Bee transport

I transported a hive of Tetragonula hockingsi native bees to Home Hill.

The bees spent five days confined by insect screen in their hive and they coped well.

Tetragonula hockingsi are native to coastal Queensland - they fly at temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius.

The Bowen Mango

The Bowen mango was always the best eating mango when I was a child. Now the cultivar is called Kensington Pride.

Local controversy is the way this giant mango is displayed - it is upside down compared to the way mangoes hang on the tree.

Giraffes and Rockets

Bororen also claims to have a big giraffe but maybe it is just a normal size for a giraffe. It is next door to the Red Rocket Diner which does not make a claim to being big.

Big Record Store

In Bororen there are a lot of big things for such a small place.

Glasochrom

 

The Catan Dice Game comes with small marking pads to keep score, but you can get the pdf of the score sheet off the Catan website and print it out full size.

By laminating the pages with plastic (yes I know) I could mark the pages and then re-use them.

I did not want to use a plastic pen to mark them but I found a pencil to do the job - Staedtler Glasochrom.

Be sharp

 

Of course when writing with my pencil I want a nice sharp line.

I found a sharpener that gives a great point. But it has plastic parts.

Pen Replacement

I wrote with a ballpoint pen for many years. My favourite is the Uniball Eye fine (=0.7mm) permanent and waterproof. My favourite colour is wine red - dark and highly visible for marking up engineering drawings.

A warning though do not take it on plane - the change in air pressure causes the ink to leak out. If the cap is on it will fill with ink - permanent and waterproof.

In grade 8, the Canadian teacher did not understand that biro was the Australian term for a pen, after the inventor.

In order to reduce my use of plastic, I am saving my remaining pens for special use. For everyday use I am converting back to pencil.

When I started school, the teacher said that my work was far too grubby and that I needed to change from HB pencils to 4H pencils. I used Copperplate 4H  for the rest of my school days.

Now because I like a thick dark line I am using 4B, and 6B pencils.