-throated Strine, as only Albo can.

#Straya #AusPol

Photo of Anthony Albanese, Australian prime minister, delivering his speech upon being reelected on 3 May 2025.

@david 👏 #straya 😝😝

Lambie is so #straya I can see the appeal, she is like a regular person 👀 #ausvotes

Anyone else in NZ getting a strange urge for a sausage in bread? #Straya

How great is the Australian political system? Smiling people. Weekend voting. Pre-poll voting widely accepted and not politicised. Preferential voting. An independent national Electoral Commission. Compulsory voting. The secret ballot.

Patient, civic-minded volunteers! Well-managed vote counting and scrutineers! Lots of polling places with short queues! Vote in your swimmers! Take your dog to the polling booth! Democracy dogs! Democratic sausages!

I still think we do this better than anyone. Pat yourselves on the back, Australia. #auspol #australia #straya