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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-02-02 at 22:24

Smoke haze in Adelaide from bushfire 700 kms away

[#]Australia #summersunday #bushfires

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-01-28 at 21:52

My summer homework. Covid pandemic had the largest effect on Australian society in two generations making this the most important Australian historical document of last year.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thewhyhistoryguy/p/australias-covid-pandemic-report?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4j1ugn

[#]Australia #covid #pandemic

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-01-28 at 21:38

Flashback to Cambodian genocide. Lest we Forget the horrors of ideology.

[#]histodons #cambodia

François Ponchaud, Who Alerted World to Cambodian Atrocities, Dies at 85 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/europe/francois-ponchaud-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk4.hvkE.mBSyyUsCBvLu

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-01-26 at 22:21

Summer clouds, virga trails. South Australia

[#]summer #australia #mondaymorning

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-01-26 at 03:11

Summer Sunday #silentsunday #permaculture #gardening

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-01-12 at 22:02

Walking poles are the first thing I pack on a bushwalk (hike)

Not much science and plenty of opinion.

Here is my take

https://open.substack.com/pub/thewhyhistoryguy/p/walking-poles-101?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4j1ugn

[#]bushwalking #hiking

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-01-11 at 21:31

The Heysen Trail is Australia's great adventure walk travelling 1200 kms from the shores of the Great Southern Ocean to the desert mountains of the Flinders Ranges.

For those looking for adventure..

https://open.substack.com/pub/thewhyhistoryguy/p/episode-1-welcome-to-heysen-highlights?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4j1ugn

[#]hiking #bushwalking #Australia

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2025-01-02 at 21:21

https://open.substack.com/pub/thewhyhistoryguy/p/cancelling-captain-cook?r=4j1ugn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Captain James Cook is under increasing attack as a symbol of colonialism, but it is not that simple.

[#]histodons #Australia #history

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-21 at 21:55

Spotted gums on summer solstice.

[#]silentsunday

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-19 at 22:12

Continuing the series on Adelaide's statues and monuments.

This one is a masterpiece. Eyecatching and engaging and captures the personality of the subject. It was supposed to be the first of many, prevented by tightened budgets.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thewhyhistoryguy/p/silent-witnesses-adelaides-statues-243?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4j1ugn

[#]history #art #Australia

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-18 at 00:42

Morning walk, Belair National Park, Adelaide, where the koalas can't be bothered climbing tall trees!

[#]hiking #bushwalking #Australia

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-14 at 21:28

Snow gums, Australian Alps.

[#]silentsunday #bushwalking

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-10 at 22:14

First tomatoes. Mighty red. Picking before Christmas!

[#]permaculture #gardening #australia

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-08 at 02:29

Back home and the natives are restless.

[#]silentsunday

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-02 at 22:23

Alps still wearing spring finery. Walking Charlotte's Pass to Perisher

[#]hiking #australia

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-01 at 20:54

I loved Leonard Wooley's story of the excavation of UR in the 1920s. The fate of his finds piqued my interest.

https://substack.com/@scameron1/note/p-151402471?r=4j1ugn

[#]history #histodons

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-12-01 at 03:43

First day of summer, walking Charlotte Pass to Guthega, Australian Alps.

[#]silentsunday #hiking

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-11-26 at 18:50

Murramarang morning. An artist's hike!

[#]hiking #australia

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-11-26 at 00:28

Murramarang coastal walk. NSW. The trees have personality

[#]hiking #australia

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Written by Simon Cameron on 2024-11-21 at 03:01

November bounty. Early apricots and mulberries. Tis jam season.

[#]gardening #permaculture #Australia

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