The problem is not that there isn’t solutions, it’s that there is zero political appetite to implement them.

Even suburbs like Kalamunda and Mundaring are hardly rural.

My work let’s us swap the day off. With it being on a Friday this year I don’t think many are swapping. Plenty did in previous years when it fell mid week. Ends up being a bit ridiculous with everyone taking different days though.

I’m really not attached to it being on the 26th. I think shifting it to always being the last Friday in January or first Friday in February would be better anyway. I reckon most people don’t give a shit either way about the actual date and just want a long weekend in summer.

When I was younger it was always a fun day, hottest 100 party and the fireworks in Perth. Hottest 100, I don’t even know when they do that and the fireworks have been canned also.

Maybe if a new day is picked then it can go back to being a unifying celebration. Probably not likely though, I think those pushing the divide and conquer thing like having excuses for culture wars. Getting people angry about stuff other than the massive wealth inequality in our country is their priority.

That actually looks good.

I think the devil will be in the detail on this.

Is there a prescriptive target energy use target of kw required per unit volume of building?

Or is it one of those points/star systems that industry can game.

Certainly will be interesting to see what happens to those roads + rail line. Guessing the building goes on top of the rail as it’s still quite low there. Roads put in tunnels?

I remember quite a bit of discussion when Colin’s hole was getting built about how it would have been better to put riverside drive in a tunnel at the same time rather than after his hole is full of water.

I don’t have a search bar on Graphene OS.

IMO burning wood for heating shouldn’t be allowed in suburbia at all. So if the price of firewood rises that’s a good thing.

Rural folks will still be able to harvest dead wood from their properties.

Gifts from the sea.

Could have been a white xmas.

Looks a bit like a Jawa sand crawler in the thumbnail.