Melbourne weather prologue to 2022...

Hoping your New Year is a time of steadily and safely moving forward, finding some happiness along the way.
Yes...It was a sweltering New Year's Eve and New Year's Day had just a smidgeon of improvement...
But today we have been blessed with some odd showers of cooling rain...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 1, 2022

New Year's Day views...

PASSING THOUGHT: It's barely 11:00am and already the temperature is 34°C in Dromana.
Whispers of sea mist on the bay and barely a breath of wind...
One lone small yacht...
Notable absence - jet skiers...
Welcome to New Year's Day...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2021

still diving on Wordle...

Nope...Wordle and I are not quite in synch these days...
But I'll keep trying...

Wordle 195 5/6*

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— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2021

last New Year in Melbourne...

My last New Year in Melbourne...
I needed to capture the moment...
Always love you Melbourne, but it's nearly time to move on to country spaces... pic.twitter.com/2MNUPVxGZT

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2021

Blues Brothers on New Year's Eve...

New Year's Eve...It's me and the crazy antics of the Blues Brothers. In some weird way, for even a brief time, all is right with the world.
A little humour, music and a little dancing somehow are a quick fix, even if I am only an armchair watcher...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2021

some New Year relief...earlier booster appointment...

Thank you ever so much.🙏 Didn't find that pharmacy on Hotdocs, so rang them. I'm now getting a booster on 21st January (4 months since 2nd vaccine) before returning to school end of January. So so relieved not to be waiting for 7th March - my original doctor's appointment.🙏

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2021

so worrying...New Year's Eve...new active Vic v. NSW cases...

Find a vaccination centre at https://t.co/79rnPe0zaX

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday.

Our thoughts are with those in hospital, and the families of people who have lost their lives.

More data soon: https://t.co/OCCFTAtS1P#COVID19Vic #COVID19VicData pic.twitter.com/NAzVoNkBJg

— VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) December 30, 2021

NSW COVID-19 update – Friday 31 December 2021

In the 24-hour reporting period to 8pm last night:

- 95% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
- 93.6% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine pic.twitter.com/31xWp1fJ73

— NSW Health (@NSWHealth) December 30, 2021

New Year ding...

tiny
crammed
chemist carpark
attracts
a New Year ding#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 30, 2021

I thought I was early...

PASSING THOUGHT: I thought I was early. 1st stop =Supermarket at 7:00am=crowded. Chemist Warehouse not open till 8:30am...Took last car spot, waited in my car then queued outside chemist...Announced no RATS supply...1 person left the queue...
Scripts+ Boxing Day sales were the go

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 30, 2021

town crier...

town crier
newborn poised for
New Year colours#haiku pic.twitter.com/SgF7mX3z5S

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 30, 2021

The year started with a mouse plague and ended in a rat shortage

— The Chaser (@chaser) December 30, 2021

Christmas to New Year space...

Christmas to
New Year space
time
methodically resets
an identity#tanka

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 28, 2021

new year according to Garfield...

On the brink of a new school year, with the usual anxieties and 'what if's', I turned to Garfield... pic.twitter.com/wPWR4BmIVv

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 25, 2021

endless contrary winds...

PASSING THOUGHT: Winds... I have never known so many endless days of contrary winds... autumn, winter, spring and now summer...
The relentless cycle of winds on my Mornington Peninsula are all a factor in La Nina?
And yes...my New Year's Day features blustery winds... pic.twitter.com/tUym4aMbFN

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

first oddity for the New Year...

Delighted! ❤️My first oddity for the New Year.❤️ https://t.co/hqoojDHFfk

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

a New Year thought...

Looking for a quote that was a little different...
I found this...by one of my favourite poets... pic.twitter.com/END3TaNDPT

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

Melbourne + Sydney make New Year's Eve awesome...

Watching since 8:45pm... What a performance between Sydney and Melbourne...Unbelievable that 1/2 is at the Sydney Opera House and the other 1/2 is at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne...
Great achievement ABC...And that's before the fireworks... https://t.co/5gvpB67ZVW pic.twitter.com/0gYobciq6i

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

#NYEABC
Paul Kelly + 'Dumb Thing' I thought was just awesome...but
❤️Paul Kelly + 'To Her Door' - 0 the rhythms...Woohooo...
Looking good at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

#NYEABC 'Sleep Australia Sleep' - How good was this...
Paul Kelly reached the soul of our country...so gently...
Just brilliant...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

#NYEABC
Hamilton cast rounded up a splendid ABC presentation WITH A BANG...
I smiled...😀
I cried...😰
What a night!
Thanks everyone...
2021 happiness to you all...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

rocking New Year's Eve...

via GIPHY

Rocking New Year's Eve...

Freddie Mercury on SBS +
🎧streaming ABC - Go Casey Donovan ❤️🎧

- while scrolling Twitter pic.twitter.com/AcoFIgOib8

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

new camera arrived...

Ordered a new Canon on December 26th, Boxing Day.
It has just arrived on New Year's Eve...
Charging the battery right now...
Life is good... pic.twitter.com/n0xfEchUNr

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

My bubble has burst just a little...Can't upload photos from my new Canon G7X Mark II to my computer. My cable cord for the last Canon doesn't fit! (not going to use Wifi). Waaah!😰But soldier on...Guess I'll just keep taking photos till I get the right cable cord...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 31, 2020

current 2020 tone in the room...

I think Matt Haig nailed the 2020 tone in the room...
and batted it right out... https://t.co/MbOnUkn4CT

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 30, 2020

2020 is melting...

2020
is melting
in the dark
it's time
for 1 more #tanka pic.twitter.com/D2tXkl71fy

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 30, 2020